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Current issue of fka/Roland Berger E-mobility Index drops US to 4th place

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The index—now in its tenth year—facilitates a comparison of competitive positions of the relevant automotive nations (the US, Germany, China, France, Italy, Japan and South Korea) in the field of e-mobility, based on an objective assessment of those countries in three key areas: technology, market and industry.

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How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

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With chips finally reaching factory floors, their own manufacturing capacities were restored to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022. considered getting into the chip-stimulus game as well. Cars rely on chips made using mature—40-nanometer and older—manufacturing processes. In March of 2023, the U.S.

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IHS Markit: global auto sales to drop 22% this year

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Europe will see mixed recovery cycles, as a result of local restrictions and varied economic support and stimulus. Further, the forecast reflects manufacturers utilizing summer shutdowns to assess inventory and demand, making additional plant adjustments to ensure worker safety and resuming maintenance and retooling efforts where needed.

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State of Texas to Submit Bid for Battery Consortium

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The State of Texas will submit a bid to become the headquarters for an advanced battery consortium that is seeking $1 billion in Federal stimulus money to develop technology for the next generation of hybrid electric vehicles. which makes lithium-ion batteries, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Johnson Controls Inc.,

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IHS Markit: global commercial vehicle production to drop 22% in 2020 in wake of COVID-19

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Individual regional forecasts are set to a downtrend, and supply chain impacts are being felt, as the consequences of the virus have shuttered manufacturing and supplier facilities around the world. million units, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. decline in global real GDP in 2020.

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PwC’s Autofacts forecasts global light vehicle assembly to reach 81.8M units in 2013, up 3.3% from 2012

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South America. Stimulus measures such as lowered interest rates are offset by tighter credit restrictions in lending, restraining the full-year 2013 sales forecast to approximately 1.3% South Korean assembly volumes remain flat, growing at a scant 0.14% year-over-year to reach just under 4.4 Forecasts Manufacturing Sales'

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