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Ford is using recycled cottons in the interior of the new 2012 Focus as part of carpet backing and sound absorption material. Full story...
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Mazda Motor and Sumitomo Corp will jointly spend JPY30 to 40bn (US$355-$475m) to build a car plant in Mexico, which will supply compact cars to Latin America, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. Full story...
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Small and densely populated countries offer fertile ground for the usage of electric vehicles and the setting up of battery charging infrastructures. In this third instalment of November's just-auto management briefing looking at EV infrastructure, we take a closer look at developments in Israel and Denmark. Full story...
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Ford on Tuesday signed an agreement with its Belgian unions to secure the future for the Genk assembly plant and Lommel proving ground facilities. Full story...
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Electric cars will make up 20 percent of UK auto sales by 2016 as drivers take advantage of government subsidies and lower fuel costs, the head of the country's power grid said. Full story...
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Bill Parfitt, chairman and CEO of Vauxhall and Chevrolet in the UK and Opel Ireland discusses the UK manufacturing base, the UK market in 2011 and the launch of the Ampera. Full story...
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Vehicle output in Japan fell 8.4% in October from a year earlier to 751,620 units - the first drop in a year. Full story...
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Opel chief Nick Reilly says that although the carmaker expects its European sales will drop 9% on the year to 836,000 cars in 2010, he believes it will hold its market share stable at 7%. Full story...
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The Fiat Group is to formally split into two separate companies on 1 January 2011, Fiat SpA and Fiat Industrial SpA, both of which will be listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. Full story...
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Fuji Heavy Industries has launched its new Trezia compact car in Japan, the first model supplied by Toyota since the signing of an alliance between the two carmakers in 2008. Full story...
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For some time, manufacturers have been pushing back the technical boundaries of batteries used for electric vehicles. In this interview, Matthew Beecham talked with Dr Joachim Fetzer, executive vice president, SB LiMotive about a range of issues, including the development cost of battery packs and the company's plans in increase cell production capacity by 2015. Full story...
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Toyota is to replace the electric coolant pumps in 650,000 second generation Prius models to prevent their hybrid mechanism from overheating, the company said. Full story...
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Even the auto industry is not immune from the current WikiLeaks revelations. Full story...
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Volkswagen has been granted European Union approval for its planned purchase of various Karmann assets. Full story...
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Honda on Tuesday revealed a prototype Brio, the new small vehicle developed for Asian markets and scheduled to be introduced in Thailand and India in 2011, at a motor show in Thailand. Full story...
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With a mid-life facelift, Honda Europe has dumped the unpopular i-shift automated manual transmission from the Jazz [Fit] and brought back the constantly variable transmission used for the previous generation. Full story...
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The sale of Nexteer Automotive by General Motors to Pacific Century Motors (PCM) of China has completed. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but estimates of USD450m mean that it represents China's biggest single investment in the global automotive components industry. Full story...
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Porsche will probably succeed in convincing preferred shareholders to support a 5 billion-euro ($6.9 billion) stock sale because the deal may offer the chance to buy into Volkswagen at a discount, investors said. Full story...
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Steelmaker ThyssenKrupp gave an upbeat outlook for 2011 after the economic boom in its German home market and cost cuts offset ramp-up expenses of new plants in its last quarter. Full story...