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Are Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru Doing the Right Thing By Snubbing EVs?

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Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru conducted a press event designed to explain why they’re walking away from full-blown electrification. The event was hosted by a trio of Japanese CEOs and their top engineers to explain to the world how they planned on tackling emissions regulations without being overwhelmingly reliant on battery electric automobiles.

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Pike ranks Volkswagen Group as the global leader in clean diesel vehicles

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Peugeot Citroën (PSA); General Motors (GM); Mazda; Mercedes; Mitsubishi; Ford; Honda; the. million diesel passenger cars sold in 2011, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. Pike forecasts global growth in annual clean diesel light-duty vehicle sales from 9.1 around 75% of global sales.

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Ford China to build US$760M assembly plant in Hangzhou; doubles current China passenger car capacity to 1.2M units annually by 2015

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Ford will invest US$760 million to build a new assembly plant in Hangzhou, China with its joint venture Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA), adding initial capacity of 250,000 units. So far, Ford’s investments in China and across Asia represent its largest and most rapid global expansion in fifty years.

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Ford and Partners Building Second Engine Plant in China

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Ford and its partners are building a new engine plant in China to support future products and growth plans. Ford’s joint venture, Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Ltd (CFMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today with the Chongqing Municipal Government to build a new engine plant in Chongqing.

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Toyota and Nissan want to challenge China’s EV battery reign

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A Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA) spokesperson told Argus that foreign brands are taking Japan’s EV market by storm. BYD is the second largest EV battery maker globally, behind CATL. Japan’s Panasonic will build EV battery parts for Subaru and Mazda as it teams up with them to boost domestic production.

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Toyota 3-row EVs, Tesla price cuts, electric G-wagen, airless tires: The Week in Reverse

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And Mazda has applied its design flair to an EZ-6 electric sedan that incorporates tech from China’s Changan Automobile. Although its range figures far more effectively represent what American buyers might seek in an EV, Mazda hasn’t yet confirmed plans for any markets outside China. If this model arrives in the U.S.,

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Japanese Automakers Forming Dueling EV and Software Alliances

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While that does exclude a few smaller brands, the above companies do indeed represent the vast majority of Japanese automobiles produced in a given year. Honda and Nissan are the second- and third-largest automakers in Japan, respectively, with global sales of 4.1 million and 3.44 million units in the fiscal year ending March 2024.