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Ministers share strategies to cut road death 'epidemic' Moscow (AFP) Nov 19, 2009 
The fight against road deaths, an "epidemic" that costs the lives of 1.3 million people every year, should become a top global priority, experts and ministers said Thursday. Speakers at an international ministerial summit in Moscow condemned the "preventable" toll from road deaths worldwide, which they said would increase dramatically unless there is the political will for change. ... read moreCustomizing Electric Cars For Cost-Effective Urban Commuting 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Nov 19, 2009Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based approach to electric vehicle design, conversion and operations. The vehicle is part of a new research project, ChargeCar, headed by Illah Nourbakhsh, associate professor of robotics. The project is exploring ... more
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Obama hopes GM's China success rubs off back home
Shanghai (AFP) Nov 16, 2009US President Barack Obama had a chance on Monday to compare notes with Chinese officials on one of his administration's major investments that is doing better here than at home: General Motors. At the start of talks with Obama, Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng commented on GM's "fantastic performance" in China, the world's largest car market, and how that success was helping ... more Taiwan, China may develop electric cars together 
Taipei (AFP) Nov 16, 2009Taiwan 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. The November 24-25 conference in the Taiwan capital is likely to attract more than 100 Chinese participants, mostly from the auto sector, according to the economics ministry official. "We are eyeing the huge ... more China aims to nearly triple auto exports by 2015: govt 
Shanghai (AFP) Nov 12, 2009China has outlined measures to nearly triple its auto and auto parts exports by 2015, helping domestic car makers tackle weaker global demand amid the global slowdown, government agencies said. China hopes to boost total exports to 85 billion dollars by 2015 from 30.2 billion dollars in 2008 via an expansion of research and development through acquisitions, according to a proposal by six ... more Canada scraps 50,000 high-polluting cars 
Ottawa (AFP) Nov 13, 2009Canadians have traded in more than 50,000 high-polluting old clunkers for bus passes, bike discounts or newer and greener cars, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Friday. Canada's Retire Your Ride program, which began in January, has resulted in "approximately 2,250 tonnes of smog-forming pollutants being removed from our atmosphere," he said in a statement. The government-funded ... more |
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GM in talks to bring Chinese cars to India: report
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 7, 2009 US auto giant General Motors is in advanced talks with its Chinese partners on a proposal to bring their vehicles to India, the Press Trust of India reported Saturday. GM began talks with its partners Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) and Wuling eight months ago to explore possibilities of bringing their light commercial vehicles to India. "Now we know what can work in India and ... more Toyota to build big research centre in China: report 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 5, 2009Toyota Motor Corp. will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build a research centre in China to develop vehicles for the fast growing market there, a newspaper said Thursday. The world's largest automaker will build a new centre with a full-scale test course near Shanghai, the Nikkei business daily said, adding construction was likely to begin as early as next year. Total investment ... more Senegal inaugurates assembly plant for Chinese buses
Thies, Senegal (AFP) Nov 4, 2009President Abdoulaye Wade on Wednesday hailed Senegal's cooperation with China while inaugurating an assembly plant for Chinese buses built with a multi-million-euro (-dollar) Chinese loan. "This inauguration is the occasion to praise the excellence of the relations between Senegal and China," Wade said at the opening of the plant in the western city of Thies. The construction was made ... more Toyota posts surprise profit, upgrades outlook
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 5, 2009Toyota Motor, the world's largest automaker, announced Thursday a surprise return to profit and narrowed its loss forecast for the full year, helped by demand for fuel-efficient cars. It was the company's first quarter in the black in a year. The Japanese giant joins Honda and Nissan in upgrading its outlook, reinforcing hopes that automakers are through the worst of the global industry slum ... more |
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