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First driving behavior-based telematics automobile insurance developed for Toyota connected cars in Japan

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have jointly developed Japan’s first driving behavior-based telematics automobile insurance. The service is scheduled to go on sale on 15 January 2018, while insurance liability is scheduled to commence in April 2018. Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance is a pioneer of telematics automobile insurance in Japan. Background.

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Nidec to form electric traction motor JV with a subsidiary of Guangzhou Automobile Group

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a member of China-based Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Nidec’s fully integrated automotive traction motor system E-Axle (announced in April 2018). GAC Components is a subsidiary of major Chinese car manufacturer Guangzhou Automobile Group with the sixth-largest market share in the increasingly environmentally strict China.

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GAC Group begins construction of $6.5B industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles

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China-based automobile manufacturer Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group), the parent company of GAC Motor, has begun construction of a large industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles as part of its efforts to boost its electric vehicle business. More than 45 billion yuan (US$6.5 billion yuan (US$679 million).

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SoftBank to invest $2.25B in GM Cruise; GM to add $1.1B; driving large-scale AV deployment

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We are very impressed by the advances made by the Cruise and GM teams, and are thrilled to help them lead a historic transformation of the automobile industry. The GM Cruise approach of a fully integrated hardware and software stack gives it a unique competitive advantage. Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors).

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Volkswagen Group to invest more than €9.8 billion in China by 2015; efficient products and production

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By 2018, the workforce is to increase from 75,000 to 100,000 people. million to more than 4 million units per year in 2018, with a view to relieving the burden on existing plants in a growing market. The seven new plants will set new standards for sustainable automobile production.

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Renault and Brilliance sign strategic cooperation agreement with Liaoning province, China; 3 new electric LCVs in 2 years

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Liaoning Province is one of China’s new automobile industrial hubs with more than 120 auto & auto-parts manufacturers and is the largest provincial economy of Northeast China. —Renault Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn. Renault-Brilliance-Jinbei Automotive Co.,

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Toyota to launch two new plug-in hybrid models in China; Corolla and Levin

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On the eve of the 2016 Beijing International Automobile Exhibition, Toyota announced that it will launch plug-in hybrid versions of the Corolla and Levin—two mass-market models, both of which have conventional hybrid variants—in China during 2018. Click to enlarge. New turbo engine.

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