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Current issue of fka/Roland Berger E-mobility Index drops US to 4th place

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The index—now in its tenth year—facilitates a comparison of competitive positions of the relevant automotive nations (the US, Germany, China, France, Italy, Japan and South Korea) in the field of e-mobility, based on an objective assessment of those countries in three key areas: technology, market and industry.

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BMW, Bosch, Volkswagen founding members of Quantum Technology and Application Consortium (QUTAC)

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Specifically, applications for the technology, chemical and pharmaceutical, insurance and automotive industries are to be brought to market maturity. In the Stimulus and Future Package, the German Government has given a big boost to the development of Quantum Computers.

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IHS Markit: better-than-expected growth in global automotive semiconductor revenue in 2020; bolstered by uptake in EVs

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IHS Markit continues to anticipate robust growth in 2021 reflecting improved demand and production conditions and especially a further uptake in electric vehicles, one factor which has helped to boost the semiconductor market in 2020. By 2026, IHS Markit forecasts the global market for automotive semiconductors to reach $67.6

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Study finds global oil demand likely to grow despite pandemic, climate policies

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Forty-four leading energy and transportation experts developed the scenarios, which featured varying speeds of economic recovery, levels of government intervention in energy markets and endurance of mobility trends that started during pandemic lockdowns. In three of the four scenarios, global oil demand continued to grow through 2030.

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Bright Automotive Applies for $35M in Stimulus Package Grants to Accelerate Production of PHEV

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Bright Automotive, as a partner in the Energy Systems Network (ESN) Project Plug-IN, has also applied for approximately $17 million through the Transportation Electrification Program (FOA DE-FOA-0000028) to develop, deploy, demonstrate, market, and evaluate plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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ITF: worldwide transport activity to double by 2050, emissions to rise 16% compared to 2015

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Gearing stimulus packages towards decarbonization. Governments must set ambitious targets in the 2021 revision of the Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement, underpin them with concrete policies, and reinforce them by leveraging Covid-19 recovery packages to accelerate and deepen transport decarbonization.

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Germany and Namibia form partnership for green hydrogen

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The Federal Research Ministry will provide up to 40 million euros in funding from the economic stimulus package for cooperation within the framework of this partnership. I am proud that Germany is the first country to officially form a hydrogen partnership with Namibia. It has a lot of vast unused space.

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