When Terashi Shigeki, CEO of Toyota Motor Company in North America, was interviewed in North American International Auto Show in Detroit in Jan 14, he said Toyota will take local production into consideration to reduce the cost, due to the ...
European Electric and Hybrid Vehicle market is expected to grow from 0.7% of the market in 2012 to 4% in 2020, according a new report from Pike Research. The market in the region will account a small portion of the entire market and by ...
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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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See also:The blog LED Luminaries LED headlights will trickle down from premium cars this year,at least as an option. "Now there are a few premium cars:Lexus,Prius,Cadillac,Audi A8 and R8,"Steffen Pietzonka,v-p of marketing at German car ...
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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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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Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Magna E-Car Systems (Magna E-Car) have agreed to form a $200m joint venture (JV) to co-develop automotive Li-ion batteries. The new JV called MAHY E-CELL will be 60% owned by Magna E-Car, while HHI will ...
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Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies, a natural gas, hydrogen and hybrid electric vehicle technology provider, has reported that the orders for its compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel systems have quadrupled during January-June 2012. During ...
Taipei, Nov. 2, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan’s Farglory Land Development recently announced to tie up with local counterparts Delta Electronics, Inc., Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (CHT) and Hotai Motor Co. Ltd. (local agent of Toyotas and Lexus) ...
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Global low emission vehicle market is expected to reach $103.13bn by 2017, up from $21.13bn in 2011 and $27.45bn in 2012, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30.3% during the period, according to a new report. According to ...
The Global hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) battery market is expected to rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.2% between 2011-2015, according to a new report. TechNavio's 'Global Hybrid Electric Vehicle Battery Market ...
Maxim is staking its future on integrated analogue in the belief that sales of analogue SoCs will overtake discrete analogue sales within two years. Asked by EW what integrated analogue means,Maxim responded:'Analogue has traditionally ...
The Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor device market is expected to reach $12.6m by the end of 2012, and the phenomenal growth rate of 60-80% year-on-year is expected to continue in subsequent years, according to the report ‘Gallium ...
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