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Nissan Leaf heading south of the border to Mexico City

The latest addition to the ever growing list of regions signing up to support the Nissan-Renault alliance and its electric vehicle plans is Mexico City. The Mexican capital has reached an agreement with the Franco-Japanese automotive group that will see it be the first area in Latin America to get Nissan's upcoming dedicated electric car. Due to a combination of its large, dense population and geography, Mexico City has similar pollution problems to the Los Angeles basin. The compact LEAF will be introduced in Mexico City in 2011 ahead ... Read more →

REPORT: Bolivia will make its own lithium-ion batteries by 2018 Sebastian Blanco

Asia and Michigan, watch out. It's a long-term goal, but Bolivia is looking to capitalize on its large in-ground lithium supply by producing li-ion batteries by 2018. While lithium might not ever be ...

Electric Bicycle World Tour to last three years, well under way Domenick Yoney

While some think driving around the world in 80 days is a good way to promote the environmentally-friendly possibilities of electric transport, others prefer to take the slow road. In this case, ...

REPORT: GM mulling Tata Nano competitor in Asia Xavier Navarro

2010 Chevy Spark - Click for high-res image gallery What will the world's cheapest car, the Tata Nano, do to the auto market? Bring friends. We're hearing that General Motors could be planning a ...

Honda starts building flex-fuel City sedan in Brazil Sam Abuelsamid

Here in North America, the only non-gasoline fueled cars offered by Honda are the natural gas-powered Civic GX and the hydrogen-fueled FCX Clarity. You can buy diesel-powered Hondas in Europe and, ...

REPORT: With Fiat's help, Tata could sell the Nano in Latin America 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Tata Nano - Click for high-res image gallery We knew that the famous – and now available – $2,500 Indian car was heading to Europe and the United States. The next market where the world's cheapest car is going to be sold, thanks to help from Fiat, could be Latin America, according to ...

Fiat's electric Fiat Palio Weekend in production in Brazil; estimated cost $70,000 (U.S.) 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fiat has been working on an electric version of its Fiat Palio Weekend in Brazil for about three years. Back in 2007, Fiat was testing 30 Palio Electricos (converted versions of the standard Palio) that were nearly full-feature vehicles: they could go 85 miles or so on a charge and could reach 65 ...

Ethanol Summit 2009 finds consensus on ethanol certification 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Brazilian city of São Paulo hosted this year's edition of the Ethanol Summit. Opened by former President Clinton, one of the main issues this year was how to certify sustainable ethanol. You know the story: The EU wants to burn more ethanol in order to curb greenhouse emissions and is ...

Bill Clinton: don't destroy the forest to make ethanol 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

During the big Ethanol Summit 2009 down in Brazil this week, former President Clinton gave a bit of advice to that country's ethanol industry: don't destroy so much forest land just to make biofuel. Clinton said that "everybody" already knows that Brazilian ethanol made from sugar cane is the most ...

President Clinton headed to Ethanol Summit 2009 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) has snagged former U.S. President Bill Clinton to be a speaker at the upcoming Ethanol Summit 2009. The Summit takes place in Sao Paulo, Brazil in early June. Part of Clinton's post-White House life has been running the William J. Clinton ...

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