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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Scion, established as a separate brand in 2003 to explore new products and processes to attract youth customers, will transition to the Toyota brand. With more than one million cars sold, 70% of Scions were purchased by customers new to Toyota and 50% were under 35 years old.
Baua Electric
APRIL 15, 2024
The ongoing tensions between Italy and Alfa Romeo’s parent company Stellantis reached a head last week when the Italian government told the automaker that naming its upcoming Alfa Romeo EV the Milano was against the law because the car will be built in Poland. A car called Milano cannot be produced in Poland. So, the Junior it is.
Green Car Congress
MAY 22, 2013
Following this payment, Tesla will be the only American car company to have fully repaid the government. For the first seven years since its founding in 2003, Tesla was funded entirely with private funds, led by Elon Musk. Finally, this announcement is also good news for the future of America’s growing electric vehicle industry.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2014
UK investments in the low carbon automotive sector have amounted to about £40 billion (US$69 billion) since 2003, a figure which matches increases in the turnover of the sector, also accompanied by a 10% increase in UK exports from the sector over the last 10 years. In the early 2000s, the UK car industry was in a state of decline.
Green Cars News
MAY 30, 2009
Most green car enthusiasts would claim that it was General Motors’ and Chrysler’s lack of foresight in embracing green cars and alternative fuel technologies that led to their downfall. The author points out the shortcomings of downsizing vehicles stating that small cars depreciate faster and are of less value as trade-ins.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2009
EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 22, 2009
“It’s Who Killed the Electric Car 2.0.&#. “It’s Who Killed the Electric Car 2.0.&#. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. Who’s Killing the Plug-In Hybrid?
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