Partnership
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Fiat Chrysler is looking to partner with Hyundai to develop hydrogen fuel-cell technology, its CEO Sergio Marchionne revealed on Saturday. The revelation came after a presentation on Alfa Romeo's planned return to Formula 1 racing, held at the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese, Italy. “There is the potential of a technical partnership with Hyundai, which already supplies some components and transmissions for the U.S.,” Marchionne told reporters. DON'T MISS: Fiat-Chrysler chief Sergio Marchionne doesn't think electric cars, Tesla are viable While Hyundai provides FCA with transmissions...
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Toyota electric-car tech to come from venture with Mazda, Denso
Very little is known for sure about the long-range electric car Toyota will launch around 2020. Over the last two years, the company—by far the industry's strongest proponent of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles—has concluded it must field a battery-electric vehicle to stay competitive...
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Ford pairs with Chinese maker Zotye for electric-car expansion
Ford was the first U.S. maker to build hybrid cars, starting in 2004, and it launched its Focus Electric hatchback in December 2011, just a year after the arrival of the Nissan Leaf. It also continues to sell Energi plug-in hybrid versions of its mid-size Fusion sedan and its compact C-Max tall...
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Bolt EV Powertrain: How Did GM And LG Collaborate On Design, Production?
In last fall's runup to the launch of the production 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV 200-mile electric car, GM discussed working together with Korean corporate giant LG on the Bolt's development. Mark Reuss, GM’s head of global product development said in October that the company's partnership with LG...
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Honda To Cooperate With GM On Plug-In Hybrid Technology?
Honda and General Motors will reportedly cooperate on plug-in hybrid powertrains.
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Mazda To Lean On Toyota For Hybrid, Fuel-Cell Expertise
Mazda and Toyota will collaborate on future products.
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Regardless of recent comments by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, BMW says it has no plans for a partnership with the electric-car maker.
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Tesla, BMW Chat Over Possible Partnership, Elon Musk Says
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company is talking to BMW about a partnership on charging stations, batteries, and lightweight materials.
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GM Gets New Partner For Fuel-Cell Vehicle Research: U.S. Army
An expanded partnership with the U.S. Army gives GM more fuel cell development resources.
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BMW To Dump GM, Chooses Toyota As Fuel-Cell, Hybrid Partner?
It's hard to keep things secret in the auto industry. So when Bloomberg reported yesterday that German luxury maker BMW had broken off talks with General Motors on joint development of fuel cells, writer Dorothee Tschampa explained why. It appears BMW jilted GM because it found a more attractive...
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Washington Post To Syndicate Green Car Reports Articles
Being a startup media company means knocking on a whole lot of doors. And, occasionally, someone important answers. Here at High Gear Media, we're delighted to announce a partnership with The Washington Post. Their editors will choose certain stories from GreenCarReports and our other sites (The...
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BMW Won’t Be Giving Lexus Diesel Engines, BMW Confirms
At the end of November, BMW and Toyota Europe announced they had entered into a green engine partnership in order to work together on diesel engine and battery technology. At the time, we pointed out the European-based collaboration was unlikely to result in any new drivetrain options for U.S...
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For over ten years now, Toyota has given car owners the chance to drive an ultra-efficient, high gas-mileage hybrid car. But while the 2012 Toyota Prius might give great gas milage, it just isn’t rugged enough for a large proportion of pickup-loving Americans. For them, driving a Toyota Prius would just be too much of an insult to their constitutional rights. In some areas, driving a hybrid could lead others to question your sexuality. Currently, if you want a hybrid pickup truck, the only two vehicles on the market are the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid, and is General Motors'...
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BMW, Toyota Release More Information On Green Engine Partnership
Earlier this week our sister site Motor Authority reported that the European arms of BMW and Toyota had plans to work together on exchanging diesel and hybrid car technology in a mutually beneficial agreement. Now the two firms have outlined the full details of the agreement in a press conference...
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Expecting A BMW-Engined Toyota Or BMWs With Toyota Hybrids? You Shouldn’t
Earlier today, our sister site MotorAuthority covered a story detailing a new green-engine partnership between BMW and Toyota for European-built BMW and Toyota cars. But while the partnership will give Toyota full access to BMW’s range of clean diesel engines and give BMW the chance to use...
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Is This What The Electric Car Love-Child Of Daimler, BYD Looks Like? Apparently So
Since July, the Internet has been home to serval renderings claiming to be of the new electric car being developed by German automaker Daimler and its Chinese auto partner BYD. So far, no-one within BYD or Daimler has confirmed the authenticity of the pictures, but according to The Wall Street...
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Ford And Toyota To Collaborate On Future Hybrid Development: Breaking
In a startling announcement, Ford and Toyota announced this morning that the two companies would jointly develop a hybrid system for rear-wheel-drive light trucks and sport utility vehicles. The system would be roughly competitive with the General Motors Two-Mode Hybrid system now used in...
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How Much Is a Tesla-Engineered Drivetrain? To Toyota, $100 Million
Unless you’ve been sleeping for the past year you’ll know that Toyota is bringing back the iconic RAV4 EV for the 2012 model year and contrary to past reports, will be available for private purchase. You probably also know that the 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV will be powered by a drivetrain...
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You’d be forgiven for thinking that German automaker Daimler was trying to build its own little electric car empire. Not only does it have active electric car projects running with Nissan-Renault, BYD and Tesla, but it has now announced intent to work on a project with the automotive arm of electronics firm Bosch. In a deal which is anticipated to be concluded in the first half of 2011, both firms will work together to develop a new generation of electric motors which will then be used in forthcoming Mercedes-Benz and Smart electric vehicles from 2012. With a full-scale production...
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World's Two Top Electric-Car Makers Agree to Cooperate
You may not realise it, but automakers often work together on shared projects, vehicles or technology improvements. But when the top two electric car makers in the world agree to work together, even we find that interesting. Enter Mitsubishi and Nissan. Both poised to start selling their own...
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Rumormill: BMW and Toyota To Swap Mini, iQ Platforms?
While it may not evoke as much car lust as this past weekend's unveiling of the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, BMW is rumored to be in negotiations with Toyota to borrow their iQ mini-car platform. In return, Toyota is reportedly interested in BMW's Mini division. Japan's largest automaker...
Robert Scardino