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Toyota and Suzuki lay out details of collaboration

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Toyota Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation have agreed to begin considering concrete collaboration in new fields. Toyota and Suzuki have been considering the concrete details of such collaboration since having concluded a memorandum of understanding toward business partnership in February 2017.

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Toyota and Suzuki to start discussing joint projects for technological development, vehicle production, and market development; India and Africa

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Toyota Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) agreed to start discussing new joint projects in the fields of technological development, vehicle production, and market development. Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Ltd. Or, as I like to say, Suzuki is a company that puts into practice being “The Best in Town.”

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Suzuki joins Automotive Grade Linux

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Suzuki is joining The Linux Foundation and Automotive Grade Linux. Suzuki is the ninth automaker to join AGL and joins Toyota and Mazda as a Platinum member. —Hisanori Takashiba, Executive General Manager of Research & Development at Suzuki Motor Corporation.

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London police trialing Suzuki Burgman fuel cell scooters; first trial outside of Japan

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The London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has begun a trial to test Suzuki Burgman hydrogen-powered scooters. The MPS is the only organization outside of Japan that Suzuki has approached to undertake such a trial. The trial is being run at no cost to the Met, with the loan of the vehicles from Suzuki Motor Corporation.

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Diesel car registrations in Europe in 2017 down 7.9%; SUV sales up 19.5%; AFVs up 46% but share still low

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million units in 2017, representing just 43.7% million registrations in 2017, 19.5% Overall, new registrations in Europe in 2017 totalled 15.57 in December 2017. The vast majority of market growth in 2017 was driven by SUVs, which posted a record 4.56 million registrations in 2017. higher than in 2016.

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GM-Honda to start hydrogen fuel cell commercial production in MI

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In 2017, The two legacy automakers established the Fuel Cell System Manufacturing LLC (FCSM), the first large-scale fuel cell system manufacturing facility. New Toyota CEO considers hydrogen a priority despite EV focus General Motors and Honda’s partnership on fuel cell system development goes all the way back to 2013.

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

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Not the Subaru Justy , not the Toyota Tercel , not the Hyundai Excel and not the Suzuki Swift. The Metro was based on the second-generation Suzuki Cultus, and it was the successor to the 1985-1988 Chevrolet Sprint (which was based on the first -generation Cultus). It was today's Junkyard Find !

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