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style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003EAccording to numbers released by two major automakers, Toyota and General Motors, Toyota takes a back to its number one position, overtaking GM.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAccording to the release data, Toyota sold more than 4.97 million vehicles globally in the first half of 2012. GM lost the race by selling 300,000 less cars. Both the companies released the stats on Wednesday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThanks to no recall and natural disasters, Toyota could achieved those numbers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/profit.ndtv.com\/News\/Article\/toyota-pips-general-motors-regains-no-1-crown-308399\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENDTV\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2681263629921578465\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3502890561362280121\u0026postID=2681263629921578465\u0026isPopup=true","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/2681263629921578465"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/2681263629921578465"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/toyota-back-to-number-one-position.html","title":"Toyota back to number one position, displacing GM."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3502890561362280121.post-7545763870446202512"},"published":{"$t":"2012-07-09T19:14:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-07-09T19:14:41.189+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"acquisition"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"news"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"porsche"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Volkswagen"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Volkswagen agrees to pay €4.46 Billion for rest half of Porsche."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003EThe luxuriously stylish automakers Porsche will now be fully owed by German automakers Volkswagen (VW), as they agreed to shell out €4.46 bn bringing an end to two year old merger plan.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBoth the automakers on Wednesday announced plans to speed up the merger process. This acquisition is good for both automakers as it enables them to avoid huge tax bill and to generate synergies faster.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMartin Winterkorn, VW chief executive, declared the combination to be \"good for Volkswagen, good for Porsche and good for Germany as an industrial location\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EVW aims to permanently surpass General Motors and Toyota to become the world's biggest carmaker by sales by 2018.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EVia \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ibnlive.in.com\/news\/vw-to-buy-rest-of-porsche-for-446-bn-euro\/269863-70.html\"\u003EIBNLIVE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7545763870446202512\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3502890561362280121\u0026postID=7545763870446202512\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/7545763870446202512"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/7545763870446202512"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/volkswagen-agrees-to-pay-446-billion.html","title":"Volkswagen agrees to pay €4.46 Billion for rest half of Porsche."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3502890561362280121.post-2452924084948756257"},"published":{"$t":"2012-05-20T19:06:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-05-20T19:06:18.108+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"electric car"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Israel"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"news"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Israelis to get hands on World’s first nationwide electric car network."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003EAfter pumping more than $400 million across various areas of electrical vehicle infrastructure, Israeli-American entrepreneur Shai Agassi is testing his luck on the world’s first nationwide electric car network roll out. Now, all depends on Israeli’s citizen acceptance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere the users can swap their depleted batteries for fully charged ones at station, within just 5 minutes, adding extra 100 miles to their car. Majority of the short distance commuters can recharge the car batteries at their respective places, which will fully recharge in 6 to 8 hours. Better Place venture owns the batteries, bringing down the purchase price of the cars using the network.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo far, the four Better Place battery stations are set up in central and northern Israel. During the second half of the year, around 40 stations are due to be operating across the country. But even before that, the company says enough will be up that a motorist could make the 500-kilometer (300-mile) drive from Israel's northern tip to its southern end.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAgassi has raised $750 million from investors including General Electric Co. and HSBC Holdings PLC since founding Better Place 4 1\/2 years ago. The largest investor is The Israel Corp., whose holdings include Israel's biggest oil refinery and deep water oil drilling.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrench automaker Renault has begun selling a sedan, the Fluence, customized to use the stations, priced in Israel at roughly $32,000, comparable to other sedans sold here. Currently, about 140 are on the road, most driven by Better Place employees.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy 2017, Shai Agassi expects 50 percent of all new car sales in Israel to be electric.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESource:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/ap\/2012-05\/D9URN7PG1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBusiness Week.\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2452924084948756257\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3502890561362280121\u0026postID=2452924084948756257\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/2452924084948756257"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/2452924084948756257"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/israelis-to-get-hands-on-worlds-first.html","title":"Israelis to get hands on World’s first nationwide electric car network."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3502890561362280121.post-8355619042534943397"},"published":{"$t":"2012-01-13T09:13:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-01-13T09:13:11.024+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"electric car"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"hybrid"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"news"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"US Govt and Auto makers will make sure that Plug-in vehicles will be affordable in coming years."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ESpeaking at Detroit Economic Club, Steven Chu, US Energy secretary, said that Govt., want to see upto million plug-ins and hybrid cars by end of 2015, which some experts says the goal is over-optimistic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn order to achieve it, aggressive steps need to be taken, he said. He reminded that govt., under Obama administration has spent more than $ 2 Billion to setup domestic battery production infrastructure, and billon more invested in electric car development.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChu said batteries suitable for plug-in hybrids four years ago cost about $12,000 to produce. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"That's pretty expensive. We think we're on target by 2015 so that the cost of that same capacity battery will be reduced to $3,600, a really aggressive step in the right direction,\" Chu said. