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Slow-selling Infiniti Q70 Hybrid quietly axed for 2019

Green Car Reports

The Infiniti Q70 Hybrid won't make it to 2019, the automaker announced last week. Infiniti dropped the full-size, electrified luxury sedan from the lineup after 2018. The car debuted in 2011 as the M37 Hybrid, but sales of the hybrid version always paled in comparison to the gas V-6 and V-8 versions of the big luxury sedan.

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Nissan unveils LEAF-based Sylphy BEV at Auto China 2018

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Nissan unveiled the Nissan Sylphy Zero Emission, Nissan’s first electric car made in China for Chinese consumers, at Auto China 2018 in Beijing. The Nissan Sylphy Zero Emission will go on sale later in 2018. More information will be available at a later date, including service and financing options. Earlier post.).

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Bounce Infinity starts production of the highly anticipated E1; Deliveries to begin April 18, 2022

Electric Vehicles India

Bounce Infinity fulfils its commitment to scheduled deliveries of the exciting E1 electric scooter. Bounce Infinity E1 is produced at a state-of-the-art facility in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan with an annual capacity of over 200,000 units. First production E1 from the Bounce Infinity factory. Bounce Infinity factory – Bhiwadi, Rajasthan.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler expand cooperation with new $1.4B plant in Mexico; next-gen compacts for Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti

Green Car Congress

Start of production is planned for 2017 with Infiniti models. The production of Mercedes-Benz brand vehicles will follow in 2018. Infiniti has just begun assembly at the Infiniti Decherd Powertrain Plant, a collaboration between the Alliance and Daimler. The first engine to be assembled at the all-new facility is a 2.0-liter

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VW electric-car funds, Infiniti VC-T engine, bigger cars: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, electric-car charging companies ask for independent oversight of $2 billion in Volkswagen diesel fines, the variable-compression Infiniti VC-T engine is scheduled for production in 2018, and new analysis argues that automakers may be making cars bigger because of gas-mileage rules. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance break ground for new joint venture plant in Mexico

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Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance broke ground for their joint-venture manufacturing complex, COMPAS (Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes), in Aguascalientes in central Mexico, which will build next-generation premium compact vehicles for the brands Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti. COMPAS is 50:50 owned by Daimler and Nissan.

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Dongfeng Motor to introduce more than 20 electric models under new 2022 midterm plan; battery-electric and e-POWER

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As part of the new midterm plan, titled DFL TRIPLE ONE, more than 20 electric models (zero-emission and series-hybrid e-POWER, earlier post ) will be introduced across all brands with six models in 2018 and 2019 across the Nissan, Venucia and Dongfeng brands. In 2022, 30% of all DFL sales will be electrified. million vehicle sales in 2017.

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