Nissan Motor's China venture has raised its 2012 sales target by 50% to 1.5m vehicles, a senior executive said on Monday, as it keeps raising capacity there.
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Epyon BV has received EUR7m in new equity funding from five investors, the company has said.
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ECOtality North America is collaborating with Nissan Motor Co. and General Motors Co. to solve limitations to the driving range of electric vehicles by launching thousands of charging stations in major U.S. cities by the middle of next year.
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Nissan unveils Renault Twizy-based New Mobility CONCEPT electric vehicle.

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Chunky Agile points way to rugged Aveo, shares underpinnings with Corsa SUV
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INTERACTIVE EDITOR DALE JEWETT: To me there's no debate about what this vehicle is--it's a station wagon. And a fine one at that.
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Nissan Motor could make its own version of alliance partner Renault's Twizy two-seat electric vehicle displayed at the Paris show earlier this year. The automaker in Japan today announced a proposal for new mobility in a sustainable zero emission society and an electric vehicle (EV) embodying its proposal, 'Nissan New Mobility Concept'.
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Plunging demand for Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. cars led Japan's October auto sales to the lowest level for the month in 42 years after a government subsidy program ended.
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India's Steel Strips Wheels has agreed a deal with IBAT of Europe to export a minimum of 500,000 steel wheel rims over three years.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will unveil a wide-bodied i-MiEV electric car tailored to the United States at the Los Angeles auto show during press days Nov. 17-18.
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Kia's design boss wants to add a sports car or convertible to lend more appeal to the brand.
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Kia's design boss wants to add a sports car or convertible to lend more appeal to the brand.
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Maruti Suzuki India has reported a 5% year on year rise in net profit to INR5.9bn (US$132.2m) on sales up 27% to INR89.4bn ($1.98bn) for the second fiscal quarter of 2010-11.
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All five South Korean carmakers saw their October sales increase from a year ago, fueled by increasing local and overseas demand, with Ssangyong Motorleading in terms of year on year rise.
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The planned merger of Continental AG and Schaeffler Group may be delayed by several years or fail altogether because of U.S. tax demands, a German paper reported, citing unidentified people close to Schaeffler. The U.S.
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Chevrolet's local chief is bullish about prospects in India as he prepares to officially open a new engine plant next week.
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Here's a brief run-down of reports available in our research store that caught our eye over the past week or so...
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German auto exports may increase by 21 percent this year to 4.15 million units, driven by a rise in demand in China and the U.S., a paper reported, citing Matthias Wissmann, head of the VDA industry group.
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General Electric will order "tens of thousands" of electric vehicles within about a week, CEO Jeffrey Immelt said during a speech in London. He did not give any further details of what will be the largest EV order in history.
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Continental and Bosch are pushing regulators in the region to secure the supply of rare-earth metals as China limits exports of the metals.
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