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2024 Aston Martin DB12, 2025 Tiny Cooper S: Automotive Information Headlines

Baua Electric

You’ll in finding those tales and extra in nowadays’s vehicle information, proper right here at Motor Authority. 2025 Tiny Cooper S undercover agent photographs First Aston Martin DB12 sells for $1.6M You’ll in finding those tales and extra in nowadays’s vehicle information, proper right here at Motor Authority.

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Japanese officials raid a Toyota group plant after the company admitted cheating on engine testing – ET Auto

Baua Electric

” The testing scandal comes at a time of otherwise stellar performance for Toyota, which makes the Camry sedan, Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models. The latest problem affects models including the Land Cruiser and Hilux sport utility vehicles sold in Japan, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, but not in North America.

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Toyota Posts $4.7B Operating Loss for FY09, Forecasts $8.6B Loss for FY10; Focus on Hybrids, Compact Vehicles and Cost Reduction to Recover

Green Car Congress

In Central and South America, Oceania, Africa and the Middle East etc., Operating income for Central and South America, Oceania and Africa decreased by 56.3 Operating income decreased by 80.3 billion yen, to 176.1 billion yen. vehicle sales were 1.44 million units, a decrease of 84 thousand units. billion yen to 87.6 billion yen.

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

They were busy promoting their hybrid cars and their favorite distraction tactic - “Hydrogen Cars” While Toyota did very well with the Prius hybrid car, hedging their bets on hybrid cars in the 2020s seems to me that they seem to still live in the 90s. During the past decade, Toyota has not bothered to invest in electric vehicles.

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Tata Takes On Air

Plug In Partners

Nègre has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa. However, that does not mean the Air car (watch video) is confined to the sub-continent. And this isn't the last we'll hear of the technology. At Austin Energy we recently converted two of the utility’s Priuses to plug-ins.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYDs plug-in, called the F3DM (for "dual mode"), goes farther on a single charge - 62 miles - than other electric vehicles and sells for about $22,000, less than the plug-in Prius and much-hyped Chevy Volt are expected to cost when they hit the market in late 2010.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Davids said his family meets its need for longer trips by also owning a hybrid Prius. "I Local Weather Transportation/Traffic Education Environment Politics Real Estate Joel Connelly Webtowns/Neighborhoods Obituaries Special Reports Corrections US/World U.S. Washington, D.C. They are doing it right," he said. "By

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