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The Crédit Communal de Belgique was created in 1860 on the initiative of Walthère Frère-Orban, taking advice from statesman Henri de Brouckère and financier Jonathan-Raphaël Bischoffsheim. [ 2 ] : 5 The aim was to grant credit to municipalities for their investments, for which the bank was established in the form of a cooperative, namely a ...
The Volkswagen Taos is a compact crossover SUV manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen. It was first released in October 2018 as the Volkswagen Tharu in China, while the Taos was released in October 2020 as a restyled version of the Tharu for the North American, South American, and Russian markets.
Volkswagen (VW; German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡn̩] ⓘ) [Note 1] is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.Established in 1937 by The German Labour Front, it was revitalized into the global brand it is today after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst.
The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, [a] is a small family car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. [ b ] One of the most iconic cars in automotive history, the Beetle is noted for its distinctive shape.
Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly was a manufacturing complex located 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Pittsburgh in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, near New Stanton — and noted for manufacturing 1.15 million Volkswagens from 1978 until 1987. [1]
Share of the SA des Usines Renault, issued 1 January 1932 to Louis Renault. Renault S.A., commonly referred to as Groupe Renault (UK: / ˈ r ɛ n oʊ / REN-oh, US: / r ə ˈ n ɔː l t, r ə ˈ n oʊ / rə-NAWLT, rə-NOH, [7] [8] French: [ɡʁup ʁəno], also known as the Renault Group in English), is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. [9]
In October 2016, Quebec passed legislation that obliges major carmakers to offer an increasing number of PHEV and BEV models, beginning with 3.5% in 2018 and rising to 15.5% in 2020, using a tradable credit system. Canada had the second largest plug-in electric passenger car market share in the Americas in 2023
University College London (branded as UCL [7] [8] [9]) is a public research university in London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University of London, and is the second-largest university in the United Kingdom by total enrolment [10] and the largest by postgraduate enrolment.