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After a year 2010 and 2009 best expected coming in strong decline, what opportunities Europe German builders

Asian markets are growing at an impressive rate. Sales increased by two thirds in India in November. In this country, Audi, BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen have opened factories in the past two years, bringing to 65 the number of sites operated by German OEMs and manufacturers. China will complete the year rose by 40. There, almost one in five vehicles is of German origin. In the United States, with 10 million cars sold in 2009, it remains very far from the average level of 15 million in recent years. In this affected context, German manufacturers have improved their market share at 7.3 point. We want still to 2010 with the introduction of low-emission models of engines installed in hybrid à le à le avec l' un à faibles de CO2 avec l' avec l' un à faibles de CO2 un à faibles de CO2 a à faibles à faibles de CO2 CO2 and some des à le avec l' de faibles à le avec l' de faibles à le à le avec l' de faibles avec l' avec l' de faibles de de faibles faibles low emissions motorisations and motorisations motorisations nous voulons encore à le 2010 avec l' introduction de modèles à faibles émissions des motorisations hybrides à le avec l' un à faibles de CO2 et des à le avec l' de faibles émissions motorisations et motorisations motorisations des à le avec l' motorisations motorisations des à le avec l' des des à le avec l' à le avec l' à le à le avec l' avec l' avec l'

Competition from Asia poses new challenges to European, German industry including

If the Chinese BAIC Group buys Saab to General Motors, and another Chinese company steals from Volvo, subsidiary of the Ford group, then this will be the signal of a shift in the centres of gravity of the global automotive market. One cannot rely on the existing. German industry can specifically strengthen its presence in the international because the pace of innovation is high. Its research expenditures increased by 4.4 this year despite the crisis, reaching EUR 20.9 billion.

Electric cars will soon be ripe for the industrial stage. How the Germany, known for its large intensive sedans fuel invests in this field

The German automotive industry is investing heavily in the development of hybrid engines of different capacities, to the 100 electric vehicle. The first series of a lithium-ion battery-equipped superior class sedan comes from Germany. We have agreed, the French also from the rest, to play a role of forerunner in the development of this type of propulsion. We are building on a one million electric vehicles in circulation in Germany by 2020. But if reported this figure to the 40 million automobiles plying our roads, we see that the classic combustion engine, which our businesses continue to improve the efficiency, will still play for long a major role.

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