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JANUARY 15, 2019

China-based GAC Motor introduced the ENTRANZE EV concept vehicle at the 2019 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The versatile 7-person ENTRANZE EV represents the first concept vehicle from the new California-based GAC Design Studio.

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AUGUST 19, 2017

BUZZ microbus concept into production. Volkswagen presented the concept at the Detroit Auto Show in January. After the presentations at the global motor shows in Detroit and Geneva, we received a large number of letters and emails from customers who said, 'please build this car’. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have pinpointed optimized engine designs for a given fuel. Aramco’s Detroit program includes a range of whole-system automotive research, which includes advancing spark ignition, compression ignition and gasoline compression ignition (GCI) engine technologies.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Subaru brought its gull-wing Hybrid Tourer Concept, first introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show last year ( earlier post ) to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit to highlight its announcement that it will develop a gas/electric hybrid system based on the boxer engine for launch in 2012. Powering the Hybrid Tourer is a 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2012

GM will build the Cadillac ELR, a luxury coupe featuring extended-range electric technology, at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, General Motors North America President Mark Reuss said Tuesday. The ELR is the production version of Cadillac’s Converj, a concept vehicle revealed at the North American International Auto Show in 2009.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

It’s reportedly close in exterior design to the production model we’ll see within months. Ram Trucks, the US truck arm of global automaker Stellantis , took the wraps off what it called the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept truck on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Honda has teased the first image of a new concept car, due at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. The 'Urban SUV Concept' will make its debut at Detroit in January, hinting at the look of a small SUV designed for city driving. Honda says it combines "a sporty and dynamic SUV profile with a spacious, functional interior".

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JANUARY 9, 2012

The LF-LC concept. Lexus unveiled a new design concept for a hybrid 2+2 sport coupe at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Showcasing the future design direction for Lexus with an emphasis on a driver-focused vehicle, the front-engine, rear-wheel drive LF-LC features Advanced Lexus Hybrid Drive.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

Volkswagen is presenting a fully autonomous, electric Microbus concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Pilot”) and a new generation of display elements and controls, the concept conceptually follows the new Volkswagen brand strategy. The overall concept of the I.D. Like the compact I.D.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Powertrain of the CrossBlue SUV PHEV concept. Volkswagen unveiled the CrossBlue SUV concept at the North American International Auto Show. The CrossBlue concept. Volkswagen also showed a Cross Coupé compact SUV concept equipped with a similar powertrain concept, showing the extent of the MQB’s modularity.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Lincoln introduced the MKC Concept, a vision of how Lincoln will enter the small luxury utility segment, which grew nearly 60% in 2012 and more than 200% in the last four—the fastest growing segment of the luxury market. The MKC Concept builds on the foundation of the Lincoln Design found in the new MKZ.

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DECEMBER 18, 2021

Feature competitive range, performance and overall customer-friendly integration of components compared to designs that retrofit electric propulsion systems to existing internal combustion vehicle frameworks. The first 2022 GMC HUMMER EV Pickup Edition 1 exits Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. Photo courtesy of FedEx.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 17, 2019

China’s GAC Motor introduced a California-designed electric concept vehicle called the Entranze earlier this week in Detroit, at the 2019 North American International Auto Show.

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JANUARY 11, 2016

Volkswagen is unveiling the Tiguan GTE Active Concept plug-in hybrid at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Tiguan GTE concept. The Tiguan GTE Active Concept uses a 6-speed dual-clutch (DSG) automatic transmission that was specially designed for hybrid use, with the front electric motor being housed inside the casing.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

XC60 Plug-in Hybrid Concept. At the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will unveil the Volvo XC60 gasoline-electric Plug-in Hybrid Concept. The engine in the XC60 Plug-in Hybrid Concept has no conventional starter motor or alternator. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) and Russia.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

At the Detroit auto show, Nissan today revealed the IMs concept, a vision that sees the sedan as existing in a quite different, all-electric “elevated” form.

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AUGUST 2, 2016

The Volkswagen BUDD-e battery-electric microbus concept ( earlier post ) has been named “2016 Concept Truck of the Year” at the 15 th Annual North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards. More than two dozen jurors participated in the selection process of the 2016 North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards.

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JANUARY 15, 2018

The the Detroit Auto Show, Lexus introduced the Lexus LF-1 Limitless concept—a flagship crossover. The LF-1 concept could be powered by fuel cell, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, gasoline, or even all-electric powertrains. The LF-1 was created at CALTY Design Research in California.

