Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk says Japan will be the electric-car maker's No. 2 market after the United States and that Asia will account for a third of its global sales by 2015.
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Nov. 24. Every video gaming gearhead needs to circle that date on their calendars because this is the confirmed release date for Gran Turismo 5.
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General Motors today (12 November) inaugurated its new flexi-engine facility in Talegaon, GM's first powertrain plant enabling petroleum and diesel engines to be manufactured simultaneously.
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This week's top ten stories on just-auto reflect the powerhouse that is China starting to dominate the headlines as massive trade delegations beat a path to Beijing
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Renault says it is "satisfied" at the decision by a French judge not to ban the automaker from using the name Zoe for its electric vehicle.
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The Kia Sedona tops the list, with the Mazda 5, the Ford Escape and the Hyundai Santa Fe right behind.
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This is a bizarre vehicle in that it has about a $5,000 price premium over a regular Escalade and really, the biggest mpg improvement is in the city, where I averaged about 18 mpg on the weekend.
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The announcement by the U.S. and Korean presidents Thursday that they failed to agree on changes to auto and beef provisions may make 'no deal' the reality for U.S. trade accords across Asia and the world.
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Aiming to stamp out any glitches before they balloon, Nissan Motor Co. is setting up a rapid-reaction task force in the United States to troubleshoot possible customer complaints with its Leaf electric vehicle after its launch next month.
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General Motors is to pay US$51m to buy an additional 10% stake in the Chinese joint venture it owns with SAIC and Liuzhou Wuling Motors.
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UK automotive lobby organisation, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) yesterday (11 November) met Malcolm Harbour, West Midlands Conservative MEP Malcolm Harbour, to discuss the current state of the UK automotive industry and the future market outlook.
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Ford's Saarlouis plant in Germany and the Michigan assembly plant in the US are preparing for the manufacturing launch of the next-generation Ford Focus
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GE's decision to purchase 25,000 electric vehicles for its own fleet and fleet services business has been welcomed by the US Electrification Coalition (EC).
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Opel has unveiled its pricing structure for the Ampera model that will see the base model EV retail at EUR42,900 (US$58,700) including national VAT
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Ford of Europe will add almost 500 full-time employees at its plant in Saarlouis, Germany, ahead of the start of production for the next-generation Ford Focus. The workers will be offered permanent Ford contracts starting in the middle of this month.
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Volkswagen AG said Friday its sales rose more than twice as fast as the worldwide auto market last month. Deliveries by the VW group increased 9.
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Europe, in a sense, is the ideal territory for the development of EV markets...
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Toyota will show its RAV4 EV Concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show next week.
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Volkswagen Group delivered 5.98m vehicles in the first ten months of this year - up 12.4% - with 612,000 units in October.
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The first factory-built Fisker Karma will make its North American debut at the Los Angeles International Auto Show November 17-28.
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