Hybrid, Electric, Plug-in, Clean Diesel Cars for the Responsible Consumers.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has sold ten hybrid trucks to an Irish company. The Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid is the first production hybrid truck to be sold in Europe. With another order of 10 Fuso Canter Eco Hybrids from Australia, they become the first Fuso hybrid trucks to customers outside of Japan.
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smart plant in Hambach, France was selected as location for future large-scale production of the smart fortwo electric drive, which will be equipped with the most modern lithium-ion-battery and will be offered to customers through the smart sales network by 2012.
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The REVA NXR, a new lithium-ion powered electric car from REVA Electric Car Company (REVA), is scheduled to go into production early 2010. Also unveiled at the Frankfurt International Motor Show was REVA’s showcar, the REVA NXG (NeXt Generation), the company’s 2011 model. Customers can register their interest in either vehicle on the online priority list by paying a refundable 500 euro (US$ 727) fee today.

General Motors India and Reva Electric Car Company (REVA) have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop electric vehicles for the Indian market. This partnership will bring together two companies to develop car platforms, electric vehicle technology and advanced control systems. Through this partnership, REVA will also leverage GM’s large distribution network in India to market and sell REVA’s next generation vehicles.
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Hindustan Motors Limited or HML is one of the pioneers of India’s automobile industry. While there are no plans yet for hybrids or electric cars in the near future, HML’s new CNG cars and trucks are becoming available among its wide range of passenger cars, trucks, SUVs.

Let’s forget clean driving and the environment for a moment. There’s a more pressing issue. Ford Motor Company recently commissioned an online survey on texting while driving. There are so-called hands-free driving laws or cell phone driving laws are already in effect in many states, but maybe the problem needs to be solved in a different way.

Renault affordable production zero-emission electric vehicles showing at the recent Frankfurt Auto Show. Here are four Renault electric concept cars provided a preview of Renault’s range of vehicles due to be released from 2011, all part of Renault’s long term electric vehicle global strategy.
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Nissan is adding noise to its electric cars to make it safer to pedestrians crossing the streets. The sound system turns on when the car starts and turns off when the car reaches 12 mph.
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Leading vehicle manufacturers in fuel cell technology – Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation/Opel, Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, the alliance Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corporation – signed a joint statement to the development and market introduction of electric vehicles with fuel cells with a Letter of Understanding (LoU.)
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Detroit Diesel has subjected BlueTec SCR technology in trucks to tests totaling 25 million miles. By the time SCR (selective catalytic reduction) technology is introduced in January 2010, the test vehicles will have been tested for a total of 28 million miles. This will make SCR technology one of the most thoroughly tested exhaust technologies in the United States as well.
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