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Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel Named 2015 Green SUV of the Year by Green Car Journal

Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel Named 2015 Green SUV of the Year by Green Car Journal

Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel delivers 30 miles per gallon with a driving range of more than 730 miles Grand Cherokee is the most awarded SUV ever WASHINGTON -- Jan. 22, 2015: Green Car Journal has named the Jeep® Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel its 2015 Green SUV of the Year™. The announcement was made today at the W ... Continue reading

2015 Luxury Green Car of the Year, Green SUV of the Year and Green Car Technology Winners Announced

2015 Luxury Green Car of the Year, Green SUV of the Year and Green Car Technology Winners Announced

Green Car Journal has named the Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel its 2015 Green SUV of the Year™ and the BMW i8 its 2015 Luxury Green Car of the Year™, with the aluminum-bodied Ford F-150 earning the magazine's 2015 Green Car Technology Award™. Winners were determined by a jury of Green Car Journal editors ... Continue reading

FIAT Fiorino Cargo has been named Best City Van

FIAT Fiorino Cargo has been named Best City Van

FIAT Fiorino Cargo 1.3 MultiJet 75 Tecnico Start&Stop named Best City Van in the 2015 Business Vans Van of the Year Awards Judges highlighted its manoeuvrability, practicality, high specification, payload and low running costs Award presentation made at a special Business Vans award event in London today, January 22, 2 ... Continue reading

All New Vauxhall VIVA to Debut in Geneva

All New Vauxhall VIVA to Debut in Geneva

World premiere of VIVA, arriving in showrooms in summer Specially-developed 1.0-litre ECOTEC (75PS) powertrain Comfortable and practical with room for up to five people IntelliLink connectivity for seamless smartphone integration Luton – Vauxhall’s all-new five-door entry-level model VIVA is to world premiere ... Continue reading

Citroen Relay wins The Best Heavy Van Award

Citroen Relay wins The Best Heavy Van Award

Citroën LCVs have just scored a hat trick at the Business Van of the Year Awards 2015, presented by Business Vans, in association with Low Cost Vans. Announced at a ceremony in London earlier today, Citroën LCVs were honoured with: Van of the Year- Berlingo HDi 75 manual L1 625 Enterprise Best Heavy Van- New Rela ... Continue reading

Toyota Mirai Production Will Be Increased

Toyota Mirai Production Will Be Increased

Toyota announced today it is to increase production of its Mirai fuel cell car. The hydrogen-powered saloon was launched in Japan on 15 December last year and will be introduced in the UK and other selected European markets during 2015. The new plan calls for production to increase from 700 units this year to approxima ... Continue reading

Peugeot 308 GT, Style and Performance

Peugeot 308 GT, Style and Performance

Award-winning PEUGEOT 308 introduces performance GT models Diesel powered Hatchback and SW body styles, and petrol Hatchback All feature lower ride height, unique design and high specification Key 308 features ensure GT is even more engaging and exhilarating to drive The showroom success enjoyed by the award-winning PE ... Continue reading

Nissan e-NV200 Wins Best Green Van at the Business Van of the Year wards in London

Nissan e-NV200 Wins Best Green Van at the Business Van of the Year wards in London

The all-electric Nissan e-NV200 today scooped its sixth prestigious industry award in as many months, winning the Best Green Van honour at the Business Van of the Year awards in London. The pioneering model triumphed at the independent awards after being put through its paces by an outside panel of expert judges, speci ... Continue reading

Oil Price Hits Electric Vehicle Sales?

Oil Price Hits Electric Vehicle Sales?

The oil price may stay low for many years due to oversupply. This will not affect the sales of electric road vehicles because their sales numbers decoupled from the oil price many years ago thanks to superior performance, subsidies and privileges such as no congestion charge. China must reduce local pollution in the fa ... Continue reading

Nation's Auto Industry Drives To Capitol Hill For Made Across America Celebration

Nation's Auto Industry Drives To Capitol Hill For Made Across America Celebration

Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) welcome a historic gathering of vehicles Jan. 21 to Capitol Hill at the culmination of "Made Across America." Kicking off the Washington DC Auto Show, vehicles from nearly every automotive-final-assembly plant drove to Capitol Hill from factories across the country ... Continue reading

Five Chevys Win Kelley Blue Book Best Resale Value Award

Five Chevys Win Kelley Blue Book Best Resale Value Award

Sports cars and SUV top categories, pickups take Top 10 overall honors SAN FRANCISCO -- January 22, 2015; Kelley Blue Book today awarded Best Resale Value Awards to five Chevrolet models. Camaro, Corvette and Tahoe topped their categories while the Colorado and Silverado earned awards for being in the Top 10 overall of ... Continue reading

Cadillac Pioneers Advanced Mixed-Material Manufacturing

Cadillac Pioneers Advanced Mixed-Material Manufacturing

CT6 to be constructed with state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques WASHINGTON, DC -- Janaury 22, 2015: Cadillac will use the auto industry’s most comprehensive and advanced mixed-material manufacturing techniques to build its all-new CT6 top-of-range sedan, allowing creation of a top-of-range large luxury sedan ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Spark EV Plugs into Maryland

Chevrolet Spark EV Plugs into Maryland

Customer demand drives addition of East Coast; features locally sourced drive unit WASHINGTON, DC -- January 22, 2015: Chevrolet will start selling the Spark EV in Maryland this spring, expanding the pure electric mini-car’s “range” to the East Coast. The Spark EV is the most efficient U.S. retail electr ... Continue reading

Nissan Celebrates Dads in Lead-Up to Super Bowl XLIX Through #withdad Campaign

Nissan Celebrates Dads in Lead-Up to Super Bowl XLIX Through #withdad Campaign

Celebrity YouTube Content Creators Power the #WITHDAD Campaign in Unique Partnership Between Nissan and Google NASHVILLE, TN -- January 22, 2015: Nissan today unveiled a unique marketing campaign as part of the company’s run-up to advertising in Super Bowl XLIX, the first time the automaker has advertised during t ... Continue reading

Expanded NRG eVgo Network Takes Electric Vehicle Drivers Further Than Ever Before

Expanded NRG eVgo Network Takes Electric Vehicle Drivers Further Than Ever Before

NRG eVgo, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. , continues to make life easier for electric vehicle (EV) drivers on a national scale, with its ambitious expansion of the largest Fast Charger network in the nation. With NRG eVgo’s Fast Charger network, drivers have better access to more charging choices, enabling them ... Continue reading

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