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Hyundai to launch a new electric mini-SUV at €20K

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Hyundai is prepping an electric entry-level mini-SUV called Casper to take on rivals Dacia Spring and Citroën’s ë-C3 in Europe. Assuming the Casper can meet France’s subsidies, it gives it a leg up on the Chinese-built Dacia Spring, which starts just at around €20,800 but has been bumped from the list this year. meters long (about 11.8

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Chinese car company to swoop on Volvo?

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The Chinese car manufacturer failed in a bid last month for General Motors’ Opel business in Europe and is now expected to send executives to Volvo’s Gothenburg headquarters in Sweden. Tags: Cars Ford Green cars Latest news Volvo Beijing Automotive.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Cervero believes Stockholm, Sweden and Curitiba, Brazil are two good examples of the TOD principle. Quality urban planning isn’t limited to wealthy cities in Western Europe. Island Press, 1998; translated into Chinese, China Architecture and Building Press, 2007. Cervero, The Transit Metropolis. Washington, D.C.:

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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There are also plans to conduct public-road tests of the TOYOTA Plug-in HV in the United States and in Europe. and Europe are still undecided, Takimoto said. Reuters ) 1/8/07 Indefatigable auto entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin, no longer planning to import Chinese-made cars to the U.S., Tags: evdriven.

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