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0Official: Nissan 7-seat electric minivan, based on e-NV200, coming next year 1348683540
Nissan will start producing a seven-passenger minivan version of the e-NV200 panel van in Europe next year. Reportedly called the Nissan Evalia Electric, the minivan will have the same powertrain as the Nissan Leaf, whose electric motor delivers 80 kw from its 24-kWh battery. Nissan hasn't given ...
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Official: Nissan launches Serena S-Hybrid in Japan 1344030720
Japanese soccer moms, rejoice! Nissan started selling a hybrid version of the Serena in Japan this week, the first time Japan's best-selling minivan has gotten the green treatment. The Serena S-Hybrid gets 15.2 kilometers per liter in two-wheel-drive mode (there's also a four-wheel-drive ...
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Official: Chrysler delivers first plug-in minivans in $26m demonstration project 1334772120
OK, so these really may be the world's coolest minivans. Chrysler has deployed four plug-in hybrid-electric Town & Country minivans to the city of Auburn Hills, MI as part of a $26-million demonstration project. Chrylser says it plans for each minivan to rack up 16,800 miles during the ...
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Official: Ford cancels seven-passenger C-Max for U.S., focuses solely on Hybrid and Energi models 1307651640
Turns out Americans won't be getting another crack at a Euro-style mini minivan. Ford has officially canceled plans for its seven-passenger C-Max for the United States. Fans of small-in-stature MPVs may still be able to find what they are looking for in the Mazda5, but definitely not in Ford ...
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Official: Nissan will test Leaf as part of New York City "Taxi of Tomorrow" deal for NV200 1304596740
The new New York City "Taxi of Tomorrow" has been decided. The announcement that the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission has awarded Nissan a 10-year contract to make the new taxis – based on the NV200 – came out this week, with the additional information that the automaker and ... -
Marchionne: Chrysler planning hybrid minivan for 2013 1295470860
2011 Chrysler Town & Country – Click above for high-res image galleryAside from the hydraulic minivan test program we heard about earlier, there is more hybrid minivan news out from Chrysler, the automaker at the forefront of the minivan movement back in the 1980s. Turns out, the ... -
Report: GM CEO Akerson says Chevy Volt tech coming to minivan 1294880520
2011 Chevrolet Volt charging port - Click above for high-res image gallery The more vehicles General Motors is able to build using the battery technology pioneered in its 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the better chance the automaker has of earning a return on its significant investment into the ...
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Rendered Speculation: Mini to build mini minivan? 1278624000
It's no secret that the Mini name doesn't exactly mean what it used to. While just about every car currently available has grown in size over the years, there's just no getting around the fact that the new Mini is a full size larger than the original. And each new model that comes from the German ...
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Rumormill: Citroën planning new subcompact minivan 1209565980
French magazine Autoplus has published pictures of what the new subcompact van from Citroën might look like. Currently, Citroën offers three people-movers: the large, eight-passenger C8, the Xsara Picasso and the recent C4 Picasso (in both short- and long-wheelbase versions). Citroën ...
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What kind of car would your mother want you to drive? 1203020040
My mom was pretty cool when it came to her taste in cars - I have fond memories of tooling around town in her 1966 Volkswagen Beetle convertible. Red with a white top and interior, it was a cool car to be seen in. But, before we were old enough to appreciate such things, we had the family-mobiles ...

