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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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China is targeting the cumulative production and sales of more than 5 million new energy vehicles, including fuel cell vehicles, by that time as well. Energy-saving and new energy vehicles have become the development direction of the international automobile industry. Electric drive system power density of 2.5

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VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

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Winterkorn noted that the industry is experiencing its worst crisis in decades, with a collapse in the global market of 18% in the first half of this year. Although Volkswagen sales were down 5.1% for the first half, in June unit sales rose 6%. And above all, we have attractive and environmentally friendly vehicles.

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Career Opportunities in the Electric Vehicle Industry

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The growth factors for the Indian EV industry are PLI to promote domestic production of electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and a boost for locally produced ACC battery storage goods. In India, EV sales surpassed 300,000 units in 2021. Battery Researchers and Engineers. EV Opens Numerous Doors.

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Are Rising EV Inventories Proof Nobody Wants Them?

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Despite elevated fuel prices, aggressive marketing, and most companies vowing to transition toward building electrified automobiles exclusively, America has an EV supply of more than 100 days on dealer lots. Power’s calculation is slightly different, always multiplying by 30 days, rather than the number of selling days in a given month. "If

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The World’s Most Popular EVs Aren’t Cars, Trucks, or Motorcycles

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According to market research company NPD Group , the pandemic helped increase e-bike sales by 145 percent from 2019 to 2020, more than double the growth of traditional bikes. Industry analysts expect that uptick in adoption to continue. Even in bike-saturated Europe, e-bike sales jumped by 23 percent in 2019.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Expected deposits in 2009 and first sales in CA in 2010.

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