Fisker Automotive is taking a reverse approach to hybrids.
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In two weeks Fisker Automotive Inc. expects to announce which plant in North America will assemble its mid-sized plug-in hybrid sedan starting in 2012.
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Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft will take a 49.9 percent stake in Porsche AG in a first step towards an integrated automotive group with Porsche. This was agreed between Volkswagen and Porsche SE during negotiations on the contracts of implementation relating to the merger of the two companies.
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A Chinese national accused of stealing trade secrets from Ford was employed by Beijing Automotive Industry Holding (BAIC), China's fifth-biggest automaker, but was in the United States on personal leave when he was arrested, BAIC reportedly said on Monday.
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South Africa's National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Naamsa) has said new guidelines for the automotive investment scheme (AIS), which falls under government's new Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP), should be concluded by the end of this month.
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German automotive and defence group Rheinmetall plans to buy a 51% stake in the military unit of truck maker MAN, Financial Times Deutschland reported.
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Israeli chip maker Tower Semiconductor has said it would be the preferred manufacturer of power automotive devices for C&S Technology in South Korea.
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An official Malaysian marketing mission on automotive related products and services to Tehran recently secured RM10.3m (USD3m) worth of orders from Iranian vehicle manufacturers and parts importers.
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Thailand's KCE Electronics expects to return to profit this year, helped by recovering demand in the global automotive industry, a senior company official said.
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Passive safety - a subject area in automotive engineering in which there is nothing left to be invented? Not at all: Audi is using innovative thinking to further advance development in this field.
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India's Exide Industries on Monday reported a 92% rise in July-Sept net profit, led by double-digit volume growth in automotive and industrial batteries.
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Wolfgang Schaefer, commercial executive at Stuttgart-based automotive supplier Behr, is considered to be the top candidate for the CFO position at German car parts maker Continental AG, according to the Financial Times Deutschland.
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The Thai automotive industry is the ideal role model for survival for South Africa, delegates at the AIDC Conference in Port Elizabeth were told.
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NOVI, Mich., - Preh, a leading German supplier of automotive driver controls, sensors and electronic control units, developed the "center stack" for the 2010 MY Chevrolet Equinox, now in series production. The system integrates all the control functions of the center console in a compact way, and contains in addition to the controls for radio, navigation and climate, the switches for the safety functions.
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Vehicle sales in the Philippines rose by 2.4% year-on-year in September to 11,204 units, compared with 10,937 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (Campi).
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As automotive design moves forwards for some, backwards for others, the challenge remains to captivate and retain people's attention and imagination. This is especially true when a manufacturer introduces a new product on an already overly saturated market. If you are launching the next-generation Corolla, new boundaries need not be conquered. On the other hand, in the case of a new crossover sedan hatchback with coupe aspirations, a new playing field must be constructed.
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New car sales in Poland grew 8.14% year-on-year to 24,991 units in September, according to automotive research institute Samar.
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Following the completion of the sale of Delphi's global steering business to GM Global Steering Holdings LLC, GM has announced that the new company will go to market under the Nexteer Automotive brand name.
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