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Kia dealers will replace the HECU unit if required, and Hyundai stores will replace ABS fuses if there is a problem. Both automakers noted that owners can continue driving their vehicles but advised that they must be parked outside and away from structures. Image: Hyundai] Become a TTAC insider.

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JULY 2, 2010

Chevrolet plans to produce 10,000 Volt extended range electric vehicles by the end of the 2011 calendar year, and an additional 30,000 Volts during the 2012 calendar year, according to Volt Marketing Director Tony DiSalle, who made the announcements during a live video webcast 1 July. Earlier post.). The Drive will stop in Little Rock, Ark.,

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Both Nissan and Chevrolet have a lot riding on delivering their first electric cars before the end of December, meaning during calendar 2011. Now it looks like Nissan may squeak by with just a few early production cars delivered to a handful of dealerships, because the company has significantly delayed the dates for deliveries of 2011 Leaf.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Customers nationwide will be able to order Volts with participating dealers beginning in the second quarter. The decision to accelerate the national rollout was influenced by Chevrolet dealers like Criswell Chevrolet in Gaithersburg, Md., Customer deliveries in Michigan begin this spring.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

liter V6 engine in the Ford 2011 F-150 full-size pickup (earlier post) is projected to deliver best-in-class 16 mpg city and 23 mpg highway in 4x2 configuration, pending EPA certification. Also new for 2011 are the 6.2-liter The EcoBoost will be available in early 2011. The all-new 3.7-liter liter V8 and 3.5-liter liter V6, 5.0-liter

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All Cars Electric

AUGUST 25, 2010

Remember how we found out a few weeks ago that some Nissan dealers in the U.K. According to the dealers we spoke to, the 2011 Nissan Leaf would charge to full in ten minutes, would not be eligible for purchase assistance grants or credits and was only.

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All Cars Electric

APRIL 22, 2010

The three-year drumbeat of anticipation for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car has just gotten slightly louder. General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre announced yesterday that the car will arrive at selected Chevy dealers in October, a month earlier than expected. The first pre-production Volt was built on March 31.

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AUGUST 14, 2021

Founded in 2011, Ecotuned has successfully developed one of the most efficient EV drivetrains for light- and medium-duty applications. The intent from the beginning was always to offer a properly integrated solution that works in harmony with our products and is supported by an experienced and established network of dealers and professionals.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

It's the sign of a successful car launch: Dealers add blatant markups to the sticker price, charging thousands of dollars extra because buyer demand exceeds supply, and dealers have the only supply.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

At the end of March this year, I took delivery of our very own 2011 Nissan Leaf. ’s dealer network of D.C. After the first week, we shared with you the good and bad side of Nissan’s first all-electric hatchback and even reported on a mammoth 520-mile two-day trek utilizing the U.K.’s rapid charging stations.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 21, 2011

If you're eagerly waiting for the first 2011 Scion iQ minicar to show up at your dealer, sit down and have a nice cup of tea. You're going to have wait a bit longer. Scion's parent, Toyota, is delaying the U.S. launch of the iQ, originally scheduled to happen by March of this year, to sometime this summer.

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

The 2011 Fisker Karma is still on track to reach U.S. dealers in March or April, according to the company. But there's one new piece of info: The price of the extended-range electric sports sedan has gone up. Originally announced in 2008 at a price of $80,000, the Karma fairly quickly went up to $87,900 and stayed there.

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APRIL 16, 2020

Groupe Renault has sold close to 270,000 electric vehicles in the world since 2011. Renault will continue to provide high quality aftersales service for its 300,000 customers through Renault dealers but also through Alliance synergies. Ltd (eGT) and Jiangxi Jiangling Group Electric Vehicle Co. Ltd (JMEV).

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

We’ve been hearing about the 2011 Ford Fiesta for quite a long time. Last year, well before cars landed at dealers, Ford’s. We drove a European version more than a year ago, and liked it a lot.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 18, 2010

Just as dealers have to discount unpopular cars, they often add "surcharges" to models where demand outstrips supply. Now mega-dealer chain AutoNation has drawn a line in the sand, flatly stating that its dealers will sell their limited allocation of 2011 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric cars.

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All Cars Electric

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The independent dealer network had started distributing the Smart ForTwo in 2008 with a total of 77 dealers nationwide. But with Mercedes-Benz only taking-over Smart car dealers who already sell other.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Once again, Chevrolet has upped planned production volumes of its 2011 Volt electric car in the face of strong demand and the likelihood that many dealers have more buyers than cars to sell them.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 6, 2010

As we count down the months before the first 2011 Chevrolet Volts arrive at dealers in California, New York, Michigan, and Washington, D.C., Chevrolet said in a press conference last week it would start running ads for the 2011 Volt extended-range electric vehicle.

