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New Mazda bio-based engineering plastic features high-quality finish without paint; suitable for exterior parts

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Mazda Motor Corporation, in conjunction with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, has developed a new bio-based engineering plastic that can be used for exterior design parts for automobiles. The new plastic will help Mazda to reduce its impact on the environment in a number of ways.

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Mazda beginning road trials of advanced safety vehicle; streetcar-to-vehicle communication system

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Mazda Motor Corporation will begin testing its advanced safety vehicle, the Mazda Atenza ASV-5, on public roads from September 2013. The vehicle will be used to test a driving safety support system which utilizes intelligent transport systems (ITS) jointly developed by industrial, academic and government organizations.

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Mazda Demios To Be Base Architecture for Electric Vehicle Test Project

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Mazda Demio. Mazda Motor Corporation will provide three Mazda Demios (Mazda2s) for conversion to EVs for a project in collaboration with Itochu Corporation and other companies in conjunction with Tsukuba City to test a low-carbon transport system which uses clean energy. Mazda Motor Corporation: Electric vehicles).

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CharIN response to Tesla opening its North America Charging Standard

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CharIN strongly encourages Tesla, as a CharIN member, to work with CharIN’s membership base, the standards organizations, and others to accelerate the adoption of a fully interoperable EV charging solution to transition to electric vehicles more quickly. In the US, CCS is used in more than 50 passenger vehicle models.

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Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Mazda, Volvo and home dealerships promote

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Webb Car expands into Colorado Webb Car Crew used to be a logical purchaser for the previous Steve Keetch Motors Inc., ” Around the nation, Buick is purchasing again franchises from sellers who don’t wish to construct the specified funding to organize their retail outlets for electrical automobiles.

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AutoAlliance Thailand Inaugurates New Mazda-Ford Passenger Car Plant

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Mazda Motor Corporation and Ford Motor Company inaugurated their new joint venture manufacturing passenger car plant at AutoAlliance Thailand (AAT). AAT already exports Mazda and Ford pickup trucks to more than 130 markets around the world.

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Tesla gains seat on Australia’s primary car lobby board

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In a press release , the FCAI noted that it had replaced Matthew Callachor, the President and CEO of Toyota Australia, with Vinesh Bhindi, the Managing Director of Mazda Australia. This is quite interesting, as both Toyota and Mazda are lagging somewhat in the electric vehicle transition.