To encourage the answer it wants--and to cut back the country's growing oil imports--Beijing has imposed taxes on high-gas-consumption autos, while adopting European auto emissions standards in 2004.
Unless you are Toyota (nyse: TM - news - people ), the classic manufacturing business, autos, has been no ticket-to-ride lately.
The roar of revving engines in high-net-worth autos ranging from a 1913 Isotta Fraschini IM to a token modern concept car reverberated through our bones as we awaited the start of the Louis Vuitton Classic Serenissima Run.
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China appeared to hit bottom in late 2012, and I expect a rebound in Chinese demand to benefit high-end luxury firms in general and high-end autos in particular.
By 2020 or so, depending on the progress of fuel cell technology, the last of the island's 9, 500 gasoline cars will be gone and only water-vapor-emitting fuel cell autos will remain, according to Taniguchi's plan.
Housing, autos and Philadelphia-area manufacturing have slowed substantially, attracting attention.
Now vertical dis-integration is the order of the day in autos, handheld computers, pharmaceuticals, ink-jet printers, health foods, cameras, microchips.
Meanwhile, September retail sales released by the Commerce Department show that total retail sales (which include non-general merchandise categories such as autos, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 1.1 percent month-to-month and 8.6 percent over last year, partially due to strong auto sales.
Meanwhile, January retail sales data, released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, showed total retail sales (which include non-general merchandise categories such as autos, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 5.6 percent unadjusted year-over-year and 0.4 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month.
The NRF results are in line with data released by the U.S. Commerce Department that shows total retail sales (which include non-general merchandise categories such as autos, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 0.1 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month and 9 percent unadjusted year-over-year.
Still, it's not too hard to imagine a future where the majority of autos run on electrons -- whether they're pushed from batteries or hydrogen fuel cells.
Increased demand for just about all other goods and services -- autos, houses, food, software, etc.
According to Retro Sound, the Model Two is the only radio made specifically for vintage autos that carries the Made-for-iPod designation, and the only one in its class packing hands-free call features as well.
Whittle the group down from 41 businesses to a more manageable nine--in autos, trading and finance.
Unless you are Toyota, the classic manufacturing business, autos, has been no ticket-to-ride lately.
" He rattles off consumer products in excess--"autos, fiber optic cable, computers, cell phones, trucks, airplanes, steel, even food.
In that sense it's no surprise that every industrial boom--from oil in the 19th century, to autos in the early 20th, to technology in the late 20th century--was largely characterized by American entrepreneurs.
The coming autos will challenge India's best-selling mass-market passenger car, the Maruti 800 manufactured by Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp. in a 50-50 venture with the Indian government.
In the U.S., given weakness in general manufacturing and softening in autos, he sees a 10%-15% decline in the the 2012 second half from the first half.
Another possible draw: the introduction of a service called Sea Smart, a one-button emergency gizmo, comparable to OnStar for luxury autos, with a panic button that sends a signal via satellite every ten seconds and offers real-time tracking of the distressed vessel on a 3-D color map back at Sea Tow's headquarters.
This includes hauling new autos, hazardous chemicals, and other high-margin products in specialty train cars.
For large-ticket purchases like autos, we will need to see how sales in the coming months play out to form any hard and fast conclusions about the year as a whole.
Here's the problem: According to the Clean Air Act, once the EPA regulates greenhouse gas emissions for autos, it must do so for so-called "stationary sources" that emit the equivalent of more than 250 tons of CO2 per year.
Even beyond the world of autos, the driverless car should be a wake-up call about the pace of disruptive technological change that looms for every industry.
That kind of juice makes factories hum, and South Africa, despite problems aplenty (see p. 36), is beginning to build a manufactured-goods export base in autos, machine tools and chemicals.
Even beyond the world of autos, the Google driverless car should be a wake-up call about the pace of disruptive technological change that looms for every industry.
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And people are concerned about whether the standards, the non-tariff barriers with respect to autos is something that is preventing us from being able to compete with very good products.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Commerce Department reports that December retail sales (which include non-general merchandise categories such as autos, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 0.1 percent seasonally adjusted over November and 6.2 percent unadjusted year-over-year.
My bond recommendations in 2012 ranged from high-yield to pipelines, refineries, autos and bond funds, all short duration.
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