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150 millionth Volkswagen rolls off assembly line at Wolfsburg plant: a Golf GTE plug-in hybrid

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The 150 millionth car—a blue Golf GTE plug-in hybrid— rolled off the assembly line in Wolfsburg on Thursday. In the post-war era, it was the Volkswagen Beetle that initially shaped the automobile industry. million of this much-loved small car were built before production finally came to an end in Mexico in 2003.

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Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. Customers can order a quota of e-gas when they purchase the car. Audi’s e-gas plant. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). This gives it a total range of some 1,300 kilometers (808 miles).

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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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Cautioning that the development and commercialization of the electric car is “ not a sprint, but a marathon ”, Volkswagen AG Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Within a decade, he added, Volkswagen wants to offer significant numbers of pure electric cars at affordable prices and with the range expected by customers.

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Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford Asks UAW to End Strike

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From AP : The company, he said, builds more vehicles in America and has more United Auto Workers employees than any company, which has increased its costs in a highly competitive industry. Many of our competitors moved jobs to Mexico as we added jobs here in the U.S.,” [Chairman] Ford said. Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC insider.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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Electric cars are necessary for cities, with their short distances. When we put it together, we saw that electrical cars are not for long distance. In this way, we will achieve CO 2 -neutral mobility without limiting our cars’ range. Audi sees the potential for the use of CO 2 -neutral fuels to reduce fleet CO 2 emissions.

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Will a US tariff hike on Chinese EVs keep them out?

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Three Senate Democrats from car-manufacturing states on Thursday urged the Biden administration to increase tariffs on Chinese EVs, bringing bipartisan pressure to dissuade Chinese automakers from selling their products to the U.S. automobile industry as a whole.” automobile industry as a whole.”

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Trump promises 100% tariff on Mexico-built Chinese cars—EV or not

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Former President Donald Trump has announced that he would apply a tariff of 100% to cars built in Mexico by Chinese companies for U.S.-market In a Saturday campaign speech in Dayton, Ohio, Trump said that over a period of 30 years Mexico has taken away 34% of the automobile manufacturing business in the U.S.

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