• Germany to give EV market €1bn boost

    • April 29, 2016
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: Industry News
    Germany is backing electric cars to the tune of €1bn in subsidies. It was announced on Wednesday that the government and car industry will contribute up to €1.2bn between them to help get the technology moving, with subsidies of €4,000 to buy an electric vehicle and €3,000 for a plug-in hybrid. €300m will also be [...]
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  • Euro NCAP launches website in Chinese

    • April 27, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    While the Beijing Motor Show has just started, Euro NCAP is announcing the launch of its website in Mandarin Chinese. After English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Russian and Turkish, Chinese has become the tenth language in which content on the Euro NCAP website is available. The addition of Chinese is motivated by the [...]
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  • Automotive HUD Market Worth $1.33 bn by 2021

    • April 26, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    The report ‘Automotive Head-up Display (HUD) Market by HUD type (Windshield & Combiner), Application (Premium, Luxury & Mid Segment Cars) and by Geography (Asia-Oceania, Europe, North America & RoW) – Industry Trends and Forecast to 2021’, The global market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 21.67%, to reach a market size of $1.33bn [...]
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  • Volkswagen electrifies China

    • April 26, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Volkswagen pushes forward the development of fully or partially electrically powered vehicles. Volkswagen plans to launch seven new electric and plug-in hybrid models on the Chinese market in the next three to four years. Each of these vehicles will also be made in China. In addition to this, a new design and development centre in [...]
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  • EV sales underpin Volvo’s sustainability pledge

    • April 22, 2016
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: Industry News
    Volvo Cars is aiming to sell a one million electrified cars by 2025. The Swedish company plans to achieve this aim by offering at least two hybrid versions of every model in its range and releasing its first all-electric car in 2019. ‘It is a deliberately ambitious target,’ said Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive [...]
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