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Report: Daimler to partner in electric car battery-charging stations
Daimler AG and RWE AG, Germany's No. 2 utility, will build a network of battery-recharging stations in Berlin for electric cars to serve a growing market for fuel-saving vehicles, Bloomberg News reported today.
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Ford is struggling in Asian markets
Ford is missing its sales goals in the critical Chinese market and other parts of Asia at a time when the automaker is counting on overseas profits to offset mounting losses at home.
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Honda revs up hybrid offerings
Honda is taking on Toyota, the leader in hybrid sales, with the rollout of a second-generation gas-electric Insight aimed at mainstream customers. Although Honda's original Insight was the first hybrid sold in the United States, the quirky two-seater never took off and Toyota captured the small but growing number of environmentally concerned motorists with its more conventionally styled Prius.
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EPA sets rules for lawn, boat engines
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled sweeping regulations limiting emissions from small engines in lawn mowers and boats Thursday -- requiring that most small engines have catalytic converters.
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Electricity the gas of tomorrow's cars, Ford exec says
Electricity -- not hydrogen, gasoline or ethanol -- will fuel the cars of tomorrow, says Ford's global product development chief, Derrick Kuzak.
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Auto sales top expectations
U.S. auto sales fell sharply last month, but several industry executives sounded cautiously optimistic that the worst may be over after falling gas prices and flashy sales promotions lured skittish consumers back into showrooms.
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Kerkorian's firm settles GM stock claims
WASHINGTON -- Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian settled allegations Wednesday that he failed to comply with federal disclosure rules when selling his shares in General Motors Corp. stock in late 2006.
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Manny Lopez: Carmaker cuts must go deeper
It has never been hard in this city to buy a car for far less than what most everyone else in America pays.
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Canada to help reopen Ford plant
WINDSOR, Ontario -- Canada's prime minister and Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday a new research center for environmentally friendly technologies will be launched in a government partnership that includes up to $75 million in government funding.
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Old Car Festival drives through Greenfield Village
This summer we enjoyed major events such as the Woodward Dream Cruise and the Belle Isle Grand Prix, but there's one more car-centric celebration -- The Henry Ford's 58th annual Old Car Festival. More than 750 cars from the 1890s to the 1930s, including 200 Model Ts, will cruise the grounds of Greenfield Village on Saturday and Sunday. In addition to the cars, there will be live music, an automobile parade, a bicycle parade, games and more.
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