BEIJING, Sept 7 - Chinese car sales surged 81.7 percent in August year-on-year, as rising consumer confidence and official policies boosted demand. The figure cited on Monday by the Development Research Centre, a think-tank under...
Shanghai, September 3 (Gasgoo.com) Chery Auto, China's largest maker of own-brand cars, will start selling its first plug-in electric car model S18 around June, 2010, as the government urges automakers to offer more eco-friendly vehicles, Bloomberg reported today.
* GM to end 3-month Venezuela production freeze next week * Expects to build 60,000 cars this year, half capacity * Calls on government, industry to work to meet demand (Adds GM comments) CARACAS, Sept...
Shanghai, September 2 (Gasgoo.com) Shanghai GM, a passenger car venture between General Motors and SAIC Motor, sold 63,303 vehicles in August, nearly double the figure of a year earlier, media reported today.
* New car registrations rise 28 percent in August * Government scrapping incentives run out * Nearly 2 million new car sales subsidised * Waiting list planned for 15,000 new applicants * European car shares...
* Plant to have annual capacity of 52,000 cars * Posco to invest $24 million for flat steel production ISTANBUL, Sept 2 - China's third-largest carmaker Dong Feng Motor is to invest $250 million in...
* New car registrations rise 28 percent in August * Government incentives run out * Nearly 2 million new car sales subsidised * Waiting list planned for 15,000 new applicants * European car sector index...
* Hybrid motors, batteries big users of rare earth metals * As output of hybrid cars climbs, supply crunch looms LOS ANGELES, Aug 31 - The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency,...
BRUSSELS, Sept 1 - Car makers will not be granted a delay to an agreed 2011 European ban on climate-damaging chemicals in the air conditioners of new car models, European Parliament officials said on Tuesday....
* Spain August car sales flat - ANFAC * France August car sales up 7 percent - CCFA * France says may extend scrapping incentive scheme * U.S., Italy sales due at 1600 GMT MADRID/PARIS,...