CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. --- Ikea reported that its U.S. sales for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31 grew 11% from the previous year, and same-store sales were up 8%. Worldwide, Ikea Group's sales were up 7.1% to 27.6 billion euros (about $36.8 ...
ZIV Metering Solutions, an automation arm of the CG, has secured an order to supply 90 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to the IBIL, the Spanish EV charging operator. The order includes Smart Grid-enabled charging stations that ...
Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) sales are expected to reach about 1.8 million units by 2020 in major cities of the US, a report by the Pike Research. The Electric Vehicle Geographic Forecasts report revealed that the PEV sales will ...
California-based Balqon has launched the ZEVQON electric vehicle (EV) motor controllers for zero emission commercial truck and bus markets. The ZEVQON uses the insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) technology to convert battery DC ...
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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 ...
The world's largest consumer tech show last week was mostly about new ultra-high-definition TVs, with four times the pixel resolution of current 1080p HDTV, notebooks, phones, wireless headphones and speakers and thousands of accessory ...
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US carmaker General Motors (GM) has unveiled the new Cadillac ELR electric coupe at the 2013 North American International Auto Show currently being held in Detroit, US. The new electric coupe is powered by GM's extended range electric ...
The Cadillac ELR has been unveiled on day two of the 2013 North American auto show in Detroit, presenting a sleek extended-range electric coupe that the General Motors-derivative says is the first application of the hybrid technology by a ...
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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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Chinese automaker BYD has delivered 500 electric, e6 police vehicles to the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau. According to carmaker, the e6 electric vehicle (EV) will achieve a top speed of about 140kmph, while offering a range ...
Cadillac introduced a high-end hyrbid electric vehicle called the ELR at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit Tuesday. To see the ELR, watch a video on YouTube. The car is based on the Cadillac Converj concept car that ...
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Johnson Controls is planning to unveil the 48V Micro Hybrid battery system for automobiles on 14 January 2013 at the North American International Auto Show(NAIAS)in Detroit,US. The company plans to implement a dual voltage design with a ...
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Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan will begin the assembly of the 2013 model LEAF electric vehicle at its manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tennessee in the US. The company expects the assembly of the vehicle in Smyrna will contribute ...
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New Saab owner National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has signed a partnership worth $291 million with the City of Qingdao in China’s Shandong province giving the city a stake in the Hong Kong-owned manufacturer. To be made in ...
An official shot of a Cadillac ELR prototype testing in the US has been released ahead of the luxury plug-in coupe’s premiere at next week’s 2013 Detroit auto show. Teased in a shadowy sketch last month, the latest image ...
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