General Motors has begun advertising for one of the most highly anticipated model launches in years, the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid. The 'Shattering Status Quo' campaign teases the Volt and will be a big test for GM's new U.S.
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TROY, Mich. - EcoMotors International CEO Don Runkle announced today that the Company has secured substantial Series B funding - sufficient to complete engineering and testing of the opoc® engine.
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The CSX, as well as the EL that preceded it, has a tough job. It serves as the entry-level model in Acura's Canadian line-up, but it's based on the Honda Civic that costs up to ten grand less.
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The GP2 series will introduce a totally new spec car. GP2 Series' Technical Director Didier Perrin, a former Prost GP man, talks about the GP2/11 car.
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Andrew Ranger took his Dodge to his second victory of the current NASCAR Canadian Tire Series' season in Toronto Saturday after his win at Mosport International Raceway.
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In the days after the British Grand Prix Silverstone front wing furore, Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber was recovering from food poisoning.
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Mercedes-Benz director of competition Norbert Haug is convinced Michael Schumacher is the ideal teammate for Nico Rosberg at Mercedes.
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Carl Edwards didn't get angry, he got even. He won the third round of a continuing rivalry after spinning Brad Keselowski on the last lap of the NASCAR Nationwide Race at Gateway Raceway.
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The ORECA Peugeot 908 driven by Olivier Panis, Nicolas Lapierre and Stéphane Sarrazin clinched victory at Portimao, round three of the Le Mans Series championship.
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Briton Justin Wilson led during most the race but it was Penske Racing's Will Power who took the chequered first at the end of the Honda Indy Toronto.
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Penske Racing's Will Power took had the upper hand late in the race over Briton Justin Wilson to earn his fourth IZOD IndyCar race of the season at the Honda Indy of Toronto.
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The Mercedes E class, BMW's new 5 series and a revamped Audi A8 are attracting wealthy buyers in the U.S. and China, prompting the German carmakers to boost deliveries.
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Some analysts believe the company's market valuation is 25 percent below the valuation of its operating units, raising questions over whether the current company structure was appropriate.
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Daimler will not be split into a passenger car maker and a truck maker, Andreas Renschler, head of the company's commercial truck business, told a newspaper.
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Peugeot says a diesel-hybrid version of the company's new 508 sedan will be among the most fuel-efficient models sold in Europe. The 508 will debut at the Paris auto show in October.
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In an exclsuive interview posted Saturday morning on Italian web site 422race.com, Ivone Pinton revealed that Villeneuve Racing would be associated with Italian race team Durango.
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Earlier this week, the Indy Racing League has decided to chose the new Dallara project as the new Indy car to be used from 2012. That decision does not please everyone, however...
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Canadian driver James Hinchcliffe topped the time chart during Firestone Indy Lights practice on the 1.75-mile, 11-turn Toronto circuit on Friday.
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To mark the beginning of new era in sustainable mobility in British Columbia, a ceremony was held Friday, July 17, when Toyota Canada delivered a Prius Plug-In Hybrid (PHV) to a group of BC testing partners.
These partners include BC Institute of Technology (BCIT), BC Hydro, City of Vancouver, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and the University of Victoria's Institute for Integrated Energy Systems (IESVic). Representatives from each organization were on hand to officially 'plug-in' to the future and deliver the Prius PHV to the province of B.C.
To mark the occasion, B.C.'s Minister of State for Climate Action John Yap, Vancouver's Deputy Mayor Ellen Woodsworth, BCIT's President Don Wright, IESVic's Curran Crawford and Toyota Canada's Managing Director Stephen Beatty were on hand for the delivery at 1800 Spyglass Place in Vancouver.
"Partnerships that bring the public and private sectors together to spur innovations like plug-in hybrids also bring us one step closer to a low-carbon economy in this province," said John Yap, Minister of State for Climate Action. "We expect that coupling B.C.'s clean energy resources with the cutting edge technology of plug-in hybrids will lead to a
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Dreyer & Reinbold driver, Briton Justin Wilson earned his first ever IZOD IndyCar pole position today in Toronto after his rivals were never able really to threaten him.
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