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National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS)—an international consortium formed by Chinese, Japanese and Swedish stakeholders—and the Receivers of the Saab Automobile bankruptcy estate ( earlier post) signed a purchase agreement covering the main assets of Saab Automobile AB, Saab Automobile Powertrain AB and Saab Automobile Tools AB.
Daihatsu, on the other hand, generally fell just within the negative zone. The study also highlights the potential improvement that a car giant like GeneralMotors has in how it could improve its long-term sustainability performance. The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. Click to enlarge.
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The first automobile was invented in Germany in 1885 by Karl Benz, but it was the U.S. that led the building of the global 20th-century automobile industry. new-vehicle market was the world's largest, and GeneralMotors was for decades the world's largest car company. Through the turn of the current century, the U.S.
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