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Genesis Outlines Transition to EV, Fuel Cell Vehicles by 2030

Good News Notes: “Like many other auto brands as of late, Genesis has detailed its plans to convert to an electric vehicle fleet over the next few years. Beginning in 2025, the new vehicles the brand introduces will all be electric: Both battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric (i.e. no internal combustion). By 2030, all vehicles in its fleet will produce zero emissions. We take this to…

LORDSTOWN, Ohio | In GM country, workers aren’t abandoning Trump – so far

LORDSTOWN, Ohio — Since General Motors announced its decision this week to shut down its hulking Lordstown plant — the anchor of this northeast Ohio town — workers on the line have had nothing but questions. Will they have jobs come spring? Should they put in for transfers and move their families to Texas or Tennessee? How much should they spend on Christmas?

One they haven’t yet answered: Who is…

New @PwC ‏report predicts major changes to auto industry by 2030 #sharedmobility #automation

PwC (PriceWaterhouseCoopers)

Executive summary

The auto industry stands on the brink of a revolution. By 2030, vehicle production will have split between mass-market, largely no-frills “cars on demand” that will be rented journey-by-journey and more customized vehicles for those who still want to drive, or be driven in, their own vehicle.

A high level of automation will be needed to produce both…

Chinese banking giant delegates meet GCCI members

GWADAR: A delegation of China’s largest bank ICBC and China Overseas Handling Company has met local businessmen of Gwadar Chamber of Commerce and Industry and some investors, who had traveled to Gwadar from Karachi, Lahore and other parts of Pakistan. The Chinese delegation expressed their interest to jointly work with free zone operators, developers and investors in establishing industrial park.

The Insincerity In Government Automotive Policy

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. ~ George Orwell

To govern a people is not necessarily rocket science for as long as the government sincerely seeks the best interests of those it purportedly wishes to…

What’s In Nigeria of Today and Tomorrow For The Poor?

According to the latest data from Nigeria’s Bureau of Statistics, NBS, 100 million Nigerians live below a dollar a day, and 112 million of an estimated 168 million Nigerians are poor. The poor are in overwhelming majority and should matter most in a democratic regime; after all, these numbers hold the electoral power. So the important question we must ask today of Nigeria 2014, the ‘Transformed…