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Honda confirms hybrid electric car plans

Honda confirms hybrid electric car plans

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Tim Pollard, 21 May 2008 09:05

Honda CEO Takeo Fukui today confirmed Honda's plans to build an expanded range of hybrid petrol-electric cars, including a new affordable model and a sports coupe based on the CR-Z concept. It's a signal that Honda won't let Toyota rule the hybrid market with its Prius and planned spin-offs; Fukui said he planned to build a half a million petrol-electric ...

Ford Focus ECOnetic

Ford Focus ECOnetic

Rated 2 out of 52

Ben Barry, 28 August 2007 04:52

Car manufacturers will be tripping over themselves to look leaner and greener at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Today Ford throws its hat into the ring with the Focus ECOnetic. Usually when a car manufacturer announces lowered suspension and an aerodynamics kit for its medium-sized hatchback, it goes hand-in-hand with extra power and a GTi badge. Not so Ford, which ...

UK Government backs biofuels

UK Government backs biofuels

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Jack Carfrae, 22 June 2007 10:27

The government has announced the framework for its plans to increase the use of biofuels in the UK. Secretary for transport, Douglas Alexander, yesterday launched a consultation for the Government’s plan to encourage more motorists to use sustainable fuels, such as E85. And it plans to reward motorists who use them. The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO), introduced in 2005, ...

Toyota's hybrid sales top 1m

Toyota's hybrid sales top 1m

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Jack Carfrae, 08 June 2007 12:16

Toyota, and its luxury arm Lexus, have notched up more than a million hybrid sales. First launched in Japan in 1997, the Prius has racked-up 758,000 sales internationally, 13,826 of them in the UK. And a third of the 1,047,000 hybrids built by Toyota found homes in its domestic Japanese market. The company claims its hybrids have saved around 3.5 ...

Vauxhall's World Environment Day Initiative

Vauxhall's World Environment Day Initiative

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Ben Oliver, 05 June 2007 06:43

Vauxhall is offering a hefty £1000 discount off your new car if you agree to scrap your old one. The incentive applies to all makes of trade-in, but only if you’re buying one of Vauxhall’s most efficient Corsa, Astra, Meriva or Zafira models. Which means no discounts on a VXR8. Most experts agree that the quickest way to cut vehicle ...

Rover 75 reborn as a hybrid

Rover 75 reborn as a hybrid

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Keith Adams, 03 June 2007 02:34

The olde-worlde 75 reborn as a hybrid? Whatever next… Amidst the confusion about Chinese MGs and Rovers, would-be partner to the Longbridge company, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) has quietly revealed an innovative petrol/electric hybrid version of the model formerly known as the Rover 75. The Hybrid, unveiled at the Beijing Motor Show, and mooted for production before the end ...

Tough emissions laws for 2012

Tough emissions laws for 2012

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Tim Pollard, 23 January 2007 05:53

Every performance car, MPV and large saloon on sale today is under threat from proposed legislation limiting CO2 emissions to an average of 120g/km by 2012, CAR Online has learned. EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas is expected to announce the shock new directive in the next few days - it's designed to force companies to meet tough targets or face ...

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June 2012 issue of CAR magazine
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