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    Official: Nissan announces production of funky e-NV200 electric van
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    There are two ways automakers can go when producing a vehicle with electric propulsion – be it a hybrid or an outright EV: make it look the same as any other car, or make it stand out. Like Toyota (for example) did with the Prius, Nissan made the Leaf look (for better or worse) unlike a ...

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    Honda will start Fit (Jazz) Hybrid production in Thailand this summer
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    Honda will start making a hybrid version of its Fit compact in Thailand this summer, according to the Japanese publication the Nikkei. Production will mark the first time Honda will be making any of its hybrids in Asia outside of Japan. Sales of the Jazz Hybrid – Honda substitutes the name ...

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    Report: Toyota, Honda say Thai floods may impact Prius production, U.S. vehicles
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    Automotive News reports that Toyota may experience production delays tied to widespread flooding in Thailand. The Japanese automaker relies on certain Thai components, including audio systems, diodes and condensers, that may see production shortages. Honda, too, has issued a statement that the ...

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    VW to invest $85 billion by 2016 to increase production, develop advanced technologies
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    Volkswagen AG says it will invest €62 billion ($85.5 billion U.S. at the current exchange rate) in innovation and technology projects, primarily in Germany, within five years as it eyes becoming the world's leading automaker. The German automaker announced on Friday that much of its ...

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    Tesla to kill the Roadster in 2011, new version coming in 2013
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    You read that right. Tesla Motors will stop building the Roadster in 2011. Wired's Autopia was digging through the papers filed by Tesla to the Securities and Exchange Commission for its IPO and came across with this nugget:
    "We do ...

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    You may have to wait a while to get a 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid
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    One of the highlights of the redesigned Ford Fusion that will debut in less than two weeks is the new hybrid model. The new Fusions, along with the Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ, will start production in December shortly after the LA Auto Show at Ford's Hermosillo, Mexico assembly plant. In spite ...

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    New York 2008: will Prius sales make up for slowing Tundra sales?
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    At the New York Auto Show, Toyota U.S. General Manager Bob Carter spoke with Bloomberg about high fuel prices and the full-size truck market (see video below the fold). Carter said "we are not immune to what the current market conditions are and many full-size truck owners are delaying their ...

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    GM: the battery is not the problem with EVs, it's everything else!
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    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Chevy_Volt_Batteries_aren_t_the_problem'; GM chimed in on the "why is the EV (electric car) so hard to make discussion?" in the Detroit News today. Toyota has said battery production is the biggest hurdle. GM, on the other hand, says that batteries are important ...

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    Toyota: there is "no way" we can sell more Priuses than last year
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    Toyota says hybrid sales will be lower in 2008 than 2007, not because people don't want them, but because Toyota simply can't make any more. Bob Carter, general manager of Toyota Division, told Ad Age, that Toyota sold 181,000 Priuses in 2007 and that's simply the best they can do right now: "We ...

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    Toyota tells Popular Mechanics battery production is the "biggest hurdle" to plug-in cars
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    How high on the list of things keeping us from plug-in electric cars do you put the "quality production of batteries?" According to Popular Mechanics, Toyota puts it right up top, ahead of even battery chemistry. Here is exactly what the article says:A source inside Toyota tells PM that getting the ...

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