Company chiefs in the UK say they would be reluctant to invest in electric vehicles for their fleets because of uncertainties over long term costs, according to a survey by Lex Autolease, the country's largest provider of company cars.
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Volkswagen has said its global sales increased 8.6% year on year in May, boosted by growing demand in China and the US.
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Fiat, its unions and the Italian government are sitting down today (11 June) in a mammoth negotiating session to thrash out differences concerning the future of its plants at Pomigliano d'Arco and Termini Imerese.
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Volkswagen said sales increased 8.6 percent in May helped by growing demand in China and the U.S. Deliveries at VW's seven car brands and commercial-vehicles unit rose to 604,200 from 556,500 a year earlier. Five-month sales gained 18 percent to 2.
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Toyota's UK engine factory at Deeside, North Wales, has become the company's first plant outside Japan to manufacture a hybrid vehicle engine.
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Citroen hopes to sell 4,000 units of its C-Zero electric mini in Spain by 2015 and plans to roll it out by late 2010, a company official has confirmed.
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Suzuki says its new Swift minicar has improved fuel consumption and significantly lower emissions than the outgoing model as well as better safety and driving performance.
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Lada-maker AvtoVAZ is expecting total Russian car sales to rise to 1.7 million in 2010, up from a previous forecast of 1.6 million, due to the government-sponsored scrappage scheme.
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Confirming earlier reports citing unofficial sources, Renault announced Dominique Thormann will replace Thierry Moulonguet as group chief financial officer from 1 July.
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BMW AG and Saab are discussing sharing parts and technology for a new small car the Swedish automaker wants to build, two people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News.
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BMW AG and Saab are considering sharing parts and technology for a new small car the Swedish automaker wants to build, two people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News.
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Talks between PSA and Mitsubishi to use one of the Japanese manufacturer's platforms for small, low-range cars, could be concluded soon, a French newspaper reported.
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Washington Post Co. elected former General Motors Co. CEO Rick Wagoner to its board, boosting the number of directors to 11.
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This may sound odd, but Beijing's newly announced pilot program to subsidize the sale of plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles in five cities has little to do with the country's serious air pollution.
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Fiat S.p.A. held talks with unions over the future of its factory near Naples on Friday, and CEO Sergio Marchionne warned time was running out to reach a deal.
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Chrysler Group is developing revised terms and conditions for supplier contracts that it expects to unveil in July, Dan Knott, Chrysler's senior vice president of purchasing and supplier quality, said Thursday.
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Supplier Johnson Controls Inc. made an unsolicited $1.25 billion cash bid for most of Visteon Corp.'
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German states with Opel plants will set up a task force to discuss possible aid for the GM unit after Berlin rejected a request for 1.1 billion euros ($1.
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Auto123.com has produced a very instructive video during the "Open House Day" at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal, showing the Formula 1 pit stops from real close.
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Young German driver Sebastian Vettel of the Red Bull Racing team set the fastest time this afternoon in Montreal during the second free practice session of the Canadian Grand Prix.
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