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APRIL 11, 2019

The Driving America Forward Act raises the cap and allows purchasers of an additional 400,000 vehicles per manufacturer to be eligible for the tax credit. Sales of electric vehicles in the US increased by more than 80% in 2018 and two manufacturers have already hit the lifetime cap of 200,000 units (GM and Tesla). ITC Holdings Corp.,

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AUGUST 23, 2012

billion Mahindra Group, formally inaugurated its manufacturing facility, the first platinum rated automobile facility in India. Mahindra Reva was founded in 1994 as the Reva Electric Car Company, a joint venture between the Maini Group of Bangalore and AEV LLC of USA. Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Pvt. a part of the US$15.4-billion

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

StreetScooter GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post and market leader for electric light commercial vehicles (eLCV), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese automobile manufacturer Chery Holding Group (Chery) establishing a joint venture between the two companies. Total investment could be up to €500 million.

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MARCH 15, 2018

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance) is strongly supporting the passage of Maryland’s SB 1234 , a bill that would require the State of Maryland to purchase zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) for state fleets.

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JUNE 9, 2012

A group of US automobile dealers filed a lawsuit (Case 1:12-cv-01935-TWT) on 4 June with the United States District Court, Northern District Of Georgia, Atlanta Division accusing the Indian truck manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd. District Court in Atlanta (#KH199170-3) against Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd, and Mahindra USA, Inc.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

The proposed WWFC5 provides automaker and engine manufacturer proposed recommendations for the quality of market gasoline and diesel fuel. For gasoline, Category 5 raises the minimum gasoline research octane number (RON) to 95. The current 4th edition of the WWFC was published in September 2006.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

The new Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), announced today by President Obama, will focus on advanced fiber-reinforced polymer composites that combine strong fibers with tough plastics to yield materials that are lighter and stronger than steel. SABIC Innovative Plastics US; SAERTEX USA, LLC; Strongwell Inc.;

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JUNE 25, 2013

Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. In parallel with the e-gas plant in Werlte, Audi also operates a research facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, USA, for the production of e-ethanol and e-diesel in collaboration with Joule.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. mpg by 2016. in Connecticut.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The 50% reduction compared with conventional automobiles results as soon as the BMW i3 is powered exclusively by energy generated from renewables such as wind or solar power. The sustainability targets defined for BMW i automobiles have attained the same status as cost or weight criteria in the course of the development process.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

signed an agreement with SAIC USA, a fully owned subsidiary of Chinese automaker SAIC Motors, to manufacture and distribute the Savari V2X communications solutions in the Greater China and selected ASEAN countries. —Wenhua Huang, President of SAIC USA. V2X company Savari Inc.

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JULY 14, 2014

Built off of the MQB Modular Transverse Matrix components set ( earlier post ), the plug-in CrossBlue concept offered a manufacturer-estimated 35 mpg (6.72 This is also a strong signal for the US as an industrial and automobile production location. With today’s decision to produce the midsize SUV in the USA, we are taking a key step.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

High-efficiency battery systems will also be manufactured and assembled within the production network. Factory 56 embodies the future of production at Mercedes-Benz and sets new standards for automobile construction. The next generation of smart electric vehicles will be produced by the joint venture smart Automobile Co.,

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Volkswagen Group is the largest foreign automobile investor in Russia. With the new engine plant, Volkswagen will ensure that at least 30% of the vehicles produced in Russia are equipped with locally manufactured engines by 2016. Since 2006, the Group has invested about €1 billion (US$1.3 Production is due to start there next year.

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MARCH 27, 2009

The target for each footprint is the same for all manufacturers, regardless of differences in their overall fleet mix. In response to the issuance of the final rule for MY 2011 CAFE, Dave McCurdy, President and CEO, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, said. mpg (320 gCO 2 /mi).

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MARCH 10, 2019

The High Performance Computing for Manufacturing Program (HPC4Mfg) announced the recipients of $1.2 million in federal funding for four public/private projects aimed at solving key manufacturing challenges in steelmaking and aluminum production through supercomputing. Source: ArcelorMittal.

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APRIL 14, 2016

BAIC BJEV has been building its global R&D network in its core areas, i.e. electric and smart technologies, by establishing oversea R&D centers in Silicon Valley, USA; Aachen, Germany; Detroit, USA; and Barcelona, Spain. Earlier post.). At BAIC Group, we are pleased to work with Academician Hufenbach's team in the lightweighting field.

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

At the beginning of September, StreetScooter announced its intention to establish a joint venture with the Chinese automobile manufacturer Chery and enter the important Chinese market with the production of a joint eLCV. StreetScooter’s new electric light commercial vehicle will also be pilot-tested at DHL Express in the USA.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The two CEOs cited the joint production of Mercedes-Benz four-cylinder gasoline engines in Decherd (Tennessee, USA) as a good example of how the partners profit from the cooperation. It is the first Infiniti automobile to have a powertrain comprising a diesel engine and automatic transmission from the cooperation with Daimler.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Ube Industries manufactures electrolyte (“Purelyte”) at the Sakai Factory located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, and at a plant located in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China. The annual production capacity is 13,500 tonnes in Japan and each 10,000 tonnes in the UK, USA, and China.

