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Mitsubishi Motors to Premiere Concept Global Small car at Geneva show

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will give the global premiere of its fuel-efficient Mitsubishi Concept Global Small (show model) vehicle at the 81 st Geneva International Motor Show (1-13 March at the Geneva Palexpo exhibition and conference complex.

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Mitsubishi Motors Partners to Promote the i-MiEV Electric Vehicle in Switzerland

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MM Automobile Schweiz AG and Switzerland’s largest electricity provider Alpiq Holding AG (Alpiq) through which the three parties will work together to promote the popularization of the new-generation electric vehicle i-MiEV in Switzerland.

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CRU: EVs will transform aluminum demand

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The usage of primary aluminum intensive, extrusions and rolled products will be significantly higher than seen in internal combustion engine vehicles today. CRU estimated aluminum intensity of EVs through discussions with car makers, Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive suppliers and information from automotive shows and conferences.

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Nissan and Toyota Set Japanese Standard

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Nissan and Toyota agree to standardize their EV charging stations in Japan — and hope this leads to an international standard. “There are 1,000 electric cars and 150 fast-charge stations in Japan already,&# Tokyo Electric Power Executive Vice President Hiroyuki Ino told a news conference in Tokyo. Japan’s No.

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Plug-in hybrids ‘better solution than electric cars’

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Plug-in hybrids which can run on electric power only as well as using petrol engine power for longer journeys offer the best solution for 21st century motoring, Graham Smith, managing director of Toyota Motor Europe told delegates at the International Automotive Conference in Sunderland yesterday. "But

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Postcard From Iceland (1 of 2)

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I came as a guest for Driving Sustainability , Iceland’s conference for the future of cars. They lined up an international and terrific schedule. Yet-Ming Chiang from A123 Systems in Cambridge, Bill Dube, from the Killacycle , Sven Thesen and John Proctor from Better Place , the MiEV team from Mitsubishi, and on and on.

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Auto Industry Backs Additional Funding for Research into Impacts of Mid-Level Ethanol Blends

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The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM) sent a letter to US House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriators in support of additional funding to complete research into the impacts of mid-level blends of ethanol. Source: Joint IEPR/TC workshop. Click to enlarge.