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JANUARY 13, 2016

In a demonstration of its ongoing development of advanced alternative powertrains, Audi unveiled the new h-tron quattro fuel cell concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The Audi h-tron quattro concept combines an Audi fifth-generation fuel cell stack delivering up to 110 kW with a power-optimized 1.8

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JANUARY 14, 2013

At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Lincoln introduced the MKC concept, targeting the small luxury utility segment. The just-introduced MKZ re-establishes Lincoln in the largest luxury segment, and the MKC Concept highlights a key opportunity in the fastest-growing part of the luxury market.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2018

In January 2007, Jaguar dropped a bombshell, in the form of the C-XF concept sedan it unveiled at that year's Detroit auto show.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Swiss design firm Rinspeed does not produce vehicles for sale, but it has built quite a number of unusual concept cars over the years. Its latest work will be displayed at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show and the 2017 Detroit Auto Show, which run within days of each other next month.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

Ford introduced a new compact sport utility vehicle concept—Vertrek—at the 2011 North American International Auto Show. Vertrek is engineered as a global vehicle, and is designed for use with EcoBoost or diesel engines. The Vertrek concept. The powertrain in the concept shown in Detroit uses the 1.6-liter

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

The 2014 Cadillac ELR extended-range electric luxury coupe, based on the Converj concept ( earlier post ), will make its world debut 15 January at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant will build the Cadillac ELR. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

Lexus Australia revealed the second version of the Lexus LF-LC hybrid concpet, which made its debut at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year ( earlier post ), the new LF-LC Blue. The high-energy battery pack is designed to deliver greater power from a smaller battery than those currently used in Lexus’ range of hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 12, 2011

An all-new Lincoln MKZ, with refined (but not radical) styling changes and a new platform, will debut in concept form at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. That’s good news, since the styling change was originally set to push unveiling of the new MKZ design back to the second half of 2012.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

Chevrolet has continued its trend towards fuel-efficient small cars today with the unveiling of two new concept cars at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The GMC Granite concept, unveiled at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, If brought to market, the Granite would be the smallest GMC ever—it is a full 2 feet (0.6 m) shorter than the new Terrain compact crossover, but features an open interior designed to be spacious and flexible. The GMC Granite concept.

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MARCH 3, 2015

Volkswagen is unveiling the Sport Coupé Concept GTE plug-in hybrid at the 2015 Geneva International Motor Show, ushering in a new and progressive Volkswagen brand design language. Evolution and revolution come together in the Sport Coupé Concept GTE. The GTE designation indicates a plug-in hybrid drive system ( earlier post ).

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JANUARY 17, 2018

INFINITI Motor Company will introduce new vehicles with electrified powertrains from 2021, said Nissan Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit. Nissan says that although e-POWER uses a much smaller battery than the LEAF, it delivers the same driving experience as a full EV.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Chevrolet confirmed production of a next-generation battery-electric vehicle based on the Bolt EV concept introduced last month at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The production car will be built at General Motors’ Orion Assembly facility near Detroit. The Bolt EV concept makes its debut in Detroit.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Mopar Insiders’ source said the electric Daytona’s look would be surprisingly similar to the concept car Dodge unveiled last year, while the standard Charger will get the Hurricane six-cylinder engine and may be positioned as a separate model.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2012

Its latest concept vehicle designed around fuel-cell technology is the FCV-R, which it unveiled in November at the Tokyo Motor Show. That concept.

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APRIL 20, 2020

Initially, these projects were grassroots efforts, with employees delivering handmade samples to hospitals for feedback and tweaking prototypes based on feedback, which fed into the final designs. GM’s Additive Manufacturing and Design Fabrication Operations teams first discussed making protective face shields on Monday, 23 March.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Honda Civic Concept. The Honda Civic Si Concept coupe and Civic Concept sedan made their world debuts at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, providing the first official glimpse at the styling direction of the 9 th -generation 2012 model set to go on sale this spring. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 4, 2012

2013 Acura RLX Concept. Acura held the world debut of the Acura RLX Concept at the New York International Auto Show. The concept provides a first look at the design and engineering direction for its all-new Acura RLX flagship sedan, slated for launch at the beginning of 2013. The RLX Concept’s all-new 3.5L

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Lexus will introduce the LF-CC, a new, mid-sized coupe concept at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. Earlier this year, Lexus unveiled the LF-LC 2+2 sports coupe concept at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show. Earlier post.).

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