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Toyota & Daimler Merging Hino & Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Brands

The Truth About Cars

On Tuesday, Toyota Motor Corp. Meanwhile, Hino Motors has been wholly owned by Toyota Motor Corp. Meanwhile, Hino Motors has been wholly owned by Toyota Motor Corp. Now, Fuso and parent Daimler Truck have signed a memorandum of understanding with Hino and parent Toyota.

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University of Delaware Licenses V2G Technology to AutoPort; 100 V2G EVs as Test Fleet

Green Car Congress

Although the first vehicle conversions have been to Toyota Scions, Johnson said that other car models are being considered, and the company is approaching some of their large-fleet customers about converting their three- to five-year-old Chevrolet vans. Vehicle to Grid Technology (Univ. of Delaware). 2007.03.010.

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Audi banking on Gen 2 3.0L TDI diesel for US sales; calls for a “fair shot” for diesel

Green Car Congress

And yet clean diesel, one of the cleanest choices for putting the US on the road to energy independence, hasn’t see any sort of incentive since the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. The survey is similar to surveys run by UMTRI on the same topic in 2006 and 2007. Are these sales incentivized?

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What every auto repair shop should know

Electric Auto Association

Embracing the EV maintenance future By Matt Lamontagne: Member, Electric Auto Association. Most people drove large V8-powered vehicles that required constant maintenance, and emissions and fuel economy standards were just emerging. I’m confident that every general repair shop can, and should, follow a similar path. Matt Lamontagne.

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf will lead the way, with others manufacturers including Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Tesla planning to introduce their electric cars sometime between 2011 and 2012. In 2007, the administration announced a plan to replace the city’s 13,000 taxis with conventional hybrid cars by 2012.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Heres our three-paragaph summary and a link to the first of several postings on the subject at CalCars-News : July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs. Three more points: Both reports match up well with previous studies.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Batteries not ready.

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