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smart USA and Nissan to Collaborate on New Gasoline-Powered B-Segment Vehicle for the US Market

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smart USA Distributor LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc., for collaboration on a new vehicle for sale in the United States. The new vehicle is expected to be available for retail sale in the fourth quarter of 2011. —smart USA President Jill Lajdziak said, ". Click to enlarge.

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Volkswagen ID. models crack half-million mark; delivery target met one year earlier than planned

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—Imelda Labbé, Board Member for Sales, Marketing and After Sales at Volkswagen. By 2030, all-electric vehicles are already to account for at least 70% of Volkswagen’s unit sales in Europe. In the USA and China, the company is targeting an electric vehicle share of more than 50% for the same period.

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies hits multiple manufacturing, customer pilot, and fueling milestones

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By leveraging an already existing eco-system and infrastructure, ClearFlame’s solution not only gets us to our climate goals faster, but can do so less expensively—saving fleets money, without any green premium. Vander Haag’s, Inc., In addition to being the vehicle integrator, Vander Haag’s, Inc.

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PNNL joins H2USA consortium on hydrogen infrastructure

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The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has joined H 2 USA: a consortium of automakers, energy companies, government laboratories, and others that aims to accelerate the rollout of an infrastructure for hydrogen-powered vehicles and related technologies. Earlier post.).

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Volvo Cars and Autoliv autonomous driving JV Zenuity starts operations

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Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden and with additional operations in Munich, Germany, and Detroit, USA, the initial workforce of close to 300 people is from Volvo Cars and Autoliv as well as some new hires. Zenuity is expected to have its first ADAS products available for sale by 2019 with AD technologies following shortly thereafter.

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Sevcon to supply Gen 4 controllers to Zhejiang Xinyang for electric vehicles

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The new electric range of UTVs is being developed for sale in Europe, USA and Southeast Asia and is powered by a 48V, 5kW motor, which will be controlled by a Sevcon Gen4 size 4 motor controller. an established manufacturer of UTVs, ATVs, Jeeps, Go Karts and amphibious vehicles.

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

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The Hertz Corporation and smart USA, a subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc., To-date, the company has ordered vehicles from CODA, Nissan, and smart USA, and has signed an agreement with NRG Energy Inc. smart USA is strategically deploying a fleet of 2011 smart fortwo electric drive vehicles across the United States.

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