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Shell closing its California hydrogen refueling stations

Teslarati

Shell will permanently close seven hydrogen stations in California this year, leaving just three remaining stations from the company in the state, according to a report from Hydrogen Insight.

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SAE World Congress offering technical insights into automakers’ series production fuel cell technology

Green Car Congress

The two sessions will mark some of the first detailed public discussions of some of the newest fuel cell and storage technologies from OEMS, including Toyota and Hyundai. The expert panel session, organized by Jesse Schneider from BMW, includes Robert Adler, Linde; Byung Ki Ahn, Hyundai Motor Group; Charles E.

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Autonomous vehicle company Nauto closes $159M round; Softbank, Greylock join BMW, GM, Toyota

Green Car Congress

Other participants include previous strategic investors BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures and the venture unit of global financial services and insurance provider Allianz Group, and Series A investors Playground Global and Draper Nexus. and Greylock Partners.

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Japanese officials raid a Toyota group plant after the company admitted cheating on engine testing – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Analysts say the group companies’ problems are likely to have a limited impact on Toyota’s earnings because their sales and profits are a small fraction of Toyota’s overall global earnings. Hours after the probe began at Toyota Industries Corp.’s In April, a whistleblower exposed that Daihatsu Motor Corp.,

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Tesla Model 3 competitors, 2017 Toyota Prius Prime preview, Chevy Volt marketing: today's car news

Green Car Reports

Today, we look at likely competitors of the Tesla Model 3 to get insight into the new electric car, preview the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid with a short video, and look at how General Motors will market the Chevrolet Volt and Bolt EV. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. liter engine and automatic).

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UCS Hybrid ScoreCard Dings Automakers for Forced Features in Hybrid Offerings

Green Car Congress

By contrast, the 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid has a very high hybrid value. It emits 44% less global warming pollution than its closest conventional counterpart, the Toyota Matrix, and its hybrid drivetrain costs a little more than $3,000. Ford, General Motors, Honda and Toyota all sell models with high hybrid value ratings, UCS noted.

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