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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General Electric (GE) is to purchase 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015 for its own fleet and through its Capital Fleet Services business.
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Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said governments should offer consumers financial incentives to buy electric vehicles to help offset the extra cost for manufacturers to build the cars.
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GM said it will pay $51 million to buy an additional 10 percent stake in a Chinese joint venture it owns with SAIC Motor Corp. and Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co. Ltd. GM, which owns 34 percent of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automotive Co.
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GM said it will pay $51 million to buy an additional 10 percent stake in a Chinese joint venture it owns with SAIC Motor Corp. and Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co. Ltd. GM, which owns 34 percent of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automotive Co.
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The U.S. Treasury should make GM suspend its planned initial public offering to ensure a better return for taxpayers on the government's stake in the company, safety and consumer advocates said Thursday.
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GM's European unit will sell the Opel/Vauxhall Ampera -- a rebadged Chevrolet Volt -- for 42,900 euros (about $58,600), significantly more than the $41,000 price of a Volt in the United States.
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