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COVID-19: Faurecia expects Chinese factories to return to 100% capacity by end of May

  • Date: 20-04-20
  • Category: COVID-19
  • Source: Auto News

PARIS -- Faurecia's first quarter sales fell by 14 percent because of the coronavirus crisis, the French car parts maker said Monday, adding that it hoped for a full return to full capacity at Chinese factories by May.

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AUTO SALES: Auto Sales Are Added to U.S. Guidelines on Essential Workers

  • Date: 20-04-20
  • Category: AUTO SALES
  • Source: Bloomberg

The U.S. newly deemed vehicle sales an essential service in revised federal guidelines Friday, potentially easing the path for auto retailers to restore more normal business operations.

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AUTO SALES: Brazilian market collapses

  • Date: 20-04-20
  • Category: AUTO SALES
  • Source: Just Auto

Responsible for 4.5% of Brazil's GNP, the auto industry is one of the economy's most vulnerable sectors in this Covid-19 epidemic.

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ENERGY: Renewable Energy Can Support Resilient and Equitable Recovery

  • Date: 20-04-20
  • Category: ENERGY
  • Source: Irena

IRENA’s first Global Renewables Outlook shows decarbonisation of the energy system supports short-term recovery while creating resilient and inclusive economies and societies.

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MOBILITY: J.D. Power: Consumer sentiment on future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers plans

  • Date: 20-04-20
  • Category: MOBILITY
  • Source: Green Car Congress

Consumer confidence in future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers’ plans to bring self-driving and battery-electric vehicles to the marketplace, according to the J.D. Power 2020 Q1 Mobility Confidence Index Study fueled by SurveyMonkey Audience.

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EMISSIONS: COVID-19 and CO₂: Learning from one challenge for the other

  • Date: 20-04-20
  • Category: EMISSIONS
  • Source: Daimler

April 20, 2020 - This article is appearing while people all over the world are fighting COVID-19. It’s too early to take stock, but we can already learn some lessons from dealing with the pandemic, for another global challenge that will be with us for much longer: climate change.

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MACROECONOMICS: What the 2008 financial crisis can teach us about designing stimulus packages today

Governments around the world are considering massive stimulus packages to try reboot their economies after the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic has past. These huge spending programmes are likely to be once-in-a-generation in scale and will shape countries’ infrastructure for decades to come.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Electric cars in Europe emit, on average, almost 3 times less CO2 than equivalent petrol/diesel cars.

How much CO2 can electric cars really save compared to diesel and petrol cars? To answer this question we have developed a tool (see below) that compiles all the most up-to-date data on CO2 emissions linked to the use of an electric, diesel or petrol car.

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