Posts Tagged ‘Asia’

Bonnell Says Hybrid Cars Still Need Subsidies to Succeed

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

March 30 (Bloomberg) — John Bonnell, director of forecasting for JD Power & Associates’ Asia-Pacific operations, talks about Nissan Motor Co.’s new battery-powered Leaf car and the outlook for hybrid cars.
He speaks with Bloomberg’s Linzie Janis from Bangkok.

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India’s first hybrid car

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

New Delhi, June 19(ANI): Now it’s the turn of car makers to join the eco-friends Bandwagon…And Honda is leading the way in India. Honda Siel Cars India launched India’s first hybrid car, the Civic Hybrid in New Delhi on Wednesday. Japan’s Honda Motor Company said it would start selling the hybrid car from the end of this month. Launching the car, CEO of Honda India said the car was fuel-efficient and also had a high fun-to-drive quotient.

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FT’s Lex Templeman on Luxury Hybrid Sports Cars: Video

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

March 5 (Bloomberg) — Luke Templeman of the Financial Times’ Lex commentary team talks with Bloomberg’s Deirdre Bolton about plans by luxury automakers such as Ferrari SpA and Porsche AG to manufacture hybrid vehicles. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Toyota Recalls Prius Cars

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

The carmaker is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid cars to fix brake problems.

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