General Motors Co. said Monday that it sold 237,646 vehicles in the US in April, up 11 percent from a year ago and the best April in five years for the automaker. Retail sales rose 10 percent and fleet sales were up 16 percent. Sales of ...
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Chinese automaker BYD Motors has confirmed its plans to open a new facility for manufacturing electric buses in California city of Lancaster, US. Additionally, the company will open an Iron-Phosphate energy module (large-scale battery) ...
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Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) has unveiled the new technologies, Green Hybrid, to be used in its upcoming 2014 vehicles. New technologies include Insta-Pure cabin filtering systems, new motor technology and new 48V battery ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota Motor has introduced the 2014 4Runner sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, California, US. The revamped 4Runner SUV is powered by a 4.0L V6 engine, which is mated to a ...
Cadillac, the luxury automobile and SUV division of US automaker General Motors (GM), has started the public road-testing of Super Cruise system, its semi-automated vehicle technology. The carmaker is anticipating deploying the technology ...
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Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) has supplied six electric buses to the the provincial government in Friesland in Netherlands. The automaker has delivered the 12m (40ft) transit bus that are powered by its Iron Phosphate ...
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German automaker Daimler is planning to invest about EUR 300m to expand the production capacity at its Romnian subsidiary Star Transmission, in a bid to support production as its Stuttgart-Hedelfingen transmission plant is operating at full ...
Supercar is a term used most often to describe an expensive high end car. It has been defined specifically as "a very expensive, fast or powerful car". Stated in more general terms: "it must be very fast, with sporting handling to match", ...
Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors (MMC) is planning to recall 3,839 units of hybrid vehicles in Japan over the defect in the vehicles motor controls computer program and oil leaks. The recall affects Outlander plug-in hybrid vehicles ...
Interserve has started the first phase construction works of Jaguar Land Rover's new engine manufacturing center at South Staffordshire business park near Wolverhampton in the UK. The automaker is investing over GBP500m in the new plant, ...
German automaker MAN Truck & Bus has secured a contract to supply 200 units of its bus chassis to the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) Buses. The chassis will be installed in the public transport buses in Singapore, increasing the ...
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Infiniti Motor, the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Nissan Motor, is planning to produce its new Q50 sports sedan and QX50 crossover at the Xiangyang plant in Hubei Province, China. The plant, which is operated by Infiniti's ...
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Acura, the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda Motor, has launched the Chinese version of the Acura RLX sedan at the ongoing Auto Shanghai 2013 being held in China. The sedan is powered by the 3.5L direct-injection SOHC ...
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Products nowadays are subject to ever-shorter market cycles: By constantly offering new functions and design elements, manufacturers are attempting to reinvent products that have become part of everyday life, such as washing machines or ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars has started the limited production of its new S60 Polestar sports sedan. The new sports sedan is powered by a six-cylinder turbo-charged Volvo T6 engine that incorporates improved turbo, engine ...
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