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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Veloz: 2018 banner year for EV sales in California; up 84% from 2017; 312% increase from January to December

According to tracking by Veloz—a non-profit organization focused on accelerating the transition to electric vehicles—Californians are buying electric cars at a sharper rate of increase, with year-over-year increases in sales for all twelve months in 2018; total electric car sales increasing 84% from 2017 to 2018; and, comparing the start and end of 2018, the state saw a 312% increase in sales.

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AUTO SALES: India displaces Germany to become fourth-largest auto market

  • Date: 14-01-19
  • Category: AUTO SALES
  • Source: Financial Times

India has displaced Germany as the world’s fourth-largest market for vehicle sales by volume and is on track to take the number three position from Japan within three years. Commercial and passenger vehicle sales in India grew 8.3 per cent last year to 3.99m, overtaking the 3.74m of sales in Germany, a market that grew less than 1 per cent, according to data from LMC Automotive, a market intelligence provider. McKinsey has projected that India is poised to overtake Japan as the third-biggest mar

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AUTO SALES: China's First Car Sales Dip in 3 Decades Stirs Stimulus Talk

  • Date: 14-01-19
  • Category: AUTO SALES
  • Source: Bloomberg

China vehicle sales fell for the first time in 28 years, raising the prospect of a government-led stimulus to revive demand in the world’s biggest auto market as consumers from Europe to U.S. balk at buying new cars.

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FUEL CELLS: PAU: Hydrogen infrastructure plans have started

  • Date: 14-01-19
  • Category: FUEL CELLS
  • Source: Fuel Cell Buses

Last Friday, a new step in the FEBUS project was unveiled : the construction works of the refuelling station have started to prepare the way for FEBUS, the first worldwide BRT system using fuel cell buses.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Faurecia estimates China electrification to reach 25%

Faurecia says it believes electrification will approach 25% of the car park in China as a rising global population coupled with increased longevity will drive alternative mobility solutions.

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PGM PRODUCERS: Amcu gears up for secondary strike at Sibanye's platinum operations

  • Date: 14-01-19
  • Category: PGM PRODUCERS
  • Source: Independent Online

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) on Monday, gave notice of its intention to embark on secondary strike action at Sibanye-Stillwater's platinum operations around Rustenburg in support of the current strike at the mine's gold operations on the West Rand and in the Free State.

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JEWELLERY; Platinum App sells platinum jewellery and bar at factory price to customers

  • Date: 14-01-19
  • Category: JEWELLERY
  • Source: SZ News

“Platinum” APP is a platinum jewelry and bar sales platform developed by Shenzhen Jingxin Gold Co., Ltd., which adopts the “F2C” mode (F2C refers to Factory to customer, that is, from the manufacturer to The consumer's e-commerce model) serves consumers in a more convenient and affordable mode.

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EMISSIONS: Uber Clean Air Fee sees London passengers charged 15p extra per mile from Wednesday

  • Date: 14-01-19
  • Category: EMISSIONS
  • Source: Verdict

Uber says that the money raised will go towards moving all Uber drivers to electric vehicles by 2025. This will be achieved initially by helping drivers to upgrade to fully electric cars, with surplus money raised put into clean air schemes and ongoing costs associated with running these electric vehicles.

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