Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) began delivery of its i-MiEV electric city car in Japan from July 2009, mainly to corporations and local authorities.
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It would be very easy to dismiss this car as just an upmarket Prius, but that would be doing a disservice to both the Prius and this Lexus. The best way to define the differences between the two cars is the philosophy that goes into making them. Toyota uses the Prius as the vehicle to introduce leading-edge hybrid technology. Lexus uses hybrid technology to create a better luxury car.
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The physics that apply to the 3500-lbs stockcar traveling at 200 miles per hour are tremendously complex. The shape of a NASCAR race machine must comply with the rules set in place and that dictates the overall performance of the car.
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Fiat Automobiles has again shown its commitment to a cleaner environment following the announcement that its average CO2 emissions figure on cars sold in Europe during the first half of 2009 has dropped to 129.1 g/km.
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Nelson Piquet's famous father and namesake has vowed to contest the legal action mentioned by the Renault team in a recent official media statement.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif.,- Mazda North American Operations' president and CEO, Jim O'Sullivan, confirmed today during a meeting of the company's top dealers that the MAZDA2 subcompact, or B-Car classification, car will be sold in the U.S. beginning in late 2010. It was previously announced that the car also will be sold in Canada, beginning at about the same time.
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The sidepods of the Brawn cars driven by Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello in Singapore next weekend will feature the branding of the printer firm Canon.
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Having just re-signed Dani Pedrosa (Spanish) and Andrea Dovizioso (Italian), Honda has pledged that both riders will receive equal status on the Repsol factory MotoGP team next year.
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Former Formula 1 driver Hans-Joachim Stuck on Thursday said the crash-gate affair had left him "speechless" and called for an unprecedented draconian penalty.
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Graphs generated by the data acquisition system located inside Nelson Piquet's Renault R28 last year during the Grand Prix of Singapore demonstrate how the young Brazilian spun his car on purpose.
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Renault SA chief executive Carlos Ghosn was reluctant to comment this week about the 'crash-gate' scandal whilst at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Nissan's powertrain assembly plant in Decherd, Tenn., today produced the first engine that will be exported to Japan for assembly in the next-generation Infiniti QX56 luxury full-size sport utility vehicle. This marks the first time a Nissan plant in the United States has exported an engine to Japan.
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Following the recent announcement of the 99g/km Volvo C30 1.6D DRIVe and the plans to introduce a plug-in hybrid in 2012, Volvo is also evaluating the viability of an entirely electric-powered C30 known as a BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle).
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Mercedes-Benz Canada announced today that the company will continue to offer competitive pricing and exceptional value for every fascinating new 2010 model. For the 2010 model year, Mercedes-Benz Canada will keep model pricing nearly identical to the previous model year, and in some cases, it will even lower the base price or add additional no-charge equipment.
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Bernie Ecclestone has said he was "surprised" by the news and "very sorry" to see his friend and business partner Flavio Briatore leave formula one in disgrace.
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Ford is on track to have made structural cost cuts of up to US$15bn since 2005 but has room to make more, its chief financial officer said on Wednesday.
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Belgium will raise Opel's restructuring at a European Union summit on Thursday amid the row over German state aid, the head of the country's Flanders regional government said on Wednesday.
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AMG's first supercar spreads its wings at the German Expo.
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Fisker Automotive, currently working on launching a US$88,000 luxury petrol-electric hybrid car to be built by Valmet in Finland is also planning a $39,000 model likely to be built in the US.
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BMW would not need to make more job cuts even if a second wave of the global financial crisis hits, its personnel chief has said.
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