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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. The fifth annual report on China’s auto industry—2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report—says that the next 20-30 years will be a “critical period” that will see the formation of a global new-energy vehicle industry.

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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decline for commercial vehicles) compared to already low sales levels of 2011. Due to the current macro-economic situation, automotive sales in EU markets have declined this year (a 6.8% decline for the first half of 2012 for passenger cars and a 10.8% million units, representing the fifth consecutive year of decline.

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South 8 Technologies raises $12M in Series A to commercialize liquefied gas electrolytes for high-performance Lithium-ion batteries

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South 8 will leverage the funding to accelerate the commercialization of its patented Liquefied Gas Electrolyte (LiGas) technology for high-performance batteries for electric vehicle, grid storage, aerospace, and defense applications. ?

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The Toyota Prius Transformed the Auto Industry

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The Prius is not only the worlds first mass-produced hybrid car, but its technical and commercial success also spurred other automakers to accelerate hybrid vehicle development, says IEEE Member Nobuo Kawaguchi , a professor in the computational science and engineering department at Nagoya Universitys Graduate School of Engineering , in Japan.

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Navigant Research ranks NVIDIA as top automated vehicle compute platform

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Development of automated driving (AD) technologies continues at a brisk pace in 2020 with more than 70 companies including legacy automakers, suppliers, startups, and technology companies new to the auto industry involved.

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Ford to introduce 7 new electric cars and vans in Europe by 2024; plans for new battery plant

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With its extended range of electric passenger and commercial vehicle models, Ford expects its annual sales of electric vehicles in Europe to exceed 600,000 units in 2026, and also reaffirmed its intention to deliver a 6% EBIT margin in Europe in 2023. Ford will have nine electric cars and vans on the market in Europe in 2024.

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Navigating Auto Industry Evolution from 1967 to Present

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Dhaval Kikani reminisces on his 57-year career as an engineer in the auto industry and the innovations that saw commercial success, and the experiments that did not.