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		<title><![CDATA[Carmakers race to secure electric lead]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Snub-nosed and squat, with a no-frills, cramped cabin, the little Peugeot Ion is unlikely to win any design awards. But if current industry trends continue, it may one day be remembered as a trailblazer of zero-emission cars.Road transport currently accounts for about 10 per cent of global greenhouse-gas emissions,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Uncertain fate clouds Swedish brand's 'new era']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A huge banner on the side of Saab's main manufacturing plant in Trollhattan, Sweden, declares: "A new era has begun."The slogan is emblazoned above an image of the new version of Saab's flagship 9-5 model, scheduled to hit car showrooms next year.Those plans are now in doubt, together with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Carmakers plan for slow year as incentives end]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Carmakers are warning that the government scrapping incentives that helped keep them afloat in Europe this year will depress demand for cars when they expire in 2010, slowing the recovery of one of the world's largest industries.Car companies and their shareholders are bracing themselves for falling revenues in their...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VW hires Neumann to lead electric car unit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Volkswagen has poached back the former chief executive of Continental for a newly created post to oversee the development of electric engines, highlighting the rapidly increasing importance of zero-emission vehicles for the industry.Karl-Thomas Neumann will start in December as head of electric mobility and group chief officer, reporting directly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BMW suffers 74% fall in profits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BMW stunned investors on Tuesday with a larger than expected drop in third quarter earnings, providing a blow to hopes that the worst in the premium car market could be over.BMW's shares fell by more than 5 per cent after the world's largest premium carmaker said its profit after...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:24:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's Getting Hot in Here: The High-Stakes Debate Over Fuel Economy and Climate Standards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to read between the lines of public hearing testimony, and thatâ€™s never truer than in the high-stakes negotiations over fuel-economy and climate standards.    Automotive Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAFE standards have been notoriously stagnant, barely changing for 20 years. But in May, automakers, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:21:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[China is driving German luxury carmakers' return]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A mood of quiet optimism seems to be returning to the German luxury car business. BMW reported a small 0.7 per cent increase in September sales compared with the same month last year. While sales at Mercedes-Benz and Audi were lower during the period, the decline was far less...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Budget-Minded Car Companies Ditch Auto Shows]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world's automakers are getting more global all the time, except in one respect: The big international automobile shows are getting less international and more hometown oriented. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:19:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Carmakers Look East; China's BYD Looks West]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to business growth, the future belongs to China and India. Thatâ€™s especially true in the auto industry, where the established domestic markets in the U.S., Asia and Europe are stagnant or declining, but China and India are experiencing record growth.    The market for electric...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:14:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Daimler and TQEV discuss electric van partnership - Rumour]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ China-based Tianjin Qingyuan Electric Vehicle TQEV is in discussions with Daimler to develop an electric version of a van manufactured by the German car maker in China, according to Reuters. The firm is reportedly in talks with other car makers including Hyundai Motors and BAIC joint venture Beijing Hyundai...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA["Cars for Idiots": Carmakers Get Personal About New Technology]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes carmakers take the competition personally, especially when new technology is involved. Toyota executives recently went out of their way to disparage the plug-in hybrid even though their own company is building one.    Irv Miller, Toyotaâ€™s group vice president of environmental and public affairs, told me back...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:32:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Car sales surge in August]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Scrapping incentives lifted car sales around the world in August, preliminary data showed, as government subsidies tempted buyers seeking the trade-in bonuses into dealerships.In Japan, car sales rose for the first time in more than a year. Several other countries and carmaking groups in Asia and Europe reported higher...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA["Win-Win-Win" Cash for Clunkers Extension Passes the Senate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, the Cash for Clunkers extension passed the Senate fairly easily (60-37) with, as the New York Times put it, some senators having â€œsmelled the gas fumes.â€ There will now be an additional $2 billion in the program, which should last at least another month.    There...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:16:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BMW eyes Peugeot tie-up for Mini]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BMW is examining whether to share platforms with French rival PSA Peugeot Citroën for its Mini small car, it emerged yesterday, as the German premium carmaker returned to profit in the second quarter on the back of cost-cutting.Norbert Reithofer, BMW's chief executive, said BMW was talking to Peugeot about...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toyota raises outlook for the year]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Toyota Motor, the world's biggest carmaker by sales, suffered a Y77.8bn ($818m) net loss in its fiscal first quarter as it struggled to adjust to the worst car industry downturn in decades.However, the Japanese manufacturer was more optimistic about its prospects for the year to next March, updating its...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cash for Clunkers: Automakers (and the Environment) Benefit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is very positive about the â€œCash for Clunkersâ€ CARS legislation, and for good reason: It is not only stimulating sales, but also getting people thinking about buying cars again. Especially clean ones: Results so far show a clear shift from gas-guzzlers to smaller cars. ...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there was any doubt that tomorrowâ€™s cars will be a lot cleaner and greenerÂ than todayâ€™s, it was erased yesterday when the Environmental Protection Agency granted California the right (from this year to 2016) to enforce tough greenhouse gas standards for tailpipes. The move had been widely expected, but the...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hydrogen power for cars has taken some big hits lately, most notably in Energy Secretary Steven Chuâ€™s unilateral decision to kill more than $100 million in annual funding for fuel-cell transportation. But that hasnâ€™t stopped automakers, despite these recessionary times, from sticking to their commercialization timetables.    Peter...]]></description>
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