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0Zetsche reportedly says Daimler to pick new compact car partner by mid-2010 1262289480
Despite rumors of Daimler and Renault collaborating on a four-door Smart model, no official tie-up between the two companies has been announced. That could change next year when Daimler will reportedly decide who its small-car partner will be. Daimler is getting even more heavily into the ...
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Catching up with Chevrolet's 1,200 mile pre-production Volt fleet drive 1255651140
Chevy Volts on 1,200 mile drive - Click above for high-res image galleryYesterday, we had an opportunity to chat with Chevrolet Volt chief engineer Andrew Farah as he rode through the hills of West Virginia during a development drive. On Tuesday, a fleet of eight pre-production (a.k.a. IVER) ... -
Some Chevy Volt parts are likely already on the road in mules 1193488020
The Chevy Volt is still at least three years from Job 1 but there are almost surely parts of it prowling the streets of Southeast Michigan. Whenever a new vehicle is developed there are components that are ready for testing out of sequence. Long before all the necessary parts to build full ...
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The EU to help developing countries with biofuels 1184102520
The EU thinks that developing countries can improve their economical growth if they take the biofuels path. How? The 77 ACP (Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) countries can import biofuels into the European Union without any duties. According to the European Comissary for Development, Louis ...
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Martin Eberhard provides further details Tesla Roadster design changes 1176986760
Over on the Tesla corporate blog CEO Martin Eberhard has put up a post elaborating on some of the design changes to the Roadster that led to its weight gain in going from first prototypes to validation prototypes and on to production. In developing new cars most companies today do a lot of ...
