German automaker BMW Group and Japanese automaker Toyota have partnered for the development of a new hybrid sports car. The new model will different than the replacement for the Z4 and for the Supra. Both firms will use German technology ...
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Japanese automaker Honda Motor is set to expand alternative-fuel vehicle technologies in its vehicle lineup in the US in a move to increase its sales in the country. As part of this strategy, the company plans to revamp its vehicle lineup ...
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Japanese automaker Honda Motor is set to stop the production of its hybrid vehicle, Honda Insight, due to declining sales. Earlier in November 2013, the carmaker announced that it will discontinue the production of Insight in February ...
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Ford Motor Company announced today the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a first-of-its-kind sun-powered vehicle with the potential to deliver the best of what a plug-in hybrid offers – without depending on the electric grid for fuel. ...
Ford's new concept for solar-powered hybrid car can run for 21 electric-only miles on a day's worth of sunlight. That possibility comes courtesy of sun-tracking software that works in combination with a concentrator lens to focus the ...
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Ford will display its first solar-powered vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the company?announced on Thursday. The Ford CMAX Solar Energi Concept car will have 1.5 square metres of solar photovoltaic cells on ...
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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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Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor is set to unveil its three new concept cars during the Tokyo Motor Show that takes place from 23 November to 1 December 2013 in Japan. The three concept cars include Crosshiker, X-LANDER and Hustler. ...
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TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. today announced that it is supplying Electrically Powered Hydraulic Steering (EPHS) technology to Ferrari's latest vehicle launch 'LaFerrari' - the first Ferrari to feature hybrid propulsion. TRW's EPHS ...
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Subaru Canada, Fuji Heavy Industries' (FHI) automobile manufacturing division, is set to launch its new 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid vehicle in Canada by the end of November 2013. Manufactured in a zero-landfill plant in Gunma, Japan, ...
PSA Peugeot Citroen is set to continue its long-standing collaborative relationship with Toyota in the European city car segment, putting to bed speculation to the contrary. According to European reports, PSA CEO Philippe Varin told ...
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At the 2013 Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Conference & Expo in Novi, MI, USA (17-19 September), GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless provider of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion ...
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Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), Indian production and sales subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), has launched the first locally manufactured hybrid vehicle, the new Camry Hybrid. The new hybrid is powered by a 2.5L beltless petrol ...
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US-based rechargeable batteries manufacturer PowerGenix has obtained approval of the China National Laboratory's Tianjin Automotive Test Center for using its Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) batteries in micro-hybrid vehicles. The approval follows ...
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German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has expanded its hybrid vehicle portfolio with the addition of three new S-Class hybrid cars that are scheduled to launch in 2014. The new hybrid vehicles included the S 400 hybrid, s 300 BlueTEC hybrid ...
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