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Japanese officials raid a Toyota group plant after the company admitted cheating on engine testing – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Toyoda spoke in a news conference that was livestreamed from a memorial hall in Nagoya that serves as a museum for the founding family. His son Kiichiro Toyoda , Akio’s grandfather, founded Toyota Motor Corp. In an unrelated quality problem, Toyota and General Motors Co. million vehicles.

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GM outlines plans for China with 17 launches this year; developing advanced propulsion and electrification tech in China

Green Car Congress

General Motors discussed its future plans in China during a press conference in conjunction with the start of Auto Shanghai 2013. GM and its joint ventures now have more than 55,000 employees across China, a number that has more than doubled since 2004. It will also create approximately 6,000 new manufacturing jobs.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. 10/31/07 [General Motors Corp. Newsweek ). This is unusual.

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