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The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. BMW Group expressed an interest into how its efficiency gains documented in these regional assessments would translate into an evaluation of its sustainability performance relative to major automobilemanufacturers worldwide. Click to enlarge.
will supply PowerPhase electric propulsion systems as part of an Audi test-fleet build and vehicle development process for its A1 e-tron ( earlier post ). Automobilemanufacturers typically build test fleets to evaluate new technologies and vehicles that are under development prior to their market launch.
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EPA obtains the detailed data supporting the report directly from automobilemanufacturers; the agency has been collecting and maintaining these data since 1975. Fuel economy average for the US fleet, per the Trends report, is 24.1 They comprise the most comprehensive database of its kind. Click to enlarge.
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million vehicles, according to the latest Economic Report from the European AutomobileManufacturers Association (ACEA). While fleet renewal schemes (vehicle scrappage) have helped segments of the passenger car market in some countries, overall vehicle demand in Europe went further down as well. in the last quarter of 2008.
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