Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort and Interior 3.5 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 3.5 You’d be forgiven for thinking the BMW ActiveHybrid 3 is a car aimed at cashed-up members of the Greens Party, but what BMW ...
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Steel Authority of India Limited’s Bokaro Steel Plant has registered a steady growth path both in production and projects in the year 2012. Commissioning of the rebuilt zero emission Coke Oven Battery 2 in March 2012 was one of ...
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French carmaker Renault has delivered its first full-electric car ZOE to the French Minister of Industrial Recovery, Arnaud Montebourg in the home market. The company is to deliver a small number of vehicles by the end of 2012 and start ...
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German automaker Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance have signed an agreement to collaborate on two new projects, to develop new engines as well as expanded availability of Daimler transmissions. Under the new deal, the German ...
The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler collaboration has broken ground on a new engine manufacturing facility in Decherd, Tennesse, US. According to the company, the new facility, located at the Nissan's existing powertrain assembly ...
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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 ...
Ford Motor has started production of the new C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid vehicle at its Michigan assembly plant (MAF) in the US. By the end of 2012, the automaker intends to deliver eight vehicles for US customers which are claimed to ...
General Electric (GE) in collaboration with renewable energy firm Urban Green Energy (UGE) have unveiled the first wind-powered electric vehicle charger, Sanya Skypump, in Barcelona, Spain. The new 15ft tall EV charger incorporates UGE's ...
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German luxury carmaker BMW is planning to launch the production version of its i8 hybrid sports car in 2014. BMW said that the i8 will be powered by a 1.5litre 3-cylinder engine which will deliver 223 hp and 295lb-ft of torque to the rear ...
China based Build Your Dreams (BYD) Auto has received an order for 50 of its e6 electric vehicles (EV) from London based mini cab service provider greentomatocars. The initial 50 of the new five-seat BYD e6 electric crossovers are ...
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Car Charging Group (CCGI), a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, has opened a new office in San Jose, California, US, to expand its operations in the region. The new California office will be led by the company's chief ...
Japanese luxury car brand Infiniti has unveiled the EMERG-E hybrid sports car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK, marking the global launch of the complete-functional variant. The new hybrid car is powered by twin electric ...
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Remy's Electric Motor Division has signed a long term agreement with VIA Motors to deliver powertrains for its Extended-Range Electric Vehicle(eREV). VIA Motors CEO Kraig Higginson said the company plans to ramp up production over ...
Smith Electric Vehicles(Smith),a provider of all-electric commercial vehicles,has unveiled the Newton Step Van at the NTEA Work Truck Show,North America's vocational truck and equipment event. The new model which is an ...
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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 ...