The Renault-Nissan Alliance sold a record 8,266,098 vehicles in 2013, propelled by record sales in the car group’s two largest markets, China and the United States. Renault-Nissan's 2013 calendar-year sales, which include sales of ...
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BEIJING, Jan. 20 -- Industrial output in China grew 9.7 percent in 2013 from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Monday. The figure marks a deceleration from the 10-percent growth seen in 2012. Monday's data ...
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China is aiming high on the industrial ladder. Getting there requires advanced equipment such as robots that is still firmly in the hands of foreign enterprises. Industrial robots are used to do things like bolt panels on cars or ...
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A selection of health policy stories from North Carolina, California, Michigan and Missouri. The New York Times: Public Hospitals Hope To Attract More Upscale Patients Under Affordable Care Act But to the Health and Hospitals ...
Axalta Coating Systems recently broke ground to expand its manufacturing capacity for coatings with the construction of a new $50 million eco-friendly waterborne facility in the Jiading district of Shanghai. Expected to begin production ...
General Motors Co. dealers delivered 9,714,652 vehicles around the world in the 2013, up 4 percent compared with 2012. Among GM’s top five global markets by volume, China and the UK posted the largest year-over-year sales increases ...
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China will strengthen the policy support and create a favorable environment to boost the development of the country's renewable energy vehicle industry, said a statement posted on the central government's website over the weekend. ...
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This story appears in the December 2013/January 2014 issue of iTECH, published in the Dec. 16 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. A new "blue paper" by the research department of investment bank Morgan ...
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Plug-in hybrids will lead the pack among e-vehicles in the race to produce cleaner, more efficient vehicles, according to KPMG International’s 2014 Global Automotive Executive Survey. The rise of alternative powertrain technologies ...
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will webcast its presentation at the 2014 Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference in Detroit on Jan. 14. Laura Thompson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will provide a business ...
New advanced materials like MOFs (metal organic frameworks), advanced high-strength steel, and carbon nanotubes have the potential to enable novel products and disrupt existing businesses. However, material commercialization timelines are ...
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In two decades, about 9 percent of all cars will be self-driven, according to a forecast published this week by auto industry group IHS Automotive. IHS believes that although no such cars are yet available for consumers, they will be in ...
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Tianjin Xiqing economic development area and Kobe Steel mutually signed a contract to build the aluminum sheet plant for auto industry. The total investment is about RMB1.36 billion in producing high-end aluminum sheet for car usage. ...
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Expect automotive sales to top 16 million next year,according to Detroit-based research firm IHS Automotive. That would be up from the 15.65 million in sales estimated for 2013,The Detroit News reported. The auto industry has seen sales ...
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HSV is already eyeing a number of vehicles for its 2018 showroom once production of the Holden Commodore ceases at the end of 2017. HSV managing director Phil Harding this week vowed the Melbourne-based manufacturer would continue ...