Better Place has unveiled its first charging stations in Israel.
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Only a few issues remain to be resolved by congressional Democratic leaders and the White House before lawmakers can vote on emergency aid to General Motors and Chrysler LLC, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today.
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A Detroit 3 rescue plan that would force automakers to answer to a "car czar" and make the government their biggest shareholder is just a few details away from being ironed out by Congressional Democrats and the White House, a Senate leader said.
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Goodyear is stopping production for 10 days at two Turkish tyre plants in December and January, local reports, citing a union official, said.
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Chrysler LLC, seeking U.S. government loans to stay solvent, said it has canceled plans to develop a small car with China's Chery Automobile Co. Executives from both companies announced yesterday they were ending the venture.
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Daimler is reducing work hours at its Rastatt Mercedes A- and B-class plant in southern Germany to four days or three days a week from 12 January until the end of February.
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Nissan has reduced initial output at a car joint venture in India and delayed the start of production at a separate truck plant.
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PSA Peugeot Citroën and Robert Bosch have agreed a strategic partnership for diesel hybrid technology.
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Sales of foreign cars in Russia fell for the first time in four years in November.
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Audi's global sales in November were down in its major markets in the U.S., UK and China. Peter Schwarzenbauer, Audi's sales and marketing head, said unfavorable conditions in all sales regions "are presenting a great challenge." In the U.
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Daimler's main manufacturing plant in Sindelfingen, Germany, will adopt a shorter work week for three months from January 12 to address a sharp drop in demand, the group's labor leader said on Monday.
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Toyota has officially started RAV4 SUV production at its new plant in Woodstock, Ontario, its second in Canada.
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Swiss auto parts and textile company Rieter Holding said full-year sales and profits will be well below forecasts because the economic crisis had a severe effect on textile and auto markets.
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Mitsubishi Motors is shuttering its US factory in Illinois from 16 February to 3 April after North American sales slowed, company officials in Japan said on Tuesday.
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Kroymans Corporation will stop distributing General Motors' Cadillac, Corvette and Hummer brands in Europe next year, a Dutch newspaper reported today. The Dutch dealer group has distributed the U.S. brands in EU markets for the past five years.
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Kroymans Corporation will stop distributing General Motors' Cadillac, Corvette and Hummer brands in Europe next year, a Dutch newspaper reported today. The Dutch dealer group has distributed the U.S. brands in EU markets for the past five years.
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The Chosun Ilbo reports that Hyundai Motor's i10 is a major hit in Germany.
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Under pressure Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is hoping to increase sales in its parent's (Tata) home market, India.
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Ford and China's Changan Automobile Group have not talked about selling Volvo Car to the Chinese automaker though Ford executives met with Changan officials to inform them "as a courtesy" that Ford was looking for a Volvo buyer, a person "familiar the with the situation" told the Wall Street Journal Asia.
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