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    Honda to Sell Electric Car, Plug-in Hybrid in 2012
    Honda Motor Co. said it would launch an electric car and plug-in hybrid model in 2012 in the U.S. and Japan, joining the race to manufacture battery-powered cars in which rivals have already taken slight leads. The launch of the plug-in vehicles is timed to meet tough regulations, including a new rule in California that will require three percent of an automaker’s...
    by admin at July 20th, 2010 at 04:07 am
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    Volkswagen Aims to be Global Electric Car Leader
    Volkswagen plans to launch series of new hybrid and electric cars by 2013 and expects these zero-emission vehicles to account for 3 percent of its global sales by 2018, Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn said on Monday. VW plans to launch the Touareg Hybrid SUV in the U.S. market later this year, followed by the Jetta Hybrid in 2012. Volkswagen will launch E-Golf...
    by admin at July 20th, 2010 at 03:07 am
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    Istanbul Enerji and Renault Partner on Electric Cars
    Istanbul Enerji, a subsidiary of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and French carmaker Renault signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement a program aimed at preparing for an electric car partnership. The MoU is aimed at establishing a partnership to promote and implement electric vehicles in Istanbul, following the example of several other capital cities. The...
    by admin at July 19th, 2010 at 10:07 am
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    Nissan, Mitsubishi to Join Kyoto Electric-Car-Sharing Project
    Nissan and Mitsubishi will join the Japanese city of Kyoto in a pilot electric-car-sharing project. A total of seven Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric cars will be used in the project, the Nikkei reported. Charging stations set up in Kyoto will be networked so that participants in the electric-car-sharing project will be able to find the charging points. Local...
    by admin at July 17th, 2010 at 03:07 am
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    Tesla, Toyota to Build Electric RAV4
    Silicon Valley electric carmaker Tesla Motors and Toyota Motor Corp. announced that the two companies will develop an electric version of Toyota’s popular RAV4 SUV. With an aim to market the EV in the United States in 2012, prototypes will be made combining the Toyota RAV4 model with a Tesla electric powertrain. According to an agreement, Tesla will produce and...
    by admin at July 16th, 2010 at 09:07 am
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