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C30 will have in the future a five-doors version and a cross one called XC30. It will complete the Swedish XC area with an interesting and compact soft-road.
Volvo is preparing a cross version of the C30. The new model will be called, most likely, XC30 and follows to complete the XC area detained by Volvo of witch form an integral part the XC90, XC70 and XC60 models.

“There will be some further expansion of the XC range in the near future.  V and X versions are the core of our business.  Naturally you would go down at this moment because we’re rather well filled with XC60, XC70, and XC90″, declared Lex Kerssemakers, Volvo’ president, at the recent Geneva Motor Show.
According to the first information, Xc30 will be released in Europe in 2012, and it’s design will folow the lead of the XC60 crossover. The motorization range will include units having gas
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While seeking to improve the efficiency of combustion engines by 30% over the next 10 years, the guys from Audi will focus on developing hybrids and electric vehicles.
Volkswagen Group is preparing a major offensive in the field of electric vehicles and hybrids, and Audi bear an important role in this expansion. The automaker of Ingostadt recently made a hybrid version of its A8 and is going to present a hybrid version of their Q5, followed by a hybrid version of the A6. Also, Audi has introduced and an electric version of the new A1, which is equipped with an internal combustion engine used to extend autonomy.
The first electric car from Audi will debut in 2012 and was called e-Trone. In 2013, the Volkswagen Group will launch another three electric vehicles – E-Up, E-Golf and E-Jetta. For now, the details provided by the German Volkswagen Group about the new models are sketchy, and performance and
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The little cute Leaf is doing good not only to the planet, by being an electric vehicle, but also to the restless beings populating it. No, not ferrets, we men. That’s becaus production of the five-seater hatchback, due to be launched next March, will begin in 2013 in Sunderland and forms part of a £420m investment by the Japanese company in its UK operations. This is a real treat from Nissan via their Leaf car, after they toured the United States.
The Japanses maker boasts that the Leaf is the world’s first totally emission-free personal car. While we don’t know about that, we can say that the Leaf is an excellent vehicle and a true step ahead in modern carmaking. Nissan announces that around 50,000 Leafs will be made in Sunderland each year, as well as 60,000 batteries, creating more than 550 jobs. Nissan’s investment will be supported
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Four automakers from Japan have formed a coalition to develop network to recharge electric vehicles. The alliance is called Chademo and wants to create a set of standards in the industry.
Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Fuji Heavy Industries and Tepco are founded CHAdeMO association, which is designed to create the necessary infrastructure for electric vehicles.
The ultimate goal of the Chademo association is developing an infrastructure that allows the distribution and use of electric vehicles globally for the general public. Also, the Chademo association wants to make the installation public points to recharge electric vehicles and create standard loading systems that these vehicles use.

Over 150 international companies have shown interest to enter the draft Chademo, they belonging to the automaker industry, but services or energy industry. Chademo name comes from a phrase in Japanese that translates free in “a cup of tea while charging”. Founding members of the Chademo association want to create new standard procedures for
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According to BusinessWeek, Renault-Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn declared recently that his company allready has some 56,000 orders placed for the Leaf in the United States. The Leaf is an all-electric small car that is going on sale towards the end of this year, however real mass production only starts in 2012.
Frankly, I mean so far there is no competition. Let’s be serious. It’s not because someone is coming with a prototype and one car that this is competition. The question is how much capacity are you building.
said Ghosn.
By 2012 Nissan-Renault management plans to have some 500,000 electronic vehicles up and running in Japan, Europe and the United States. Reservations have been quite good for the little Leaf from the get-go, however this number still sounds a bit too good to be true-ish. Still, let’s not get pessimistic here: if numbers posted by Nissan are true than we
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