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GM China and FAW Establish Light Commercial Vehicle Joint Venture

Green Car Congress

have formed a light commercial vehicle joint venture: FAW-GM Light Duty Commercial Vehicle Co. The new 50-50 joint venture between GM China and FAW is based in Changchun, Jilin. Existing and future products will be branded FAW in China, while the joint venture leaves room for the creation of GM derivatives.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

Green Cars News

The unique report, which covers the period between 1999 and 2007, was created by researchers at Queen’s University Management School in Belfast, alongside colleagues from the Euromed Management School Marseille, and the Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT) in Berlin. GM achieved a sustainable value of minus €9.87

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A number of other plug-in hybrids, including models from GM, Chrysler, and Toyota, are scheduled to come out in the next few years. To go with its performance, the car carries a hefty price tag of $87,000. Two 150-kilowatt electric motors together deliver 403 horsepower--enough to accelerate to 60 miles per hour in 5.8

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. Electric car proponents at The California Cars Initiative believe the task force was unduly influenced by “plug-in skeptics” at the Boston Consulting Group , which is under government contract to provide input on the prospects for G.M. and Chrysler.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." Batteries not ready. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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