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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

The Truth About Cars

Then I learned that three Renault Dauphines had hit the regular inventory at the Pick-n-Pull in San Jose, California. Of all those companies, Renault was the only one to score big-time North American sales success. There were multiple factors behind the decline of Dauphine sales at the dawn of the 1960s.

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

The Truth About Cars

& The first Guidestar test models in late 1994 were implemented in the San Jose, California area, distributed once again through Avis rental outlets. & Guidestar testing ramped up in a second location, Florida, after San Jose testing received positive reviews. No touch screen troubles here!& Let me know.

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Coulomb Technologies to Provide 4,600 Free Home and Public Charging Stations Through ChargePoint America Program

Green Car Congress

the San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, California; Redmond, Wash.; First, each region had to be on at least one of the participating automakers list of target regions where their vehicles will be for sale during the program period. Sacramento, Calif.; and Washington DC.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. But neither car, GM execs made clear, will appear for sale on a showroom floor for more that two years. Once again, a conference on plug-in cars.

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Tesla widens its legal action against Rivian over alleged theft of battery secrets

Teslarati

The California-based EV maker accused Rivian of acquiring proprietary information related to its recruiting process, bonus and compensation plan for sales personnel, and manufacturing project management systems, to name a few. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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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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