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EBay, GM to start trial program to sell new cars

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hundreds of General Motors' California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the eBay online marketplace under a trial that begins Tuesday.


Volkswagen hopes to turn out its first all-electric car in 2013

Volkswagen plans electric car in 2013: head

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created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

German auto maker Volkswagen hopes to turn out its first all-electric car in 2013, VW head Martin Winterkorn said Friday.





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Infineon said it had managed to limit its quarterly loss but warned that full-year asset writedowns would be larger

Chip maker Infineon trims loss, sees larger writedowns

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Troubled German semi-conductor maker Infineon said Wednesday that it had managed to limit its quarterly loss but warned that full-year asset writedowns would be larger than expected.


Germany's Infineon needs state guarantees: report

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created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

German chip maker Infineon is in negotiations with the government over state guarantees worth several hundred million euros (dollars), the Welt am Sonntag paper reported Sunday.


The Japanese electric zero-emission hybrid scooter "Miletto"

Zero-emission scooter to debut in Japan

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 3

A Japanese zero-emission "hybrid" scooter to be released next year runs 10 times as economically as a petrol engine bike and can be assisted by human pedal power, its maker said Thursday.


The new hybrid emits 186-189 grams of CO2 per kilometre, above the European average of around 160 grams.

Daimler launches first German hybrid car

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created Jun 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 4

German luxury car maker Daimler launched its first hybrid model last week, almost 10 years after the market leader, Toyota.


An electric car of the model Mini type E standing behind an electric charging station in Berlin

Germany wants a million electric cars by 2020

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created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

The German government unveiled plans Wednesday to get one million electric cars zipping around the country by 2020, offering sweeteners to jump-start national giants like BMW and Volkswagen into action.


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Taiwan, China may develop electric cars together

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Taiwan and China are looking into developing electric cars together and will hold a conference here next week to seek areas where they can cooperate, a Taipei official said Monday.


Premier Lee Myung-Bak has offered support to aid South Korean firms gain 10 percent of the global electric car market

SKorea targets world electric car market

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

President Lee Myung-Bak Thursday offered full government support to help South Korean firms secure about 10 percent of the global electric car market by 2015.


The new Opel Ampera hybrid-electric vehicle

Green car makers urged to go a step further

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Four international bodies on Wednesday called on governments and car makers to halve global vehicle emissions by 2050 as the auto industry insisted it was serious about producing greener vehicles.


Take-Two posts larger 4Q loss on higher charges

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created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Charges and expenses outweighed higher sales and drove video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. to post a wider fourth-quarter loss on Thursday, as billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn reported ...


Report: Dell to make Android phone for AT&T

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A newspaper report says Dell Inc. is working on a "smart" phone for AT&T that runs Google Inc.'s Android phone operating system.



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