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General Motors will announce Wednesday that it's working with one of the largest advocacy organizations for the vision-impaired to find ways for the next-generation electric cars to make enough noise that pedestrians can hear them coming. GM says it's...
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Of all the automotive regions — or clusters — that can be defined in North America, it is likely the Texas-Northeast Mexico cluster fared the best this year, just from the shift by Toyota of Tacoma pickup truck production to San Antonio's Toyota Tundra...
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Even its name, Wheego Whip LSV, is a marketing obstacle. "It sounds like a toy," said one of my colleagues. It looks like a toy, too, reminiscent of the Mercedes-Benz-sponsored Smart Fortwo city car. But the Smart Fortwo, running on gasoline, can go up...
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Mayor Mario Guerra says Tuesday that he has called an emergency City Council meeting to approve a memorandum of understanding with the private owners the 80-acre complex. If approved, the memorandum could facilitate a lease agreement with Tesla. The San...
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Volt team charged up Engineers race to perfect electric car on schedule. Detroit Free Press From charging the Chevrolet Volt's revolutionary power system to washing the car, everything about the extended-range electric vehicle is new, but Volt owners...
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He said the company is 'having negotiations with some local parties but so far nothing has been finalised." Maini also said the company aims to increase sales to 30,000 units in three years from less than a 1,000 units per year at present. "The sales...
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Talison Lithium, producer of almost a quarter of the world's lithium, is seeking to raise as much as A$196 million ($247 million) in an initial public offering in Canada and Australia to pay debt. Talison, which mines lithium in Western Australia, is...
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In addition to Tesla Motors ‘ potential IPO, there’s two more big pieces of news coming out of the electric vehicle world. Nissan is opening talks about electric cars in China, and the Electrification Coalition has started lobbying for tax credits and...
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Nissan Motor Co. said it will weigh plans to make all-electric cars in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, as the Japanese auto maker steps up its electric-vehicle activity in China's fast-growing car market. A senior Nissan executive disclosed the possible...
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Luxury carmaker Daimler AG will supply its latest electric vehicle 'Smart Forwo Electric' to 1,000 select customers in the US and Europe by 2011. The company last week started production of the lithium-ion-battery housed electric car at its plant.
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