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Japanese automobile industry establishes joint Research Association of Automotive Internal Combustion Engines (AICE)

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Through these initiatives, AICE will strive to realize the practical use of advanced technologies toward promoting the market introduction of higher-performance, more fuel-efficient and cleaner internal combustion engines.

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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

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New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe. billion.

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Volkswagen Group and FAW to build 2 new vehicle plants in China; “Our most important market”

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China has become our largest and most important market. Volkswagen has been active on the Chinese market for 30 years and is one of the Western pioneers of the automobile industry in the country. Together with its two joint ventures FAW-Volkswagen and Shanghai-Volkswagen, the Group delivered about 1.51

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Keio University Spin-Off Forms Consortium to Develop New EV Prototype for Mass Market; Commercialization in 2013

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will form a consortium to develop a new electric car prototype, with mass-market sales being the end goal. SIM-Drive’s vision is to support the automobile industry by producing components and SIM-Drive platforms for electric cars. SIM-Drive Corp. , and Isuzu Motors Ltd.,

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Ford and Portland General Electric Partner to Prepare Region for EVs

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PGE is partnering with state and local government, higher education, the automobile industry, and businesses to expand the electric vehicle infrastructure in Oregon. Ford will introduce its first pure battery electric vehicle, the Transit Connect Electric small commercial van, this year.

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Fraunhofer ICT and University of Western Ontario collaborate on composites, focus on North American market

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The main focus of research at the Fraunhofer Project Centre for Composites Research @ Western will be fibre composites for lightweight construction in various markets. Work will be oriented particularly towards the regional North American market.

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13 Japanese automakers and energy companies join forces to support rollout of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in 2015

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As development of fuel-cell systems progresses, Japanese automakers are continuing drastically to reduce the cost of manufacturing such systems and are aiming to launch FCVs in the Japanese market—mainly in the country’s four largest cities—in 2015.

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