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What company announced plans to finally bring new diesels to the U.S.? Where are new incentives being offered on used EVs? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 19, 2019. This week was all about new-car debuts at the New York and Shanghai auto shows. In New York, Toyota showed a new Highlander Hybrid rated at 34 mpg combined, up from 29 mpg for the previous model. Mazda announced that it will begin selling a new diesel version of its CX-5 SUV rated at 28 mpg combined. It will be the first new diesel passenger vehicle...
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Geely's Geometry electric-car brand shows Tesla Model 3 rival for China
Chinese automaker Geely is launching a new electric-car brand in China designed to take on Tesla. Geely already owns Volvo, but plans to open a new electric car brand called Geometry with lower priced model designed first for China. It calls the first model the Geometry A, a small sedan the size of...
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Faraday's Saab future, Nissan-Infiniti hybrids, global Geely: Today's Car News
Nissan is working on a more powerful hybrid system for U.S. models. Geely gives a peak at its first electric model planned to go on sale worldwide. And our Twitter poll last week answered which electric pickup may cross the finish line first. All this and more on Green Car Reports. After ending a...
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Geely announces first electric car aimed at global markets
In time with the Detroit auto show, Chinese automaker Geely announced its first electric car planned to go on sale worldwide. Called the GE11, Geely's first global electric car is a sedan about the size of a Honda Civic or Insight, with a similar sloping fastback design. The company did not specify...
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Report: Volvo's parent company in talks with Toyota over hybrid systems
Toyota revealed on Thursday that it is in talks with Chinese automaker Geely, which owns Volvo, about cooperation on hybrid vehicle technology, Reuters reported. As the company that has sold by far the most hybrids worldwide, the discussions could involve selling Toyota hybrid technology in Geely...
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Weltmeister EX5: first electric car from $1 billion Chinese company you've never heard of
After numerous positions with BorgWarner, Fiat Group, Volvo, and China's largest automaker Geely, an executive named Freeman Shen has finally rolled out his own creation. That is the Weltmeiser EX5, the product of $1 billion in first-round funding from some of the largest players in Chinese tech...
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Volvo has announced a major leap forward in an effort to embrace an electrified portfolio of vehicles. The Swedish automaker will go all-electrified come 2019; every single vehicle it launches will feature an electric motor in some usage. To be clear, this is not the immediate end of the internal-combustion engine for Volvo: its electrified future will be composed of not only battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, but also 48-volt mild hybrids. DON'T MISS: Future Volvo electric car to be built in China The mild-hybrid systems will become optional equipment for every single Volvo in...
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Volvo plans a long-range electric car for 2019, details to come (updated)
The electric car that Volvo has long planned for 2019 could join a growing group of long-range, mass-market models like the Chevrolet Bolt EV, the upcoming Tesla Model 3, and the second-generation Nissan Leaf. The Swedish automaker has concentrated on plug-in hybrids for the most part thus far, but...
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Geely Emgrand EV, Chinese electric car, driven by British reviewer
Volvo owner Geely wants to sell cars in Europe under its own brand name.
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London's black cabs go plug-in hybrid; maker Geely issues bonds to fund work
London Taxi Company now has additional funding to build its plug-in hybrid TX5 cab.
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London's Black Cabs To Be Range-Extended Electrics, With Chinese Help
The London Taxi Company debuts a new extended-range electric model.
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While Henrik Fisker's departure from the company he founded has dominated the headlines of late, Fisker Automotive itself still has other problems to deal with. Top of the list is finding a buyer to help fund its future, and up until now, two Chinese companies--Dongfeng Motor Group Co. and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group have led the bidding. Volvo owner Geely, expected to be the highest bidder, has now pulled out according to Reuters--citing risks associated with Fisker's government loan obligations. The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) placed Fisker under several conditions when granting it...
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Chinese Automakers Bidding For Fisker Automotive: Report
Chinese companies Geely and Dongfeng are said to be among bidders from "different continents" looking for a controlling stake in troubled automaker Fisker Automotive. Fisker, which has suffered setback after setback over the last few years of its Karma range-extended sedan being on sale, is...
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2010 Beijing Motor Show: SAIC Roewe E1 Electric Mini-Car
Sadly, we weren't able to cover the Beijing Motor Show, which opened last week. It's too bad, too, because China is on track to become the world's largest single car market, its fuel efficiency regulations are far tougher than those of the U.S., and its industrial policy for the auto sector focuses...
John Voelcker