Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2015

Mercedes-Benz is reorganizing its SUV production and will expand production capacities in the USA. Within our growth strategy we are expanding our global production network and will additionally use the capacities of a contract manufacturer. 2015 will be the year of the SUV for Mercedes-Benz.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Novelis, the global leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, broke ground on the expansion of its automotive aluminum manufacturing facility in Changzhou, China.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Volkswagen faces mounting pressure to keep up with Tesla and Chinese automakers in the transition to battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), and its success in doing so could have major implications. The auto industry is faced with the question of whether and how we will be a global leader in the future,” Baerbock said at the event.

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Baua Electric

JULY 17, 2024

This is the latest OEM to drop Magna Steyr, which is now expanding its search for new clients to other global automakers. Jaguar-Land Rover first announced its contract manufacturing agreement with Magna Steyr – the Austrian production arm of Canada’s Magna International, in 2015.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

GKN Driveline’s Chinese Joint Venture partner SDS has commenced production of its complete all-wheel drive (AWD) Disconnect system for small- to medium-sized vehicles in China. The system will initially feature on the Jeep Renegade built for the Chinese market by GAC Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Co.,

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Baua Electric

JULY 22, 2024

XPeng Motors and Volkswagen Group have announced an expansion to a recently signed partnership that pushes the collaboration from the co-development of a China-only vehicle platform to now include VW’s global MEB platform technology. The German automaker began developing it in 2015 and currently uses it as its leading global architecture.

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EV Sales

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The Wuling Mini EV secured the Silver medal, beating BAIC's EU-Series yearly score (111k) and becoming the Chinese EV with highest score in one year, while also winning the Rookie of the Year title, ahead of heavyweights like the Tesla Model Y or VW ID.3. In December, the Climber of the Month was the VW ID.3,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2017

Chinese auto buyers purchased almost half of all the plug-in electric vehicles sold in the world last year, and Chinese officials have set ambitious goals for the further adoption of hybrid- and electric-powered vehicles in the decades ahead. Spicer SmartConnect disconnecting All-Wheel-Drive technology for SUVs, light vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 2, 2023

The company has said its sales volume has skewed so heavily toward SUVs and crossovers that it doesn’t make good sense to offer anything else. The Swedish-Chinese brand had already pulled the S90 from the market earlier this summer. Meanwhile, its SUV and crossover volumes have effectively doubled within the same period.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2016

Between now and 2020, GM and its joint ventures plan to roll out more than 60 new and refreshed models in China, including 13 this year, with a strong focus on SUVs, MPVs and luxury vehicles. Last year, China accounted for more than one-third of the company’s global deliveries. GM anticipates about 4.2 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In a departure from its usual approach of supplying high-capacity prismatic Li-ion cells for automotive applications, Samsung SDI will supply cylindrical 18650 format Li-ion batteries for JAC Motors’ new electric SUV iEV6S, unveiled at the 2015 Guangzhou International Auto Parts & Accessories Exhibition. JAC Motors iEV6S.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2016

China-based GAC Motor recently held the completion ceremony of the company’s new phase II factory in Guangzhou in June, and launched the new GS8 SUV and GA3S PHEV plug-in hybrid sedan. Unveiled in November 2015, the GA3S PHEV is equipped with an efficient 1.5L year-on-year growth and highest among all Chinese automobile brands.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2017

Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. More than ten new electric passenger cars are scheduled to be launched by 2022 in all segments from smart to large SUVs. Ten billion euros (US$11.2

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EV Central

MAY 26, 2024

Smart vehicles were sold in Australia from 2003 until 2015 when the brand was axed following poor sales of its sole model, the ForTwo city car, but now it’s hoped by execs that the availability of two small all-electric SUVs will see the brand flourish Down Under. ” The post The smartest electric car buy?

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EV Central

MARCH 14, 2024

That’s the goal of little known Chinese electric car specialist Leapmotor, which could launch in Australia as soon as late 2024. Stellantis – which owns brands such as Jeep, RAM and Dodge – has entered into a joint-venture to export Leapmotor globally. The joint-venture wants to sell 500,000 vehicles globally by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Annual hybrid and plug-in hybrid sales, global and fleet. According to a new report from Pike Research, the global market for hybrid-electric (HEV) light-duty vehicles in the fleet sector will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.5% Worldwide, HEV fleet sales will reach 740,704 vehicles in 2015, accounting for 3.7%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Development work on these continues; Audi, for example, is refining MLB evo—the second-generation of MLB and the foundation for the battery-electric e-tron quattro SUV due out in 2018. Senger observed that Volkswagen will need a global sourcing strategy for batteries, in collaboration with its suppliers. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

A new report from cleantech market intelligence firm Pike Research forecasts that by 2015 a total of 1.7 The Obama Administration is targeting 1 million plug-ins in the US by 2015.) Hurst anticipates that Toyota, General Motors, and Ford will together account for three-quarters of the world market for PHEVs by 2015.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

The US government has announced wider tariffs on several categories of Chinese goods, including various green products like solar panels and batteries, medical goods, and in particular an increase of tariffs on Chinese EVs from 25% to 100%. This important SUV for us will be built in the USA for U.S.

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Baua Electric

MAY 20, 2024

Sudeepth Puthumana talked about how India was catching up with global automotive safety protocols and the company’s localisation efforts in making ADAS technologies more democratic for the auto industry. Right now, most of ADAS technology in India is at L1 and L2, primarily in SUVs and sedans, with hatchbacks being minimal at L0.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2024

News came out on Friday that President Biden is set to quadruple tariffs on Chinese EVs to protect the US auto industry from the rapid growth of Chinese EV manufacturing. The global auto industry is in a time of flux. 84% in 2015), leapfrogging several early adopter nations. Why did this happen?

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