The global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to reach 3.8 million by 2020, according to a new report from Pike Research. Pike Research senior research analyst Dave Hurst said that sales of EVs have not lived up to automakers' ...
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Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors is planning to launch the Outlander plug in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) in Japan on January 24, 2013. The PHEV will be powered by a 4B11 2.0L four-cylinder gasoline engine and twin permanent magnet ...
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Chicago startup HEVT (Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies) is on the brink of commercializing a new type of electric motor which unlike its conventional predecessors does not require the usage of rare earth metals. Gigaom reports that ...
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German luxury car maker BMW has unveiled the new Active Tourer hybrid concept car ahead of its debut at Paris Motor Show to be held in France. The new eDrive plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is claimed to be its first front-drive ...
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Under funding from the National Science Foundation's Cyber-Physical Systems Program, a University of Notre Dame research group is attempting to develop mathematical algorithms to help guide the integration of plug-in hybrid electric ...
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An entry-level version of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV(Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle)could be priced below the current flagship diesel all-wheel-drive variant as the local division finalises the positioning of its incoming hybrid SUV. ...
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) is planning to invest more than $100m at its Cambridge, Ontario facility to increase the production of Lexus RX. As per the plan, the carmaker will hire 400 emplyees and increase the production ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen's Chinese joint venture Shanghai Volkswagen is planning to build a new assembly plant in the North Western part of the country. The new facility in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will be built with an ...
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Lexus, a luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota, has unveiled the newly designed 2013 ES 350 and its hybrid variant ES 300h models. The ES 300h is offered with the Lexus Hybrid Drive, featuring a 2.5litre four-cylinder ...
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Porous Power Technologies and Japan-based Chisso Corp have entered into a cooperate agreement to produce new variants of the SYMMETRIX battery separators for use in automotive batteries. The companies said that SYMMETRIX, which looks like ...
American Honda Motor and Zipcar have entered into an agreement under which the automaker will become a preferred vehicle manufacturer for Zipcar. As per the deal, the automaker will add a couple of hybrid and electric-vehicles to Zipcar's ...
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TRW Automotive Holdings has launched its latest EBC 460 product family of electronic stability control (ESC) systems, with manufacturing capability in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. EBC 460 family features a ...
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Annual sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in China will reach only 45,000 units by 2015, increasing to 152,000 vehicles in 2017, according to a report from Pike Research. The report found that the figure represents less than 1% of ...
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US carmaker Ford Motor is planning to invest $135m in its advanced electrification center in Dearborn, Michigan, US for the development of advanced battery systems and associated components for its new hybrid-electric vehicles (EVs). The ...
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