Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA has reported sales of 171,910 vehicles for 25 selling days in September 2012, an increase of 41.5% compared to the same period in 2011. The Toyota Division sold 151,524 units in September 2012, an increase of ...
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) has reported 87.3% rise in its sales in the US to 202,973 units in May 2012, when compared to 108,387 units sold during May 2011. Sales at Toyota Division increased about 89% to 181,510 units , while Lexus ...
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA has reported 60.3% rise in its vehicle sales to 177,795 units in May 2012, when compared to the year-ago month. During the initial six months of 2012, the sales of TMS climbed 28.7% to 1,046,096 units. ...
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US based EcoMotors International has completed its Series C funding worth $32.5m to expand its research and development capability for the Opposed-Piston-Opposed-Cylinder (opoc) diesel engine development. This round of funding was led by ...
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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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German chemical company BASF has opened a new cathode materials production plant in Elyria, Ohio, US, that will manufacture nickel-metal-cobalt cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrids. BASF ...
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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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Japanese automaker Honda is planning to assemble the hybrid version of its Fit subcompact in Thailand. The company said that this would be its first 1.3-litre car manufactured outside Japan, which is expected to start this summer, and the ...
Japanese automaker Toyota Motor’s (TMC) global hybrid vehicles sales have reached four million units until April 2012, starting from its first gas-electric car launched in 1997. The company is currently selling 18 type of hybrid ...
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Japanese automobiles manufacturer Honda has unveiled the modified 2013-Honda-Civic at the on going 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show in the US. The new sedan has undergone interior and exterior design modifications which will now be available ...
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US carmaker General Motors (GM) is planning to manufacture about 500,000 hybrid or electric vehicles (EV) per year by 2017 that feature some form of electrification, including hybrid drive system. The carmaker's plug-in electrics, pure ...
British Gas has been selected as exclusive supplier of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions for vehicles of Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi Motors within the UK. The collaboration will further allow customers to access a range of ...
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German carmaker Audi has completed the three year e-performance research project to develop a technology platform for electric mobility. Commenced in October 2009, the project involved Audi's collaboration with Robert Bosch and ...
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