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VWs plans.
Volkswagen sells record 202,600 vehicles in Q1 in China
Sales of Volkswagen vehicles rose 23 percent to a record 202,600 units in China in the first quarter this year, said sources with Volkswagen China on Friday. It was the first time that quarterly sales of Volkswagen vehicles exceeded 200,000 units in the country. Vehicles with the Volkswagen brand grew 22.5 percent to 178,000 units in the first three months, 1,483 of which were imported. The Audi, Volkswagen's luxury brand, saw sales soar 27 percent to 24,300 units, including 1,749 that were imported. Winfried Vahland, chief executive officer of Volkswagen China, said Volkswagen would launch a number of new models on the Chinese market this year to ensure a stable growth in sales and profits. China was Volkswagen's fastest growing market last year with annual sales soaring 24.3 percent to 711,000 units. The German automaker became the first multinational firm to manufacture in China in 1985 when Shanghai Volkswagen was established as China's first joint venture automaker. The Shanghai-based company had the second best sales record with 352,000 units sold last year. The Jilin-based FAW Volkswagen sold 350,000 vehicles last year giving it third place in overall sales of passenger cars in China. Shanghai-GM led all carmakers with sales of 400,000 vehicles. Source: Xinhua |
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> Sales of Volkswagen vehicles rose 23 percent to a record 202,600
> units in China in the first quarter this year, said sources with > Volkswagen China on Friday. Didn't a Chinese official say he wants to develop a "car culture" in China That's not going to work too well. Or if it does, oil will be 100 - 150 USD a barrel by then, not very pleasant. -- Jem Berkes www.sysdesign.ca |
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On Apr 16, 5:09 pm, Jem Berkes > wrote:
> > Sales of Volkswagen vehicles rose 23 percent to a record 202,600 > > units in China in the first quarter this year, said sources with > > Volkswagen China on Friday. > > Didn't a Chinese official say he wants to develop a "car culture" in China > That's not going to work too well. Or if it does, oil will be 100 - 150 USD > a barrel by then, not very pleasant. > > -- > Jem Berkeswww.sysdesign.ca Just keep in mind that if China used as much oil per capita as the United States, they would consume some 132% of the total oil available. India would consume some 103%. The entire ANWAR "reserve" if exploited to 100% of its available capacity would supply the US at present consumption levels approximately 19 months best-case, 9.25 months worst-case. In fact, it would pump for some 8 years +/-4 years, but the total that could be extracted ain't much. And once it's gone, it's gone. Personally, I think using petroleum products for vehicle fuel is just plain nuts given the need for feedstocks for very critical products, plastics and fertilizers not being the least of them. But the American life-style and infra-structure is hostile to practical public transportation except in dense urban areas... And that is not likely to change short of $40/gallon gasoline. Add to this the preponderance of McMansions springing up like toadstools and the energy consumption curve in the US (North America, actually) isn't going to flatten any time soon. No matter how it is sliced and diced, a 6000-square foot single house with cathedral ceilings and 30 large windows is going to reach the limits of energy efficiency a whole lot faster than a 2200 square-foot row house with 14 windows and 9-foot ceilings. Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA |
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> Just keep in mind that if China used as much oil per capita as the
> United States, they would consume some 132% of the total oil > available. LOL there isn't that much oil available anyway. Anyway, the market forces of commodity extinction will force us out of oil on its own. -- Jem Berkes www.sysdesign.ca |
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"Jem Berkes" > wrote in message . .. >> Just keep in mind that if China used as much oil per capita as the >> United States, they would consume some 132% of the total oil >> available. > > LOL there isn't that much oil available anyway. Anyway, the market forces > of commodity extinction will force us out of oil on its own. > > -- > >>> Yes, but in the meantime with China setting up oil agreements where ever >>> possible. And sucking up every ton of steel they can get their hands on. >>> And using the last hundred years of US history as an example . Think of >>> the US in the 1950s with China's population and industrial might. >>> Certainly everybody needs Chinese computer chips. What makes you think >>> they wont walk right over to the middle east and get it. Like we do. |
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