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smart USA and Nissan to Collaborate on New Gasoline-Powered B-Segment Vehicle for the US Market

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smart USA Distributor LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nissan Motor Co., for collaboration on a new vehicle for sale in the United States. The new vehicle is expected to be available for retail sale in the fourth quarter of 2011.

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Tesla Cybertruck rival Ford F-150 Lightning firms for Australia

EV Central

The Lightning’s Aussie prospects have been boosted by the establishment of a new assembly line in Melbourne that has started converting left-hand drive petrol F-150s imported from the USA to right-hand drive for sale through Ford dealers from November. Lightning was among the first electric full-size pick-ups to go on-sale in the USA.

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Sevcon to supply Gen 4 controllers to Zhejiang Xinyang for electric vehicles

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The new electric range of UTVs is being developed for sale in Europe, USA and Southeast Asia and is powered by a 48V, 5kW motor, which will be controlled by a Sevcon Gen4 size 4 motor controller. an established manufacturer of UTVs, ATVs, Jeeps, Go Karts and amphibious vehicles.

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PNNL joins H2USA consortium on hydrogen infrastructure

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The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has joined H 2 USA: a consortium of automakers, energy companies, government laboratories, and others that aims to accelerate the rollout of an infrastructure for hydrogen-powered vehicles and related technologies. Earlier post.).

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

The Truth About Cars

Chrysler sold Simca 1100s (badged as 1118s and 1204s) in the USA through 1971. Of all those companies, Renault was the only one to score big-time North American sales success. Volkswagen was riding high in 1956 , with more than 50,000 Beetles sold in the USA that year. Citroën held out here until 1974. The Crusher awaits.

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Hertz adds smart fortwo EVs to rental fleet, partners with Starwood Hotels on Hertz Global EV program

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The Hertz Corporation and smart USA, a subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc., To-date, the company has ordered vehicles from CODA, Nissan, and smart USA, and has signed an agreement with NRG Energy Inc. The smart fortwo electric drive is powered by a 30 kW drive magneto-electric motor and 16.5 smart fortwo electric drive.

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Volkswagen Group outselling GM in China

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General Motors and its joint ventures in China delivered a September record 343,773 vehicles, up 16% year over year. For the first nine months of 2016, retail sales by GM and its joint ventures in China increased 9% on an annual basis to a record 2,718,315 units. —Jürgen Stackmann, Volkswagen Brand Board Member for Sales.

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