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe goal, he added, is to more than halve the cost by 2020. \"Once you get a battery that's $1,500 and much less expensive electric motors, which we are also working on, then you get to a very exciting price point,\" he said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E- Reuters (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/home\/environment\/the-good-earth\/Electric-vehicle-battery-costs-coming-down-US\/articleshow\/11461725.cms\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETOI\u003C\/a\u003E) \u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8355619042534943397\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3502890561362280121\u0026postID=8355619042534943397\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/8355619042534943397"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/8355619042534943397"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/us-govt-and-auto-makers-will-make-sure.html","title":"US Govt and Auto makers will make sure that Plug-in vehicles will be affordable in coming years."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3502890561362280121.post-7366015804367639613"},"published":{"$t":"2012-01-09T20:42:00.003+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-01-09T20:42:54.583+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bmw"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"news"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rolls Royce"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"BMW wants to continue the Golden Run."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003EThe Luxury auto maker BMW wants to continue its golden run of selling highest number of luxury car. The company says that it is far ahead from it's rivals, China and USA being it's largest consumer. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan id=\"advenueINTEXT\" name=\"advenueINTEXT\"\u003EThe Munich-based company said on Monday that worldwide sales of BMW, MINI and  Rolls-Royce cars rose 14.2 percent to 1.67 million last year as it sold more X3 sport untility vehicles , 5 Series models and MINIs. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Appetite for BMW's ultra-luxury cars reached a new high, with annual  sales of Rolls-Royce vehicles in 2011 rising to the highest level in the  company's 107-year history, jumping almost 31 percent to 3,538 cars. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Finance chief Friedrich Eichiner said last week he expected the global  market for premium cars to grow at more than 8 percent this year, more  than twice as fast as the overall car market, which should work in favor of BMW.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan id=\"advenueINTEXT\" name=\"advenueINTEXT\"\u003ESource:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/international-business\/BMW-aims-for-top-spot-in-2012-as-luxury-sales-soar\/articleshow\/11425869.cms\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETimes of India\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7366015804367639613\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3502890561362280121\u0026postID=7366015804367639613\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/7366015804367639613"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/7366015804367639613"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/bmw-wants-to-continue-golden-run.html","title":"BMW wants to continue the Golden Run."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3502890561362280121.post-6053341391917556376"},"published":{"$t":"2012-01-09T19:49:00.001+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-01-09T19:49:17.886+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"india"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"news"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Carmakers in India face a quandary: Diesel or petrol? - TOI"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003ECarmakers in India face a quandary: diesel or petrol? In a market where once-rampant growth has been stalled since mid-2011, demand for diesel-powered cars continues to surge, with buyers willing to wait months to take delivery because of a widening gap between prices of petrol and diesel.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEven so, Maruti Suzuki and South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS), which together sell 70 percent of the passenger cars in Asia's No. 3 economy, are reluctant to invest to make more diesel cars, even if it means losing customers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\"We are still contemplating,\" Arvind Saxena, director for sales and marketing at Hyundai's Indian unit.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs with many industries in India, the plans of carmakers hinge on uncertain government policy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"If we invest, and in months, or years, the (diesel) price rises, we are left high and dry,\" Saxena said on the sidelines of the biennial India Auto Expo.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndia deregulated the price of petrol in June 2010, and prices have shot up 30 percent since then. Diesel, widely used by farmers and manufacturers, remains subsidised.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPetrol, viewed as the rich person's fuel in India, now costs 56 percent more than diesel.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, the government is contemplating new taxes on diesel vehicles, according to news reports, and this could disrupt the demand pattern. The taxes could be announced in the 2012\/13 budget that is expected to be handed down in mid-March.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"In the absence of any clear policy, we are at a dilemma,\" said Mayank Pareek, head of sales and marketing of Maruti Suzuki, controlled by Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp (7269.T).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Our engineering people tell us that if you set up a plant (for engines) with a capacity of 100,000 vehicles, it costs 1,000 crores (10 billion rupees, or $189 million). Now the call of this decision is 1,000 crores -- to do or not to do?\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDIESEL-POWERED SALES\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDiesel cars now account for about 40 percent of total sales in India, compared with less than 20 percent few years ago.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESales at market-leading Maruti Suzuki, predominantly a maker of petrol-fired cars, fell more than 16 percent in the nine months to December as a series of interest rate increases and rise in gasoline prices hit demand.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe company was also hobbled by labour disputes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe demand slump forced Maruti to cut production of several petrol models in August, while some of its diesel models have a waiting period that runs to months.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMaruti could have sold more cars in 2011 only if it had larger capacity to make diesel cars, Chairman R.C. Bhargava told Reuters in November, lamenting how competitors like utility-vehicle maker Mahindra \u0026amp; Mahindra (MAHM.NS), which only makes diesel vehicles, were enjoying strong growth.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENissan Motor Co (7201.T), which started making cars in India only in 2010, is better positioned. Its plant in Chennai can switch between diesel and petrol engines.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"We're agnostic,\" Andy Palmer, an executive vice president at Nissan, said in an interview at the auto show.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"If the government dictates that the diesel price is X, we give you diesel. If it's Y, we say: here's petrol.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/Carmakers-in-India-face-a-quandary-Diesel-or-petrol\/articleshow\/11425909.cms\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETimesofIndia\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6053341391917556376\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=3502890561362280121\u0026postID=6053341391917556376\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/6053341391917556376"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/3502890561362280121\/posts\/default\/6053341391917556376"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/ultimateautos.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/carmakers-in-india-face-quandary-diesel.html","title":"Carmakers in India face a quandary: Diesel or petrol? - TOI"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gee TEE"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/05453399516295661171"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});