Automaker Toyota Motor will conduct plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) charger infrastructure verification tests in Aichi Prefecture, Japan from November 2012 to March 2013. Toyota will conduct the tests together ...
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Magna International has reported sales of $7.7bn for the second quarter ended 30 June 2012, an increase of 5%, compared to $7.3bn for the same period in 2011. For the second quarter of 2012, the company's net income totaled $349m, or ...
EV Group (EVG) a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, announced the completion of its newly expanded cleanroom IV facility at its corporate headquarters in ...
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Japanese carmaker Nissan's Chinese joint venture Dongfeng Motor (DFL) is planning to invest $800m to build a new vehicle manufacturing facility in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. The Dalian plant is scheduled to begin the production of ...
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National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has acquired major part of the bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab Automobile, for an undisclosed sum, defeating a bid from China's Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile. NEVS is an international ...
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Toyota Motor Sales has rolled out special financing and a customer lease option for the 2012 RAV4 EV in California, US. The company said that the new all-electric RAV4 EV receives an EPA rated range of 103 miles, 78 city miles per gallon ...
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Lexus, a luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota, has unveiled the 2013 ES 350 midsize sedan and the first hybrid version ES 300h at the New York International auto show in US. The ES 350 is powered by a 3.5 litre ...
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Mitsubishi Motors North America Inc. is supporting the University of Southern California (USC) and its Viterbi School of Engineering as it develops a campus-wide smart grid 'living laboratory' project, which includes the use of Mitsubishi ...
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Honda Motor has started lease sales of the Fit EV to local governments and businesses in Japan. The company is planning to lease about 200 units of the Fit EV in the next two years. The Fit EV features functions to charge the battery or ...
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US based automaker Chevrolet is planning to unveil its new Spark EV on 28 November during the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show. Chevrolet Spark EV is the first electric vehicle made by General Motors since the EV1 project was signed in 2003. ...
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Global plastic closures manufacturer Bericap has extended its ‘Galileo’ range that uses patented technology for its molded hinge products, with the addition of a new long skirt closure, LSK EV 29/44 Galileo 11. The new Galileo ...
Honda Motor has introduced a new one-motor hybrid system, Sports Hybrid Intelligent Dual Clutch Drive system, which is optimised for small-sized vehicles. The new hybrid system comprises of three different Honda Sport Hybrid systems, ...
Japanese automaker Honda will replace the Integrated Motor Assist series with the introduction of a new gas-electric system called the Honda Sport Hybrid. The new gas-electric system comprises three different systems: intelligent dual ...
The increase in production of electric vehicles (EV) is expected to rise 80% until 2017, which will lead to jump in demand for plastics used in EVs, according to a report. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Strategic Analysis of Plastics ...
Motiv Power Systems has received a $13.4m contract to provide all-electric, zero-emission garbage trucks to the city of Chicago in US. Under the contract, the company will offer the city with 20 class-eight EV refuse trucks, which weigh ...