Sentences with phrase «u.s. vehicle demand»

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One sticking point is a U.S. demand for 50 percent U.S. parts in vehicles, and another is disagreement over how disputes would be resolved.

Hyundai and smaller affiliate Kia, which together make the world's fifth - largest automaker, said demand was expected to soften in the U.S. and Chinese markets as they unveiled a combined sales target of 7.55 million vehicles this year.

Automakers slipped after several posted weaker new U.S. vehicle sales in April with consumer demand in the world's largest economy continuing to soften.

GM earlier this year announced a strategic partnership with Lyft to create an integrated network of on - demand autonomous vehicles in the U.S. «We see the future of personal mobility as connected, seamless and autonomous,» GM President Dan Ammann said at the time.

DETROIT — Major automakers on Tuesday posted lower U.S. new vehicle sales in April as consumer demand continued to weaken and competition intensified following a lengthy boom for the industry.

DETROIT (AP)-- Chrysler is bowing to demands from U.S. safety regulators and will add about 179,000 vehicles to a recall for air bags that could explode with too much force.

Like cross-town rival Ford, which saw sales of its brawny Mustang and immense Lincoln Navigator models jump 70 percent or more, General Motors Co. and Fiat Chrysler, the smallest by market share of the former U.S. - owned and so - called «Big Three,» reported sharp increases in demand for many of their largest vehicles.

Should the market demands for hydrogen fuel increase with the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles, the U.S. will need to produce and store large amounts of cost - effective hydrogen from domestic energy sources, such as natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia hydrogen program manager.

VW isn't specifying volume plans for the MEB dedicated - BEV platform, but says it expects demand in the U.S. for all - electric vehicles to reach 10 % of the market by 2025 and that the Volkswagen brand should exceed that level.

Audi's sales have been increasing around the world, causing a strain on supply everywhere — but the growing pains are particularly sharp in the U.S. Audi typically aims to have a 60 - day supply of all vehicles, but demand has whittled inventories down to a 27 - day supply.

Demand for the popular Porsche Macan midsize luxury crossover has exceeded the number of vehicles allocated to the U.S., leaving dealers scrambling for enough cars to sell to eager customers.

While Tesla struggles to scale its operations to meet the demands of developing a mere three vehicle lines and still build the Model S, resulting in constant delays, Audi builds and sells no fewer than 13 core models across 29 total variants in the U.S. alone.

U.S. light - vehicle sales, led by double - digit increases at Chrysler Group and Nissan Motor Corp., rose 6 percent in August, helped by generous Labor Day holiday deals and continued demand for pickups,...

American Honda's U.S. sales fell 5 percent to 115,557 in February behind lower demand for its three most important vehicles: the Accord and Civic sedans and the CR - V crossover.

Following the best third quarter performance in company history, Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced record October sales of 44,694 units, led by high demand for the U.S. - built Optima midsize sedan and the iconic Soul with 11,840 and 10,685 vehicles sold, respectively.

Tiny cars called «kei» vehicles sold briskly in Japan market, while strong demand for sport utility vehicles such as the Nissan Rogue helped perk up sales in the U.S.. Although Nissan's sales in China in the latest quarter exceeded those in the previous year, the momentum of growth was tapering off, the company said.

According to Automotive News, while U.S. light - vehicle demand has slipped 0.3 percent this year from 2015's record levels, the subcompact crossover market is on fire — surging 32 percent through October to nearly 300,000 vehicles.

According to the Auto Demand Index put out by TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence, there is going to be what it terms «a continued deceleration in momentum for vehicle purchase intent among U.S. consumers.»

All of the IIHS test modes are more demanding than those mandated by the U.S. and Canadian governments to satisfy their respective Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (MVSS).

Honda expects to boost its U.S. sales in 2004 by 3.7 percent to 1.4 million vehicles, based on Honda's projections that overall U.S. demand will total 16.5 million to 16.6 million.

«The U.S. economy continues to expand and the most important factors that drive demand for new vehicles are in place, so we expect to see a second consecutive year of record industry sales in 2016,» said Mustafa Mohatarem, GM's chief economist.

At a time when there seems to be an insatiable appetite for truck and SUV's in the U.S., Mercedes has its eye on the global demand for vehicles that move more than just people.

By 2030, within 10 years of regulatory approval of autonomous vehicles (AVs), 95 % of U.S. passenger miles traveled will be served by on - demand autonomous electric vehicles owned by fleets, not individuals, in a new business model we call «transport - as - a-service» (TaaS).

Advanced vehicle technologies and fuels have the long - term potential to ease many of the environmental and political challenges associated with U.S. petroleum demand.

If the U.S. were instead to use that natural gas to generate electricity as part of a portfolio with renewable sources of electricity, the analysis shows that «if the entire vehicle fleet were converted to electric vehicles and high efficiency natural gas combined - cycle power plants were used to generate all the additional electricity required, the increase in natural gas demand would be significantly less» than if the entire fleet was burning natural gas in its combustion engines — roughly a decrease in natural gas usage of 19 billion cubic feet per day.

According to new research released by the Baker Institute at Rice University in Houston, Texas, an «aggressive campaign» to bring electric vehicles to market in the United States quickly and ensure their saturation would be «the single most effective way to reduce U.S. oil demand and foreign imports» between now and 2050.

Projections of U.S. transportation energy use indicate that better vehicle efficiency and low - carbon fuels will not be sufficient to reach sectoral emissions reduction goals if travel demand grows at pre-recession rates, so managing demand will be a key ingredient of climate policy for the sector.

As domestic automakers face falling consumer demand for new vehicles, the number of car dealerships in the U.S. is shrinking.