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		<title><![CDATA[GM, China Partner Take Aim at Booming India Market]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fang Yan and Soyoung KimSHANGHAI/DETROIT (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - General Motors and its Chinese partner SAIC Motor are to make small cars and commercial vehicles in India, taking a successful 12-year Chinese partnership into one of the world's fastest growing auto markets.GM, which is restructuring as it emerges from bankruptcy, will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:00:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM ties up with SAIC in Indian venture]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ General Motors and China's SAIC Motor Corp will announce a tie-up today to expand into the Indian market, markinga significant step in China's efforts to gain a foothold in one of the world's largest emerging markets for cars.GM and SAIC - which are already in a joint venture in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Auto Sales Edge Up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Soyoung Kim and Bernie WoodallDETROIT (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - U.S. auto sales edged higher in November, led by an outsized gain for Hyundai Motor Co  and mixed results for rivals in a trend automakers said pointed to a grudging recovery in the U.S. economy.Hyundai posted a 46 percent gain...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:45:21 -0800</pubDate>
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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[Beijing Auto / Saab]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ "Stay tuned," Wang Dazong, chief executive of Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp, told reporters on Monday. "We want to move fast." BAIC, which was to take a minority stake in General Motors' loss-making Saab unit in return for funding a bid from Koenigsegg, is now in talks with GM...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:26:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM Sees China Market Sales Growth Slowing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alison LeungGUANGZHOU (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - General Motors GM expects sales growth for China's auto market to drop dramatically in 2010, as the carmaker nears the end of a year of government stimulus-fueled growth in the world's biggest car market, the head of the company's China operations said on Monday.The company...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:46:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beijing Auto Says "stay Tuned" on GM's Saab]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Simon RabinovitchNANJING, China (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp BAIC might still be interested in buying General Motors' Saab unit, according to the Chinese car company's general manager.Asked by reporters on Monday whether BAIC would consider approaching Saab as a solo buyer or only as a part of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:16:51 -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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		<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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		<title><![CDATA[Teams rejected Ecclestone offer of bigger share]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Formula One teams snubbed an offer from Bernie Ecclestone for a greater share of profits aimed at stopping them quitting the sport.The championship has suffered a series of setbacks in the past two seasons with three of the six carmakers pulling out. Mr Ecclestone, the F1 rights holder, told...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan BaldwinLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Formula One champions Brawn will compete as Mercedes Grand Prix next season after the German carmaker announced a takeover on Monday along with the sale of their stake in McLaren.Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche, whose company owns Mercedes, said Ross Brawn would remain team principal...]]></description>
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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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		<title><![CDATA[Fuel-Thrifty BMW Benefits From EPA's "German Provision"]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BMW is proud of what it describes as a 14 percent fuel economy jump in its U.S. car fleet between 1990 and 2005. In Europe, that improvement was even better in the same time frame, at 16 percent. In 2007, BMW AGâ€™s fuel economy improved at four times the average...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:05:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Margo Oge , a Toyota Prius driver, is the director of the Environmental Protection Agencyâ€™s office of transportation and air quality, and she sat down with BNET Autos just after a public hearing on the EPA and Department of Transportationâ€™s proposed standards mandating that cars sold in the U.S. reach...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:42:59 -0700</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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		<description><![CDATA[ Volkswagen on Tuesday said it would buy 49.9 per cent in Porsche's sports car business by the end of the year, a larger stake than originally planned, as Europe's largest carmaker said that overall sales in the third quarter had been "very good".VW said that it had agreed with...]]></description>
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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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		<description><![CDATA[This is the week for legal action in the auto world. First, Tesla Motors announced that it had settled the bitter lawsuit brought against it by company founder Martin Eberhard. The terms are confidential, and the company isnâ€™t talking about the details, but they appear to have kissed and made...]]></description>
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