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JUNE 4, 2009

A fleet of eight diesel smart cars is destined to prove ‘the business’ for Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, which has just taken delivery of one of the UK’s first corporate orders for the new fortwo cdi model. As the world’s most efficient fossil-fuelled production car, the model returns a staggering 85.6

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Sales of the Ford Transit Connect have continued at a rapid pace after Azure Dynamics Corporation announced 45 new sales. It has revealed that it will send 20 units to Europe; and 25 to North America. The latter order will include six units through the General Services Administration in San Antonio, Texas; as well as [.].

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

The Ford Transit Connect Electric vehicle is enjoying early sales success through its provider Azure Dynamics Corporation. Twenty nine models of the electric van have been sold by Azure, including eight units in Europe and 21 inNorth America – incorporating a three-unit reorder from Johnson Controls, Inc.

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JULY 6, 2009

The sale of substantially all of General Motors Corporation’s assets to NGMCO Inc, an entity funded by the US Department of the Treasury, has been approved by US Bankruptcy Court. The current General Motors Corporation meanwhile, will change its name to Motors Liquidation Company with retained assets to be wound down or sold.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

Hybrid cars are gradually developing from a niche alternative to a mainstream solution and now their impact has been reaffirmed with the news that the Toyota Motor Corporation has cumulatively sold more than two million hybrid vehicles since the 1997 launch of the Coaster Hybrid EV and the Prius. thousand units for a total of 2,016.9

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

BYTON, a China-headquartered automotive brand owned by Future Mobility Corporation, inaugurated its North American headquarters in Santa Clara, California last week, marking further progress in the company’s strategic effort to establish a global presence. Production and sales. BYTON will use a direct sales model.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Celanese Corporation, developer of a hydrocarbons-to-ethanol production process derived from its acetyl technology ( earlier post ) announced plans in June to enter the industrial ethanol market in China by revamping the market entry strategy to allow the company to enter 6-12 months sooner than originally planned. Earlier post.).

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JULY 13, 2009

Good news for the forthcoming Lexus HS Hybrid as pre-orders smash the firm’s monthly sales target. According to reports in The Nikkei , the Toyota Motor Corporation has received about 1,500 pre-orders for the vehicles - that’s around three times more than its initial target. per cent of all RX models in June.

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JULY 16, 2009

Well, you might as well learn from the best - and that’s exactly what Mazda plans to do as it turns to green car leader Toyota to boost its development into the sector. It is expected that Mazda will then apply the Toyota components in midsize passenger vehicles and that it is targeting sales of 100,000 units a year.

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JUNE 23, 2009

ZF Friedrichshafen has teamed up with ISE Corporation, with the intention of developing and supplying parallel electric hybrid drive systems and components for the North American market. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news hybrid drive systems ISE Corporation ZF Friedrichshafen.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Japanese car maker Nissan will team up with the Sumitomo Corporation for the sales and marketing of its new DC Quick Charger in the USA. The DC quick charging unit is newly developed and offers the high performance of the existing quick charger despite being nearly half its size by volume. Indeed as the new [.].

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JULY 5, 2009

According to reports in The Nikkei , the Toyota Motor Corporation plans to begin the commercial production of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in 2012. The plug-ins will use lithium-ion batteries produced by Toyota’s joint venture with Panasonic Corporation, Panasonic Electric Vehicle Energy Company.

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MAY 25, 2011

The Azure Dynamics Corporation has announced 27 sales of the vehicle, including a five-unit sale to returning customer FedEx Express, a four-unit sale to the city of Toronto, and a three-unit sale to DTE Energy [.].

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AUGUST 23, 2009

Having enjoyed significant success with the Toyota Prius, the Toyota Motor Corporation is now lining up a new medium-sized hybrid saloon car for introduction later this year according to reports in Kyodo News.

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JUNE 9, 2009

Considered by many to be the ultimate eco-car, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation finally unveiled the production version of the i-MiEV as part of World Environment Day in Tokyo. The company will then start sales of the i-MiEV to individuals starting in April 2010 with orders to be taken on the Mitsubishi website starting in late July.

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JULY 2, 2009

The world’s first production hybrid electric vehicle to be powered by a liquefied petroleum injected (LPI) engine has proven an instant sales success for its manufacturer. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Hyundai Latest news Hyundai Avente LPI Hyundai Elantra LPI Liquefied Petroleum Injected engine South Korea.

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AUGUST 4, 2009

The subsidy programme has helped Ford to its first increase in US vehicle sales since 2007 after it sold 158,838 vehicles in July - that’s an increase of two per cent on the same month last year. General Motors’ July sales dropped 19 per cent year on year while Chrysler’s fell by 9.4

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MARCH 9, 2011

Not content with having secured more than three million sales for its hybrid vehicles to date, Toyota has now unveiled its global vision for the future to convey its direction going forward which includes a significant expansion to its hybrid line-up.

