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Electric Mini Rocketman to take to Chinese city streets

Green Car Reports

In case the new electric Mini Cooper SE isn't small enough for some buyers, Mini plans to build an even smaller electric car in China, based on its 2011 Rocketman concept. British auto magazine Autocar learned that the company plans to team up with Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors to build an electric city car smaller than the Cooper SE.

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Battelle-R&D Magazine forecast predicts 5.2% growth in 2012 global R&D spending to $1.4+T, largely driven by Asian economies; US companies and tech providers to boost energy R&D spending by 23.1% to $6.7B

Green Car Congress

Global R&D spending 2011. The Battelle-R&D Magazine annual Global R&D Funding Forecast concludes that global research and development (R&D) spending will grow by about 5.2% The team from Battelle and R&D Magazine forecast that a 2.1% billion in R&D in 2012, up 3.75% over 2011. Source: 2012 Global R&D Funding Forecast.

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2011 Nissan Leaf Gets Manga Makeover For Monocle Magazine

All Cars Electric

From the eye-like large headlamps, smiling grille and bulbous nose of the Nissan Townpod concept to the soft curves of the 2011 Nissan Leaf, Nissan’s cars look as if they belong in the pages of a manga. The 2011 Nissan. Someone at Nissan must have been listening.

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Consumer Reports Pans 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid For Unrefined Drivetrain

Green Car Reports

The magazine Consumer Reports is deeply trusted by many car buyers for its analysis of auto reliability, so when it pans a car, automakers sit up and listen carefully to its criticisms. We suspect Hyundai Motors America is sitting bolt upright about now, because in its November issue, the publication slams the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid.

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2011 Chevrolet Volt Electric: North American Car of the Year

Green Car Reports

It's been quite a year for the 2011 Chevy Volt, GM's range-extended electric car that went on sale last month. It garnered a slew of awards from various car magazines and other auto media, and now it's capped the year by winning the prestigious North American Car of the Year award.

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Consumer Reports Pans 2011 Chevy Volt, But Misses the Point

Green Car Reports

The magazine is. It may be the most trusted brand in evaluating cars, and it offered reliability ratings well before J.D. Power became a household name. A bad rating can send auto execs crawling to its doors to learn what they need to change to get a better assessment.

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Petrobras moves up 10 spots to 8th largest publicly trade company in world

Green Car Congress

Petrobras, the Brazilian oil, gas and energy company, has become the world’s eighth-largest publicly traded company, according to a ranking prepared by Forbes magazine. In this edition of the ranking, the Company moved up ten positions compared to 2010, when it held the 18 th place.

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