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Chinese Higer Bus To Produce Electric Buses in Brazil by 2023
This Chinese OEM confirmed the plans to start the production of its vehicles in Brazil by 2023 after the initial phase of importing the first units in 2022. In 2021, road tests of the Azure A12BR will take place in São Paulo using the regular city bus fleet.
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PSR Analysis: Higer Bus has announced an investment of US$ 10 million for production infrastructure but it has not announced the location of the manufacturing facility. Although…
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Stellantis Confirms Second Electric LCV in Brazil
Soon after the recent launch of the Peugeot e-Expert, Stellantis announced the Citroën e-Jumpy on Friday Nov. 12. Price, drives, batteries configuration, autonomy have not been announced yet. However it announced the growth expectations from 1.2% Market Share to 4% with the new electric launches.
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PSR Analysis: Although it has not been announced, the most likely scenario is that Citroën e-Jumpy will use the same configuration as its…
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BMW Starts Production of CE 04 EV Motorbike
Emiliano Marzoli The CE 04 falls somewhere between a maxiscooter and a light electric motorcycle, with a distinguished concept style. Initially, the rated power will be 42 Hp, giving the CE 04 a 2.6 seconds to 50km/h and 120 km/h max speed. A second model will be soon available with 31 Hp, with slower acceleration but similar top speed.
Acceleration won’t be the only difference. The battery in the faster model will be bigger, with 8.9 kWh of capacity and is rated for up to 130 km (81 miles) of range. The reduced power model has a maximum range of 100 km (62 miles). It will be possible to charge the bike under different circumstances, at home, or public places. Two built-in chargers will be available, ranging from 2.3 kW to 6.9 kw. Charging will take from 1 hour and forty minutes to 4 hours depending on the selected option. BMW said that 20 to 80% battery charge will take 45 minutes, making this a very practical vehicle.
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Global Economy On the Path To Economic Recovery, Despite Increased Uncertainty
Yosyf Sheremeta The global economy is on a healthy rebound trend, but issues with supply chain, logistics and the re-surgency of COVID-19 during Q3 2021 remained. Power Systems Research witnessed a strong economic recovery globally in H1 2021; however, many challenges still remain. The rebound will continue to vary widely among different regions/countries, but a complete recovery is not expected until the global pandemic is under control. With some minor changes among regions and market segments globally, our overall forecast from last quarter remains in place, and that is good news to our industry players, OEMs, powertrain, and component suppliers.
The global economic performance last quarter was in line with our initial projections from earlier this year. As we projected last quarter, we did not expect any rapid economic recovery in H2 2021, however, we continued to witness a steady increase in economic activities. During the last quarter of 2021 Power Systems Research expects this trend to remain in place.
Government support in the form of fiscal policies and public health management are driving the economic rebound and largely explain variations in performance across countries. With the targeted monetary support to consumers and certain industries, the demand for products and services globally is coming back, and we expect this trend to carry over into Q1 2022.
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Edge Computing: Healthcare
In his ongoing series on edge computing, John Krzesicki talks with returning guest Carrie Geotz about edge computing in the healthcare industry.
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DATAPOINT: 2021 NA Production of Tractors
101,500 units is the estimate by Power Systems Research of the number of tractors to be produced in North America during 2021. In this report, we consider North America to include Canada, Mexico and the United States.
This information comes from industry interviews and from two proprietary databases maintained by Power Systems Research: EnginLink™ , which provides information on engines, and OE Link™, a database of equipment manufacturers.
Market Share: With combined plant totals of 75% Deere leads in production of AG tractors in North America with about 63,200 units. In second position is Kubota (8,000 units) with 9.5%. Third is Case with about 8%.
Worldwide Distribution: Canada exports about 75% of its North American Ag Tractor production, Mexico, about 60%, and the United States, up to 45% of its total production.
Trends: In 2020, production of Ag tractors in North America decreased nearly 24% to only 84,600 units. Production is expected to rebound 20% in 2021 to more than 101,500 units. COVID-19 related factors played a role in the decline last year, especially for parts availability and equipment inventory levels. Expect production to increase 10% by 2025. PSR
Carol Turner is Senior Analyst, Global Operations, for Power Systems Research
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North America Economic Outlook – November 2021
Yosyf Sheremeta, PhD, Director of Product Management and Customer Experience, takes a look at what’s in store for the industry segments we follow for the rest of 2021 and beyond.