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JUNE 16, 2011

Thirty-nine public and private sector organizations have already joined the EVSP initiative, including: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Association of Global Automakers ATIS Audi AG Better Place California Public Utilities Commission Con Edison Corning Inc.

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APRIL 26, 2019

More than 80% of the worldwide production of scrap tires is concentrated in a few macro-areas (USA, EU, China, India and Japan), where strict protocols and regulations have been applied (e.g. Such compounds are introduced during vulcanization and other stages of rubber manufacture. Currently, about 1.5 EU Directive 31/1991).

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JULY 15, 2011

Western Lithium USA Corporation has announced that its 2010 and 2011 drill program has resulted in a significant increase to the project’s resource size. The resource for Stage I is now defined by approximately 200 drill holes that have all intersected lithium bearing clays. to 25 million Volt-type packs (depending upon the loading).

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA unveiled the FT-CH dedicated hybrid concept at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. A century after the invention of the automobile, we must re-invent it with powertrains that significantly reduce or eliminate the use of conventional petroleum fuels. The FT-CH concept.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Some Are Coming to the USA; Some Are Here This article may contain affiliate links. Most people are aware of key players like Hyundai and Nissan, but there are so many other EV manufacturers that are taking over Asia—and possibly set to conquer the international market, including the U.S. Asia’s EV market is growing rapidly.

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MARCH 16, 2022

We’re proud to create new, future-proof jobs to build all-electric SUVs ‘Made in the USA’ at a plant that is such an established part of our production family since 25 years. Roughly two-thirds of annual production is exported, making MBUSI one of the largest exporters of automobiles from the US.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Toyota Motor Sales USA and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America for systematic, longstanding violations of Clean Air Act emission-related defect reporting requirements, which require manufacturers to report potential defects and recalls affecting vehicle components designed to control emissions.

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MAY 2, 2016

As such, the module is a safety-critical component, so design and manufacturing requirements are very demanding. The overmolding process is carried out fully automatically in a purpose-built manufacturing cell at the main QCMS plant in Tielt, Belgium. A six-axis robot positions the leadframe precisely into the mold.

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APRIL 30, 2020

As COVID-19 didn’t spread to the USA as early as these markets, quarantine only came into force in specific parts of the country during March. However, unlike China, the recovery for Europe is likely to be U-shaped rather than V-shaped.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

It is based in Toulouse, Singapore and Denver (USA) and employs today 60 employees. The EZ10 is manufactured by French light weight automobile maker Ligier. Founded in 2014, EasyMile is a high-tech start-up specialized in providing both software powering autonomous vehicles and smart mobility solutions.

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MAY 11, 2023

With chip provide ramping up, Nissan predicts international manufacturing will have to cruise forward 21 % to 4.1 million automobiles within the wave fiscal week. deliveries rose 17 % to 235,818 automobiles within the January-March quarter, finishing a streak of six consecutive quarterly declines. It stagnated at 3.38

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MAY 9, 2023

The corporate plans to utility the fresh money inflow to start out manufacturing of its inspection methods in North The united states and to spice up gross sales enlargement in the USA, in addition to to extend into unutilized markets.

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MARCH 23, 2009

3M has developed these proprietary cathode powder formulations with precise control of structure and compositions tailored for both energy and power applications to serve the consumer electronics and automobile industries. Patents on the 3M composition have been issued in China, Taiwan and USA. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 23, 2018

It currently consists of the new T-Roc, the Tiguan, the new Tiguan Allspace (Europe) and Tiguan L (China), the new Atlas (USA) and the Teramont (China), plus the now completely redesigned Touareg as Volkswagen’s top SUV model. This makes Volkswagen a clear market leader in the world’s largest and most important automobile market.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

The BMW Group now has a total of nine electrified automobiles on the market: sales of these vehicles totalled 50,711 in the first seven months of the year, an increase of 74.8% This makes the BMW Group the world’s third-largest BEV/PHEV manufacturer. on the same period last year.

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MAY 18, 2023

Melody Lee, a former advertising and marketing govt at Cadillac, is taking on as CMO at Mercedes-Benz USA. Mercedes-Benz USA is on its 2d CEO since 2019. Mercedes-Benz USA is on its 2d CEO since 2019. A Texas local and daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, Lee was once named an Automobile Information Emerging Megastar in 2014.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Where we stand: February, 2013 It is one of the most iconic names in American motoring: Cadillac, a brand of General Motors, is renowned for being the premier luxury carmaker in the USA. Indeed it was the first American automaker to scoop the prestigious Dewar Trophy from the Royal Automobile Club in England. The future [.].

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