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New Ford Escape launching with two new EcoBoost engines with standard Auto Start-Stop

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The new Ford Escape, being showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show, is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start-Stop standard with either of two EcoBoost engines new to the model—a 1.5-liter Escape SE and Titanium trim levels come standard with the new 1.5-liter liter and 2.0-liter liter twin-scroll.

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

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” [Note: In the first quarter of this year takes rates have been averaging around 8-12% for the Camry, Civic and Escape hybrid versions.]. He shared with the audience his roller coaster analogy: Any person who is interested in riding a roller coaster isn’t looking for the safest roller coaster they can find.

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GM, Segway to Make Vehicle - WSJ.com

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Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio Personalize your own news page Receive and manage newsletters Log In Log In User Name Password Log in Remember me Forgot your password? Home World U.S. is teaming with Segway Inc.,

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An interview with Riversimple

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As a small UK-based business aiming to produce highly energy-efficient vehicles for personal transport; Riversimple says its vision is of a world where our relationship with the car is dramatically changed for the better. I believe that all three barriers are very real for the auto industry but they are not true in any absolute sense.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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A thinking person should ask, “How did the Leaf owner travel the unaccounted miles, the ones that were not e-miles?” In the past the auto industry has responded to incentives and guidelines set by government agencies and reengineered their product to meet this requirement. But the real story is yet to be told.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

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Innovation appears to be Mr. Wang’s personal passion. Escaping to New York, Li Lu was embraced by the human rights community and wrote a memoir called Moving the Mountain that reads like a movie. BYD’s forward-thinking management. Link to original post Send Email Print Bookmarks del.icio.us You are not logged in.

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