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MAY 28, 2011

Police departments and municipalities are among the areas of the European public sector being targeted by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation as it looks to increase sales of its’ i-MiEV electric car.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Meanwhile the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, which was launched in Japan to fleet and corporate customers at the end of July, is expected to go on sale to individual customers in April 2010. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Mitsubishi Frankfurt Airport Fraport AG Mitsubishi i-MiEV.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

Company car drivers choosing a new vehicle in the coming months need to consider planned tax rule changes to avoid being stung later on, says James Shires, National Corporate Sales Operations Manager at Volvo Car UK.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

This time it is the turn of the Mazda Motor Corporation, which will exhibit freshened versions of the CX-7 at the event including a version powered by the company’s MZR-CD 2.2 Tags: Green cars Latest news mazda Frankfurt Motor Show Mazda CX-7 Mazda CX-7 clean diesel. about a planned debut at the 63 rd Frankfurt Motor Show.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

In Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) outlined the progress of development of its green technologies as well as its vehicle deployment plans through 2015. TMC expects global sales of its hybrid vehicles to well surpass 1 million units in 2012. The new EQ EV offers power consumption of 104 Wh/km. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 21, 2009

The F3DM is China’s first mass-produced plug-in hybrid car that went on sale in December last year, well ahead of competitors such as General Motors and Toyota which plan to launch their plug-in vehicles in 2010. Electrical charging is also less likely to be a problem with many car owners having their own garages.

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JUNE 30, 2009

The disparity was highlighted to Boris Johnson by Stuart Kerr, Regional President for Europe from Volvo Car Corporation when he collected the What Car? Green Car of the Year award from The Mayor recently. Volvo’s What Car? Green Car of the Year-winning S40 1.6D to enter the capital.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2009

With a string of hybrid successes already under its belt, any new innovation from the Toyota Motor Corporation is sure to turn heads, and now the company has unveiled its latest hybrid car design. Electric vehicle drive mode is also available, which uses the electric motor only, allowing for quiet cruising and zero emissions.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The Korean manufacturer, which has already catapulted itself to the top of the UK sales charts, will now debut two new vehicles at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It is the fifth in a series of concept cars created by the Global Design Team in Namyang, Korea. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Hyundai Latest news.

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JUNE 23, 2010

The firm, a division of Lotus Cars Ltd has agreed a to begin production of the engine while Fagor Ederlan, part of the Mondragon Corporation Cooperativa will handle the sales of the new engine for [.]. Lotus Engineering is set to go into series production with a new range extender engine in collaboration with Fagor Ederlan.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Mitsubishi began delivery of its i-MiEV electric city car in Japan from July 2009, mainly to corporations and local authorities. Mitsubishi plans to start sales to individuals from April 2010 tapping into an additional set of customers. In preparation, it started to take pre-orders through dealerships since 31st July 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

We are proud that Europcar has chosen Renault as its partner for its future range of electric vehicles,” commented Uwe Hochgeschurtz, Director of Renault’s Corporate Sales Division. For Renault, electric vehicles with zero carbon dioxide emissions constitute a real answer to current environmental concerns.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

On the back of the success of the original hybrid, the Prius, Toyota has for the first time put a number to the expected sales of hybrid cars to justify its corporate focus on the technology.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Kia Motors outlined its mid- to long-term plans for the development of a greatly increased range of environmentally friendly vehicles, with the goal of becoming a leader in the low-emissions car market by 2020. —Ki-Sang Lee, Senior Vice President, Eco Friendly Vehicle R&D Center, Kia Motors Corporation. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Those who think they are the natural successor for full hybrids as we continue the movement towards lower emission driving will be thrilled with Volvo’s plans to unveil a plug-in hybrid car by 2012 (see article ). However, sales did not exceed several hundred units in total. Why is Toyota questioning plug-in technology?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Hyundai has begun the US sales rollout of its Ioniq line of electrified vehicles, which come in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric variants. Overall, the number of hybrid models on sale in the US has declined (from 47 in 2015 to 31 in 2016), but average sales per model has increased (up to 11,194 in 2016).

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APRIL 21, 2009

And the company donates 5% of sales to CalCars.org in recognition of its role in promoting PHEVs and the conversions industry. The first after-market conversion company, built Felixs car, currently provides vehicles mainly to fleets. See also Hymotions comments on the subject.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

The ratio of sustainable value to sales was calculated in the report so that different companies could be directly compared irrespective of their size. It is the first value-based method for assessing corporate sustainability performance.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Hyundai has begun the US sales rollout of its Ioniq line of electrified vehicles, which come in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric variants. Overall, the number of hybrid models on sale in the US has declined (from 47 in 2015 to 31 in 2016), but average sales per model has increased (up to 11,194 in 2016).

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