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Executives
| Luxury car veteran named CEO of Maserati North America >> |
| Nissan names new head of communications >> |
Manufacturing
| A soar spot: Pump prices up 40 cents since April >> |
| Fiat eyes Mexico to serve North and South America >> |
| Metaldyne closes 2 factories and an office >> |
Design
| Some Chinese still follow the leaders >> |
Future Products
| Outside forces direct Europe's future car lines >> |
Technology
| Noble nearly doubles Q1 revenue, still has net loss >> |
| Manufacturing technology group names new president >> |
Cutaways
Panel: Diesels may hit 20% of U.S. market by 2020
About 20 percent of the vehicles in the United States could run on diesel fuel by the end of the next decade, a panel of auto executives said here last week at the 2008 SAE World Congress. Panelists also expect hybrid technologies to be in about 10 percent of vehicles by 2020, as consumers' thirst for fuel-sipping vehicles continues. [SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 21
Chrysler plans hybrid Dodge RamChrysler LLC plans to release a gasoline-electric hybrid Dodge Ram pickup in 2010, the automaker's product development chief said here today. Frank Klegon, Chrysler executive vice president of product development, says the hybrid is part of the automaker's plan to reshape its product portfolio in the coming years. [REG] 2:09 pm U.S. ET | April 14 |
New hybrid powertrain in the works
The same innovative technology that General Motors plans to deploy in the Chevrolet Volt gasoline-electric hybrid sedan is being applied to a full-sized SUV by a small Utah technology company. [REG] 12:15 pm U.S. ET | April 14
Bill requiring minimum auto sound levels expected
Legislation setting a minimum sound level for vehicles sold in the United States by as early as 2010 is expected to be introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives. [REG] 12:00 pm U.S. ET | April 9
GM to managers: Volt is No. 1 priorityGeneral Motors wants the gasoline-electric Chevrolet Volt on the road by 2010 so badly that program managers have been given a blank check. They can get as much manpower and resources as they need. [REG] 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 4 |
Jim Press creates PR mess for Toyota and ChryslerChrysler LLC co-President Jim Press has a PR problem -- and so does his former employer, Toyota Motor Corp. In an interview published Thursday, March 24, Press told BusinessWeek that the Japanese government “paid for 100 percent of the development of the battery and hybrid system that went into the Toyota Prius.” [REG] 11:11 am U.S. ET | April 3 | UPDATED: 4/3/08 11:40 a.m. EDT |
Nissan to monitor environmental footprint of global suppliers
Nissan Motor Co. wants to ensure that its suppliers are green as well as lean and mean. Starting this month, the Japanese automaker will require hundreds of Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers worldwide to report their environmental footprint to Tokyo headquarters. [REG] 12:59 pm U.S. ET | April 1
Suddenly, a market for plug-insWith the stroke of a pen, California regulators have created an instant market -- and a sizable one -- for plug-in hybrids. Last week, the California Air Resources Board ruled that automakers must sell at least 66,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles from 2012 through 2014. The ultimate sales target for plug-ins could grow even larger if 12 other states that have adopted California's emissions rules follow suit. [SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 31 |
Toyota eyes hybrid win at Le Mans raceToyota's racing team is working on a new green car to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in France. Toyota has not yet decided whether it will race at Le Mans, but it is developing a car that can win there, Toyota r&d head Kazuo Okamoto said. Hybrid racing may resume in 2009, he added. [SUB] March 31 06:01 CET |
Ricardo center has battery focus
Ricardo Inc. has set up a battery systems development center at its headquarters in suburban Detroit. The center will be responsible for developing battery pack systems for hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. [SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 31
FINAL ASSEMBLY
Fresh heir: To turn green, must BMW create brand?
BMW is developing a low-emission small car for big-city driving. It could be an electric vehicle. But will it be a BMW? Company execs say you can only do so much to a BMW without diluting the brand's performance image. So CEO Norbert Reithofer said the effort, called Project i, may lead to formation of a new brand exclusively for alternative-fuel vehicles. [SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 24
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Where will we get power for the Volt?
With most of the country short of electrical power, especially high-population states such as California, and power-plant construction times in decades, how will we be able to charge a fleet of Chevy Volts? [SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 24
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Solar power is the only answer
The problem with electric cars is the energy source. By far, the greatest polluters of our planet are coal-fired electric plants, which supply 85 percent of our electricity. The only way to solve the energy problem is to source all our energy from sun sources (which include things we grow and make fuel from, like biodiesel). [SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 24
The Prius is a phenomenonRegarding John K. Teahen Jr.'s Feb. 11 SalesTales column ("Hybrids: A curiosity, not a phenomenon"): I think the hybrid market is a phenomenon. The reason sales of the Toyota Prius are not higher is that Toyota cannot build the Prius fast enough. [SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 24 |
SsangYong to launch diesel hybrid in 2010
SsangYong will launch a model with a diesel-electric powertrain by 2010, said Daniel Kaiser, aftersales manager for the company's Swiss subsidiary. The fuel-saving hybrid solution is likely to be in the Rexton large SUV. The diesel-hybrid will be mated with the Korean automaker's 2.7-liter engine. [SUB] March 17 06:01 CET
Saab hybrid concept has solar roof panelsGeneral Motors took the wraps off what could be Saab's entry in the super-fuel-efficient small-car wars. It's the 9-X BioHybrid concept, a coupe that runs on E85 and uses a mild hybrid system. [SUB] 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 10 |
Toyota will expand hybrids across lineup
Toyota will offer gasoline-hybrid cars throughout its lineup in the long term, company president, Katsuaki Watanabe, said. “We hope to offer a hybrid version of each model in the 2020s,” Watanabe said at a press event here. [REG] March 4 07:52 CET
Toyota has no plans for diesel-hybrid car
Toyota has no plans to sell diesel-hybrid cars, Katsuaki Watanabe, the carmaker's president, said. Watanabe said diesel hybrids would be too expensive for customers. [REG] March 4 08:48 CET
9-X gives clear view of future compact SaabSaab's 9-X BioHybrid is a clear hint at the future entry-level model of the Swedish carmaker. General Motor's presented the concept car at a pre-Geneva-auto-show presentation yesterday evening. [REG] March 4 14:34 CET |
