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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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BYD NEV sales up 262.9% YOY in October

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seconds to go from 0 to 60 mph, with a comprehensive cruising range of up to 600 miles. The first ten months of the year saw drops in different levels of sales in the auto market, owing to chip shortages across the auto industry. An electric vehicle equipped with the e-platform 3.0 takes just 2.9

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Outdated Tests Skew CAFE Gas Mileage Ratings: 48-MPH Freeways?

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It's widely accepted in the auto industry that all manufacturers game the test cycles used to establish emissions and gas-mileage ratings. Ask auto engineers about the topic, and they tend to get a faraway look and go silent. But the test cycles established in 1978 and used ever since are far from the reality of U.S.

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Outdated Tests Skew Gas Mileage Ratings: 48-MPH Freeway Speeds?

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It's widely accepted in the auto industry that all manufacturers game the test cycles used to establish emissions and gas-mileage ratings. Ask auto engineers about the topic, and they tend to get a faraway look and go silent. driving in.

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HaloIPT partnering with Drayson Racing Technologies to bring dynamic wireless charging to electric vehicle motorsport

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This is a milestone innovation that will have a dramatic effect not just on racing but on the mainstream auto industry. We’re looking forward to putting this technology through its paces as it charges electric race cars at speeds of up to 200 mph. —Lord Paul Drayson, co-founder of Drayson Racing.

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Tata Technologies displays eMO low-cost city EV engineering study at Detroit Show

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Top speed is 65 mpg (105 km/h), and acceleration form 0-20 mph (0-32 km/h) takes 3.4 As we have previously stated, this next decade will see an ever-increasing demand for more efficient and accelerated product development that also will need to incorporate more new technology than the auto industry has seen in 30 years.

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Auto Industry Group Pushes Back Against the NHTSA's Updated AEB Rules

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The NHTSA’s updated rule requires cars and trucks to stop at speeds up to 62 mph, significantly faster than most offer today. Now, a group representing most major automakers is pushing back , saying that the requirements are “practically impossible with available technology.”