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Chevrolet Cruze station wagon to debut in Geneva; not for North America

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The station wagon complements the Cruze sedan and hatchback, which together have combined sales of more than 1 million vehicles globally since launch in 2009. The new station wagon is not planned for sale in North America. Chevrolet Cruze station wagon. Click to enlarge. In addition to the current 1.6L gasoline engines, a new 1.4L

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Porsche’s North American CEO Leaves Company

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President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Kjell Gruner, has left the company. Porsche Cars North America COO Joe Lawrence and CFO Thierry Kartochian will assume the relevant business duties until a suitable replacement is found.& Both personally and professionally, we wish him all the best.”

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2025 Mini Cooper S Hardtop Revealed in NYC

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The manufacturer is reviewing the model at the New York auto show this week and looks to have kept the car that’s slated for sale in North America quite close to its European counterpart — with a few exceptions. said Mike Peyton, Vice President of MINI of the Americas. While the S variant will share the same turbocharged 2.0-liter

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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ADM Adds Renewable Isosorbide to its Industrial Chemical Product Line; Potential Alternative to BPA in Plastics

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ADM is the first company in North America to offer renewable isosorbide on a commercial scale. The first product offered for sale by the Daniels Linseed Company in 1902 was linseed oil, which is still used in industrial applications such as paints and varnishes. ADM has more than 100 years of experience producing industrial chemicals.

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Solazyme expanding renewable oil production capacity with JV partner Bunge, signs strategic collaboration agreement with ADM

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The expanded field and portfolio of oils would include certain tailored food oils for sale in Brazil, where Bunge is the largest supplier of edible oils through several of its retail brands. The algal oils produced in Clinton will be sold primarily to the industrial and nutritional markets in North America. ADM collaboration.

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AutoCanada says used-vehicle area has ‘wide-open runway’ to develop

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We’re short roughly nine to 10 million cars that weren’t built for North America in the last three to four years, which means that we’re short nine to 10 million used cars that haven’t been built.” million for-sale-by-owner automobiles on its platform each and every past, represents some other used-vehicle enlargement street, Antony stated.