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Mahindra Thar.e radical electric concept 4×4 unveiled

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Mahindra Electric Automobiles Limited (MEAL), a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra, today unveiled the audacious “Vision Thar.e” at its signature Futurescape event in Cape Town, South Africa. Mahindra says the Thar.e radical electric concept 4×4 unveiled appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

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The future assembly and its production processes will be designed for a new cluster architecture geared towards electric drive trains. The plants will take advantage of the best options at each location—from solar energy in Oxford, Mexico and China, to biogas in South Africa, to wind power in Leipzig.

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Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

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Initiated by Shell, the collaboration, which is called Project M, brings together Shell’s Lubricant’s Technology Team, The Gordon Murray Design Group and Goto’s engine specialist company Geo Technology. The Shell car will be a ground-up, total re-think of the Gordon Murray Design T.25 Gordon Murray Design’s first milestone was the T.25.

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New Maruti Swift retains winning formula in a new avatar | Autocar Professional

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As per data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the hatchback and sedan share of passenger vehicle sales has dropped to 37% by end-FY2024 (from 70% in FY2013), whereas that of utility vehicles has soared to 60% from 21% 12 years ago. litre, four-cylinder, K12C unit.

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Ford Launches New Fiesta in China

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The sedan and the five-door Fiesta hatchback are both built at the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Company manufacturing facility in Nanjing. Fiestas built in Cologne are also on sale now in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

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Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. The 2020 target was raised from 0.70 to reflect this change.

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Tata Motors shows CNG, diesel-electric hybrid and fuel cell concepts at Auto Expo 2012 in India, unveils 3 new production vehicles

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The vehicle is designed to deliver performance with less than 90 g CO 2 /km in city traffic conditions through technologies such as high speed cranking, regenerative braking, auto start/stop, series hybrid mode and limited range pure electric operation. Tata Motors is India’s largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of Rs.1,23,133

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