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APRIL 6, 2012

Integrity Exports reports that hybrid cars in Japan now account for 16% of all new car sales, according to figures from the Japan Mini Vehicles Association and Japan Auto Dealers Association. In France, hybrids broke through the 1% mark in March, with the increase in sales of the Citroën DS5 hybrid and Peugeot 508 RXH.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 8, 2010

launch of the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid has slipped a month, just enough to preclude buyers from taking advantage of a $1,300 Federal tax credit that expires December 31. According to Hyundai, the first cars will now reach dealers in January or perhaps later, rather than in early or mid December as it had originally hoped.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 3, 2010

Last week GM announced pricing for its upcoming 2011 Chevrolet Volt, revealing that its range-extended electric vehicle will have a MSRP of $41,000. This came as quite a shock to many considering that the similarly advanced Nissan Leaf all-electric vehicle will have a starting MSRP of just $32,780.

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MARCH 31, 2010

NNA) set the US MSRP for the 2011 Nissan LEAF electric vehicle, which becomes available for purchase or lease at Nissan dealers in select markets in December and nationwide in 2011, at $32,780. Nissan North America, Inc.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

Imagine this situation: You’re a fan of Nissan’s all-electric 2011 Leaf and you’ve put your name down on the waiting list to get one just as soon as it starts to be delivered in your area.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 10, 2011

Kia has announced that its 2011 Optima Hybrid midsize sedan will carry a starting price of $26,500 when it arrives at dealers in June. That price does not include a mandatory $750 destination fee.) The car is the first-ever hybrid electric vehicle from the Korean carmaker, which is owned by Hyundai. It uses the same 2.4-liter

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Now dealers will have the ability to allow consumers to form their own opinions of the Volt through test drives and demonstrations. In the first quarter of 2011, approximately 550 demonstration Volts will be delivered to Chevy dealers. Chevy expects to deliver Volts in all 50 states by the end of 2011.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 25, 2011

EDITOR'S NOTE: We received the article below on July 6th from Nissan Leaf owner Bill Schwartz, and asked Nissan Americas for a comment before we published it. Brendan Jones, director of Leaf marketing and sales strategy, said that the comments by the Surf City Nissan employee "were not authorized statements," and that the owner of the dealership.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The 2011 Nissan Leaf, at first glance, looks a whole lot simpler to service than conventional gasoline cars; there's no flammable liquid in the tank, no motor oil, no complicated multi-speed transmission either.

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All Cars Electric

AUGUST 11, 2010

It's hardly a secret that the 2011 Nissan Leaf is one of the most anticipated electric cars this year. Nissan now has over 20,000 customers who have paid $99 to be placed on the waiting list, securing a place in electric car history.

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2011 Nissan Dealers Electric Cars 62

Green Car Reports

JULY 16, 2010

We've written before about the schedule for the 2011 Fisker Karma, which (like many other electric cars) has slipped a bit since the car was first unveiled. Now Fisker's newest dealer, located in none other than LA's epicenter of green consciousness--namely Santa Monica, California--says that the dealership will have cars available for.

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APRIL 6, 2011

In the first quarter of 2011, Audi posted 24.6% Audi is targeting 2011 sales of around 280,000 units in China, said Peter Schwarzenbauer, Member of the Board of Management for Marketing and Sales. The Audi Q3 will make its world premiere at Auto Shanghai 2011 from 19-28 April. Sales of imported vehicles went up by 66.4%

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JULY 27, 2018

When the first-generation Nissan Leaf debuted in 2011, it quickly became the best-selling electric car in history, with no real competition. By the time the most recent version debuted in 2017, it was nearly outdated before it left dealers’ lots due to a shorter range than rivals from Tesla and Chevrolet.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 3, 2010

Aside from the electric Volt, the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze has been touring the auto show circuit long enough to make it a familiar face well before it hits dealerships. And that means it really will soon show up at dealers, toward the end of the summer. The 2011 Cruze four-door.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Ford will have one-third of its US dealers in all 50 states—more than 900— certified to sell the Focus Electric battery electric vehicle (BEV) and C-MAX Energi and Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) by spring. Fusion Energi—Ford’s second production plug-in hybrid—recently began shipping to dealers.

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All Cars Electric

MARCH 17, 2011

But less than a week after the firm was the center of a major auto scandal it has quietly started to prepare itself for a late 2011 U.S. Chinese battery firm turned automaker hit the news a couple of times last week for all the wrong reasons. So why is a company which previously been exuberantly ostentatious about its U.S. launch plans now.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Today, the first shipment of 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric cars left the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant. The cars are bound for dealers and buyers in the initial launch markets: California, Texas, New York, and Washington, D.C. Production of the world's first range-extended electric car is now a reality.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 9, 2010

The latest word is that the 2011 Scion iQ will land at dealers in March. Sales of the Smart ForTwo minicar plummeted after gasoline came back down from $4 a gallon, but Toyota's Scion brand is readying its own minicar for sale in the U.S.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 21, 2011

Earlier this year we took delivery of our very own 2011 Nissan Leaf. But just under 3 months and 5,000 miles after driving off the dealer forecourt, what have we learned about.

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