A California company rolled out a preproduction version of its first electric vehicle this week, the 2e, that it claims will get the equivalent of 200 mpg.
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The true British supercar is alive and well--maybe.
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Germany and the European Commission have failed in a last attempt to reach an agreement on a law that shields carmaker Volkswagen from takeover, Germany's justice minister has said.
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China's SAIC Motor expects an over 50% fall in unaudited net profit in 2008, hit partly by its investment in Ssangyong Motor in Korea, which has filed for bankruptcy protection due to severe liquidity problems. Ford's Chinese partner also announced a sharp profit fall but results were better at FAW Group.
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Rebadged new CLK – now known as the E-Class Coupé – is based on C-Class and gets a sharpened-up front end, plus distinctive creases along body.
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Jagaur Land Rover wants to see credit flowing again from direct lending or state-backed loans, rather than receive a government bailout, its chief executive has said.
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Bridgestone Americas Tyre Operations (BATO) will stop passenger and light truck tyre manufacturing at its LaVergne, Tennessee, plant "due to negative economic conditions, which continue to create a difficult business environment" with the loss of 543 jobs. A further 259 jobs will go with the reduction of remaining truck tyre output.
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The Italian government will meet next Wednesday (28 January) to discuss possible help for the auto industry.
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Citing a "dour economic situation," Bridgestone said Thursday it will cease production of passenger-car and light-truck tires at its factory in LaVergne, Tenn.
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Auto research firm J.D. Power and Associates will attempt to do for new-vehicle launches what it has been doing with consumer attitudes for years: telling automakers what they are doing wrong.
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Ford of Europe will introduce short-time working and cut production at its two car factories in Germany. "We are doing this because our major markets of Spain and the UK are going down dramatically," a Ford of Germany spokesman said.
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The doom and gloom continues and will likely do so for some time - we have just been told today that the UK is officially in recession. As if the 2m-and-rising unemployed, empty high street shops and temporarily shuttered factories hadn't already made that obvious. Still, the auto business news, if not always encouraging, certainly remains interesting.
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Russia's largest carmaker AvtoVAZ on Friday cut the working week for some employees to four days in February to save money in the global economic downturn. Employees will work a four-day week between February 2 and February 28, AvtoVAZ said.
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Italy's government will meet with the country's auto industry leaders Wednesday, January 28, to discuss possible help for the sector.
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Volkswagen luxury car unit Bentley is stopping production at its plant in central England for seven weeks from early March to April to better match supply to demand, a spokesman confirmed on Friday.
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Facelifted version of Range Rover Sport is first in a line of refreshed 2009 models.
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Best shots yet of Aston's production-ready four-door saloon.
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Our spies bag clearest shots yet of potent hot hatch on test.
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Germany and the European Commission have failed to reach an agreement on a law that shields carmaker Volkswagen from takeover, Germany's justice minister said on Thursday.
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Audi said plans to stop production for five days in February at its biggest plant in Germany as orders for new car orders fall but had not yet decided on how to impose the downtime on workers.
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