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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

The Truth About Cars

Chrysler sold Simca 1100s (badged as 1118s and 1204s) in the USA through 1971. Of all those companies, Renault was the only one to score big-time North American sales success. Volkswagen was riding high in 1956 , with more than 50,000 Beetles sold in the USA that year. Citroën held out here until 1974. The Crusher awaits.

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AutoCanada says used-vehicle area has ‘wide-open runway’ to develop

Baua Electric

isn’t getting out of the new-vehicle industry, however the dealership staff that owns 83 franchised retail outlets in Canada and the USA is leaning at the older aspect of its operation to develop gross sales and grant a hedge in opposition to ongoing turbulence within the new-car marketplace. In 2018, the corporate offered 0.62

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Hertz adds smart fortwo EVs to rental fleet, partners with Starwood Hotels on Hertz Global EV program

Green Car Congress

The Hertz Corporation and smart USA, a subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc., As part of its Global EV strategy, Hertz is forming partnerships with manufacturers, charging station providers, municipalities, NGOs, corporations and other stakeholders. smart fortwo electric drive. kWh lithium-ion battery.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

Guidestar was developed in conjunction with Oldsmobile engineers, the newly formed Delco Electronics (Hughes), and component supplier Zexel USA. & Location information was more accurate than a few years prior, given increasing civilian and corporate access to military-grade GPS information. No touch screen troubles here!

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Expected deposits in 2009 and first sales in CA in 2010.

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