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Welcome to the PSR PowerTALK podcast produced by Power Systems Research.
00:06 Joe Delmont
From Power Systems Research I’m Joe Delmont, editor of PSR PowerTALK.
Today we’ll talk with Yosyf Sheremeta about the economic outlook for North America.
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DATAPOINT: 2021 North America Combines
Today Joe Delmont presents the 2021 forecast for Combine production in North America. This forecast has been developed by Carol Turner, Senior Analyst of Global Operations at Power Systems Research. Carol provides annual production forecasts for important equipment applications.
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Welcome to the PSR PowerTALK podcast produced by Power Systems Research.
00:06
From Power Systems Research, I’m Joe Delmont, editor of PSR PowerTALK.
Today we’ll discuss a data point covering 2021 North American production of combines. When we talk about North America in this podcast, we mean the United States only.
This forecast has been developed by Carol Turner, Senior Analyst of Global Operations at Power Systems Research. Carol provides annual production forecasts for important equipment applications.
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Combines, overall, boost crop output and farm income. We expect that production of these units in North America this year will be about 6300 units. That would be up about 400 units or 7 1/2% from 2020. The gain is mainly due to increased optimism by farmers regarding their future prospects.
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In 2020 we saw a huge drop from the previous year. 2020 production was 5850. Down nearly 8%, or about 500 units, from 2019. Even with an increase this year, annual production will still be slightly less than that of 2019, when 6400 units were built. Production this year will be about flat with 2019.
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As much as 30% of US production of combines is shipped worldwide.
COVID-19 related factors played a role in the decline in 2020, of course; especially for parts availability and the drop in orders for new machinery.
Sales of combines picked up in the fourth quarter last year after a tough spring for sales.
Curt Blades, Senior VP of Agriculture for AEM, “The increase reflects farmer sentiment about the future of their operations.” he says. “It’s really a good early indicator of whether folks are enthusiastic about where markets are headed.”
This is a favorable sign. A few years ago, farmers were reluctant to buy or trade in pricey equipment because of lower commodity prices. In 2017, for example, production and purchases of new combines rebounded. The gain was attributed to an increase in commodity prices, such as corn and soybeans, that peaked in 2013 and 2014.
Expect production of combines in the US to gain as much as 10% by 2025.
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This data is pulled from two of the major Power Systems Research databases: OE Link — the database of OEM production and forecast data, EnginLink — which provides engine production, forecast, and specification data.
Look for Datapoint reports every month in the PSR PowerTALK news report and on this podcast.
Contact us for more information on other off-road products and Ag related equipment.
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Auto Production Down Sharply in Asia
SOUTHEAST ASIA REPORT: VIETNAM, THAILAND, MALAYSIA
Akihiro Komuro At the end of September, an auto parts manufacturer operating a plant near the southern Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh is struggling with a sharp drop in orders. The parts produced at this plant are delivered to Toyota group companies.
On Sept. 10, Toyota revised downward its production plan for the same month and October, adding about 70,000 units to the originally planned production cut of about 360,000 units in September, and cutting production by about 330,000 units in October.
The company also announced that it would revise its full-year production plan from 9.3 million units to 9 million units. Parts suppliers in Vietnam were affected by this. It was around the same time that Toyota announced its production cutbacks that the manufacturer mentioned above was told by its business partner that it wanted to significantly reduce orders for October.
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TSMC Plans Plant in Japan, Operation Set for 2024
FAR EAST: JAPAN REPORT
TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor foundry, has announced that it will build a new plant in Japan, with plans to begin construction in 2022 and mass production in 2024. The Sony Group and Denso Corporation are expected to participate in the construction of the new plant.
The new plant will produce logic semiconductors with a circuit line width of 22 to 28 nanometers. They are generally used in signal processing that requires large amounts of data, and in high-performance microcomputers used in car control. TSMC envisions the site adjacent to the Sony Group’s image sensor plant in Kumamoto Prefecture as the planned construction site.
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