The cost of the high-powered batteries needed for a coming wave of electric cars is projected to drop by as much as 70 percent over the next five years, according to a U.S. government forecast.
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Jack Roush and Carroll Shelby are two men who have been linked with the Ford Mustang for decades. Amazingly, they have never worked together on one--until now.
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In offering first V-6 since 2008 model year, automaker hopes to broaden appeal of top-selling pickup for 2011 by offering more fuel-efficient engines.
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After the lawsuit was filed, the owner of the stores, dealer Gene Reed, agreed to sell the operations instead to Hendrick Automotive Group, the nation's seventh-largest dealership group.
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Steve Miller, who calls himself "The Turnaround Kid' after a career spent helping hobbled companies survive, has another rescue mission as chairman of bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc.
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Lamborghini is betting carbon fiber is the future of automotive design.
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The U.S. Congress today approved the broadest overhaul of financial rules since the Great Depression and sent it to President Barack Obama to sign into law. Auto dealers fought successfully to be exempted from the bill.
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WITH VIDEO -- Nissan brought out a preproduction prototype of its coming Leaf electric vehicle and we got to drive it a few miles.
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Chrysler Group LLC halted production at the Toledo, Ohio, plant that builds the Jeep Wrangler today due to a parts shortage after storms that struck Mexico hampered shipments, a spokeswoman said.
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I laughed out loud when I saw the price of this thing. It's a nice car, though. It's solid, fast, really well built, good-looking and it checks all the midsize-sedan boxes.
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Detroit's three automakers had an average score of 787 out of 1,000 points in the 2010 study, a 13-point lead over the average score for European or Asian brands.
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In today's News Brake: The Smithsonian looks at safety, Mini may go even smaller, and we test-drive the 2010 Audi TTS coupe . . . But Wait, There's More!
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Nissan's fourth generation March, now made in Thailand instead of locally for the Japanese market, went on sale this week with a new-generation Xtronic CVT gearbox with auxiliary transmission and a newly developed 1.2 litre three-cylinder HR12DE engine.
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Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. has announced the top positions in the new board of directors Volvo Car Corporation pending completion of the acquisition of the company from Ford - which is 'anticipated to be completed within Q3 2010'.
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With final vote scheduled for later today, mortgage brokers, student lenders and other financial firms would have to answer to a new consumer-protection authority, though auto dealers and new car loans and leases will escape scrutiny.
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Nissan Motor is suspending vehicle assembly at two US plants for three days from today (Thursday 15 July) due to delayed delivery of electronic engine management parts from Hitachi.
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Despite the slow progress to replace the Kyoto Protocol, auto manufacturers are well aware that they will come under increasing pressure to reduce the CO2 emissions of their models and their manufacturing process. And electric vehicles will not become widespread quickly enough to reduce their exposure to CO2 trading, caps and carbon-based taxation. Part 1 of this three-part just-auto management briefing looks at examples of vehicle manufacturer initiatives
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Despite the slow progress to replace the Kyoto Protocol, auto manufacturers are well aware that they will come under increasing pressure to reduce the CO2 emissions of their models and their manufacturing process. And electric vehicles will not become widespread quickly enough to reduce their exposure to CO2 trading, caps and carbon-based taxation. Part 1 of this three-part just-auto management briefing looks at examples of vehicle manufacturer initiatives
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Tata Motors Group global sales including the Tata, Tata Daewoo and Hispano Carrocera range of commercial vehicles, Tata passenger vehicles and distributed brands in India, as well as Jaguar and Land Rover, totalled 91,608 models in June 2010, a growth of 46% compared to June 2009.
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