ChargePoint’s charging network, which is the world’s largest and most open, has been fully integrated into BMW’s visionary electric vehicle, the BMW i3, which is the automaker’s first all-electric production vehicle. ...
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German automaker Daimler has acquired a 12% stake in its Chinese partner BAIC Motor, the passenger car unit of Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC Group). This transaction marks the first investment by a non-Chinese automotive company in a ...
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German automaker Volkswagen is set to debut its new plug-in hybrid system concept car, twin up, at the Tokyo Motor Show to be held from 23 November – 1 December 2013. The twin up is four-seater vehicle, which is claimed to offer ...
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German automaker Audi has inaugurated its new production facility in Münchsmünster, Bavaria, Germany. The company is consistently expanding its main plant in Ingolstadt, Germany. Volkswagen will produce body parts and ...
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The Volkswagen Group delivered 7.85 (January-October 2012: 7.50; +4.7 percent) million vehicles from January to October. The company handed over 818,900 (October 2012: 788,800; +3.8 percent) vehicles to customers in October. "The ...
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Chrysler announced the recall of roughly 1.2 million trucks on Friday following a series of accidents related to problems in their steering systems. Chrysler believes 453,000 vehicles in that group may have portions of their steering ...
Nissan Motor plans to launch e-NV200, a 100% electric commercial vehicle, in Japan in fiscal 2014. Production will begin the same year in Barcelona, Spain. The e-NV200 model is based on the NV200 taxi vehicle, and is the second ...
The Chinese Government has ordered Volkswagen to recall over 207,000 Tiguan sport-utility vehicles over defective lights. China's quality watchdog General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said that there ...
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Today a sketch was released of the Honda FCEV Concept in advance of its debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 20. The concept model expresses a potential styling direction for Honda's next-generation fuel-cell electric ...
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Volkswagen de Mexico, a Mexican subsidiary of German automaker Volkswagen Group, is set to invest $118m to commence the second stage of its engine plant in Guanajuato Puerto Interior industrial park, Mexico. The latest funding will be ...
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American automaker Chrysler Group is voluntary recalling 91,559 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles of certain model year 2014 in the US, due to a disruption of computer communications and loose alternator ground wires. As a consequence, the ...
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Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies has developed a next generation sealing technology, Levitex, to reduce emissions in automotive engines, as part of its Low Emission Sealing Solutions (LESS) initiative. The LESS initiative, which is a ...
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor has issued a voluntary recall on 43,500 Genesis vehicles of certain model year 2009-2012 in the US, as the vehicles may contain brake fluid which does not protect against corrosion of the Hydraulic ...
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Major Chinese steel producer Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. (WISCO) has stated that its high-strength low-alloy galvanized steel sheet has been approved by the Shanghai R&D center of PSA Peugeot Citroen. PSA Peugeot Citroen, the ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota Motor is set to unveil its latest hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicle (FCV) and four other world-premiere concepts at Tokyo Motor Show in Japan. Expected to be introduced by 2015, the new FCV Concept vehicle ...
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