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Production of Renault Twingo, other French minicars up thanks to scrappage plans

German car sales shot up after that country started a plan that paid owners of old cars to scrap their rides and buy new ones. It worked so well that the UK and the U.S. quickly started thinking about putting similar plans in place. Automotive News Europe (subs req'd) gives us another reason (four, actually) to think that these plans work, and work well, in getting people to buy a new car. There are scrapping incentives in four of the biggest markets in Europe (Germany, France, Italy and Spain), ANE writes, and these are leading to ... Read more →

BMW CEO confirms city car with electric option Jeremy Korzeniewski

We've heard consistent rumors since last year that BMW was considering entering the tiny car market with a new electric car. This entire time, BMW was to decide on the fate of the city EV by the ...

Analyst doesn't think microcars will have much impact on US market Sam Abuelsamid

Many of the major carmakers are scrambling to bring tiny cars, smaller than the MINI or Chevy Aveo to the US market in the next few years. Most notable among them are DaimlerChrysler and General ...

Book on microcars, part of green car history, now available Sebastian Blanco

In a few ways, Microcars are the precursors to today's NEVs and other small cars like the Smart. Microcars grew out of the post-WWII era in Europe when concern wasn't on building small cars because ...

Production of Renault Twingo, other French minicars up thanks to scrappage plans 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

German car sales shot up after that country started a plan that paid owners of old cars to scrap their rides and buy new ones. It worked so well that the UK and the U.S. quickly started thinking about putting similar plans in place. Automotive News Europe (subs req'd) gives us another reason ...

BMW CEO confirms city car with electric option 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've heard consistent rumors since last year that BMW was considering entering the tiny car market with a new electric car. This entire time, BMW was to decide on the fate of the city EV by the end of the year, and it seems that they have. BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer has confirmed that the ...

Analyst doesn't think microcars will have much impact on US market 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Many of the major carmakers are scrambling to bring tiny cars, smaller than the MINI or Chevy Aveo to the US market in the next few years. Most notable among them are DaimlerChrysler and General Motors and possibly Toyota. DCX has already committed to selling the new Smart ForTwo here beginning in ...

Book on microcars, part of green car history, now available 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In a few ways, Microcars are the precursors to today's NEVs and other small cars like the Smart. Microcars grew out of the post-WWII era in Europe when concern wasn't on building small cars because they were fuel efficient, but because materials were not readily available. Over the years, these ...


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