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Nissan Gaining Market Share in Europe, Up 5.4% for Year

Nissan Gaining Market Share in Europe, Up 5.4% for Year

Nissan's market share is up 5.4% for all of Europe compared to last year, and it is growing across the continent. It sold 51,147 units in Europe for October. The market share in Russia is up 7.5%; the UK is up 4.5%, and France is up 15.1%....
23.11.2012 | 552 views | 0 comments
Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Break Ground on Chinese Factory

Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Break Ground on Chinese Factory

Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile have broken ground on a $1.75 billion joint factory in Changshu, China. The two companies also have approval from the Chinese government to form a joint venture to build and sell Jaguar Land Rover vehicl...
23.11.2012 | 4747 views | 0 comments
Volvo Will Build 4x to 6x More V60 Plug-in Hybrids Next Year

Volvo Will Build 4x to 6x More V60 Plug-in Hybrids Next Year

Volvo was taken by surprise by the popularity of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid. It built just 1,000 of them for the 2013 model year, and all of them sold out via pre-orders before they even hit showrooms. The company says that it has learned its lesson f...
23.11.2012 | 1676 views | 0 comments
European Auto Advertising Up as Sales Fall

European Auto Advertising Up as Sales Fall

Despite automotive sales in Europe being down by around 8% for the year so far, advertising spending by European automakers is about 3.9% in Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain.  France, Italy and Spain are among the countries where ...
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Seat’s electric car project presented to the Spanish government

Seat’s electric car project presented to the Spanish government

As part of its global sustainable mobility plan for 2014, Seat presented to Miguel Sebastián, Spanish minister for Industry, Tourism and Business, an electrically-driven vehicle prototype on which the Spanish brand is currently working, a v...
23.11.2012 | 7501 views | 0 comments
Volvo wants to test the electric C30 in 2011

Volvo wants to test the electric C30 in 2011

Updated version of the C30 will be presented at the Detroit Motor Show

Volvo Cars will show at the Detroit Motor Show an updated version of the electric C30. Presented as a prototype in September, the electric vehicle with a range of 150km goes to Detroit further ahead in its development, with Volvo already thinking ...
23.11.2012 | 1172 views | 0 comments
GM to invest $246 milion in electric motor and electric drive facilities in the U.S.

GM to invest $246 milion in electric motor and electric drive facilities in the U.S.

General Motors (GM) wants to become the first major U.S. automaker to take charge of the design and the manufacture of its electric motors, a core technology for hybrids and electric vehicles. The US brand will invest $246 million to expand its in...
23.11.2012 | 2778 views | 0 comments
Free parking lots for electric vehicles in Madrid

Free parking lots for electric vehicles in Madrid

Since yesterday electric vehicles in Madrid may use freely public parking lots in the Spanish capital. This is a measure that has the objective to promote and to incentivate people to buy and drive this kind of vehicles. Madrid’s mayor R...
23.11.2012 | 2088 views | 0 comments
Electric vehicles not truly ‘zero emissions’ unless law changes are made

Electric vehicles not truly ‘zero emissions’ unless law changes are made

Formatted and completed text.A study specially made for Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace, Transport & Environment (T&E) and WWF Germany has concluded that electric cars won’t be real ‘zero emission’ vehicles the de...
23.11.2012 | 1026 views | 0 comments
Seat IBE: electric concept presented at Geneva

Seat IBE: electric concept presented at Geneva

Officially starting on Thursday 4th of March, the Geneva Motor Show will be the stage chosen by Seat to present its developments in the electric drive technology, with its concept car IBE. The compact sports coupé was developed for urban mo...
23.11.2012 | 1323 views | 1 comments

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