Mercedes, Toyota and BMW show off their hybrid and electric vehicles,
which are taking part in a UK government scheme aimed at accelerating
the availability of low carbon cars to consumers.
Toyota announced today at an Australian
government-sponsored press conference in Nagoya, Japan, that it will
begin producing the "Camry Hybrid" at the Altona Plant of Toyota Motor
Corporation Australia Ltd. (TMCA), as part ...
Toyota announced that it will provide 78 conventional
hybrid and other environmentally friendly vehicles for official use and
demonstration at the July 7-9 G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit.
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VANCOUVER (CP) _ High-performance car lovers who worry that a
future filled with Earth-friendly hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles
condemns them to life driving glorified golf carts need not fret.
Al Gore III, the ...
Transportation Minister Jim Bradley says he'd like to
see electric cars with zero greenhouse gas emissions approved for
use on Ontario roads.
ZENN Motor Company, a Toronto firm which manufacturers small,
low-speed electric cars ...
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday
his company is working hard to develop the next generation of
smaller, lighter auto batteries _ a technology that holds promise
for electric ...
WASHINGTON (AP) _ DaimlerChrysler AG has agreed to pay a US$1.2 million fine to settle allegations that it did not promptly alert the government about emissions problems in some Mercedes ...
General Motors Corp. started production Monday
of its two-mode gas-electric hybrid transmission systems that will
debut in the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and GMC Yukon Hybrid sport
utility vehicles.
Built at the automaker's Baltimore ...
Toyota announced at the 2008
North American International Auto Show in Detroit that it plans to
commence sales of lithium-ion battery-equipped plug-in hybrid vehicles
to fleet customers in the United States and elsewhere ...
India's Tata Motors plans to unveil its ultracheap
$2,500 car at an auto show here next month, the company said
Wednesday.
Analysts believe the car may force other manufacturers to lower
their own pricing.
While ...