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European release date of Chevrolet Spark revealed

Green Cars News

The Chevrolet Volt may grab most of the headlines, but General Motors has other exciting products ready to enter dealerships in 2010. From the first quarter of the new-year, GM Europe will launch the Chevrolet Spark, an all-new mini-car. per cent in 2008 and less than five per cent in 2005. So what does the Spark have to offer?

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Plug-in Manufacturers Grow

Plug In Partners

H ere's the Mazda story thanks to Autocar: Mazda plans Volt rival Autocar August 28, 2008 Autocar has learned that Mazda engineers are hard at work trying to develop a rival to the Chevrolet Volt – a car which uses a petrol engine to charge a battery pack which powers the wheels via an electric motor.

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Fiat, MINI and smart Beat 130 gCO2/km New Car Average in Europe for First Half of 2009

Green Car Congress

New engines are being introduced—like the innovative MultiAir technology on petrol engines, making them capable of guaranteeing up to 10 percent lower CO 2 emissions, and the new generation of Common Rail MultiJet diesel engines that will make their debut on the Punto Evo and that will be gradually adopted on all of our Group’s cars.

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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

Green Cars News

Here in the UK we’re so downtrodden by extortionate petrol prices that the prospect of driving fuel efficient green cars carries obvious appeal. However, without a sensible Federal policy in place that affects the price of petrol in the long term, few customers may pay attention. Will green cars ever be popular there?

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Super Charge It

Plug In Partners

The first of Toshiba's groundbreaking SCiB packs will ship in March 2008 to an industrial systems market that Toshiba forecasts being worth 100 billion Yen by 2015. Its first order of business is getting the Chevrolet Volt on the road by 2010.

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Fisker on track to meet production target

Green Cars News

Some 18 months after unveiling the Karma concept at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Fisker remains on track to build the first vehicles by the end of the year and deliver to customers starting in May or June next year. The petrol engine then generates enough electricity to run for 250 more miles.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Chevrolet Bolt EUV – SUV version of Bolt hatchback on sale in America but unlikely in Australia. Chevrolet Silverado EV – with up to 650km range the all-electric version of one of America’s most popular pick-up has brains and brawn. Chevrolet Silverado EV will have an EV range of up to 650km.