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KPMG survey finds global auto execs ranking fuel efficiency the top consumer priority

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The 2011 KPMG survey also finds the auto industry heavily investing in future technology, new products and safety improvements. The vehicle categories seeing the most significant response increases in the 2011 survey compared with 2010 were SUVs, luxury vehicles, large pick-up trucks, and cross-overs. Investments.

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China Car Sales Likely Hit New Record in April

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Bolstered by government stimulus plans, sales of autos in China likely reached a record high of 1.15 Assuming the CAAM figures are borne out by official data, April would be the fifth straight month of growth for the industry. People’s Daily. Official figures for vehicle production and sales are scheduled for release next Monday.

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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

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Finally, the Prologue offers both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay as standard. Students of auto industry history will recall that Honda rebadged an Isuzu Trooper as the Acura SLX, while Honda in turn provided Isuzu with an early generation of the Odyssey minivan—which Isuzu relabeled an Oasis and sold for the 1996 through 1999 model years.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Develop, validate, and deploy 220 advanced plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans. Chrysler LLC. $70.

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As EV Sales Stall, Plug-In Hybrids Get a Reboot

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Its almost been a religion that its EVs or bust, so lets not fool around with hybrids or hydrogen, says Michael Dunne , CEO of Dunne Insights , a leading analyst of Chinas auto industry. Big players, including Geely Auto and SAIC Motor Corp. , are also getting into the game.

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SAIC-GM-Wuling: The beginning of missed opportunities?

China EV

auto industry about when, not if, Chinese automakers will enter the U.S. The Wuling I visited has many outer vestiges of its old state-owned days including disused railroad tracks running into the plant and piles of coal still left from when it was burned to heat and light the minivan plant.

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Tech: Autonomous Vehicles Are Going to Require a New Brain

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While there is no question that recent moves in the automotive industry, especially by new start-ups and tier 1 firms that are bringing significant innovation to the market, will put pressure on well-established manufacturers to upgrade their consumer experience. Waymo minivans are already driverless. Neural Manufacturing in Context.