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• New Chevy Malibu Gets Camaro Touches
• Honda to Make EVs, Hybrids in China
• Volvo Previews New Flagship, Rules Out Larger Luxury Car
• Daimler-Renault-Nissan Partnership May Turn to Fuel Cells
• Dongfeng Readies Electric Vehicles
• Infiniti to Add Seven-Seat Crossover
• Google to Help EV Owners Find Charging Stations
• UAW May Pick GM for Early National Labor Pact
• Toyota Will Slash North American Output by Almost 75%
• GM: No More Shutdowns for Japan Parts Shortages

New Chevy Malibu Gets Camaro Touches Posted: General Motors Co. has made its 2013 Chevrolet Malibu, which it plans to sell in nearly 100 countries, sportier in appearance and ride than the outgoing model. The midsize car was unveiled at the Shanghai auto show earlier this week and will get its first public showing in the [...]

Honda to Make EVs, Hybrids in China Posted: Honda Motor Co. plans to introduce several hybrid and all-electric vehicles in China in 2012 and may begin producing EVs there next year too. The company already sells the Civic Hybrid in China. CEO Takanobu Ito says the company will launch sales of the Insight, CR-Z and Fit hybrids in China [...]

Volvo Previews New Flagship, Rules Out Larger Luxury Car Posted: Volvo Cars used this week's Shanghai auto show to unveil the Volvo Concept Universe, which hints at the successor to the company's S80 flagship sedan. But CEO Stefan Jacoby says the company has no plans to develop a more luxurious model to compete with BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz [...]

Daimler-Renault-Nissan Partnership May Turn to Fuel Cells Posted: Daimler, Renault and Nissan may expand their joint development efforts to include fuel cells, research director Thomas Weber tells Reuters. Weber notes that Daimler has been focusing on fuel cells, while Renault-Nissan has concentrated on electric vehicles. He says collaborating on fuel cells would make economic sense, since the technology [...]

Dongfeng Readies Electric Vehicles Posted: China's Dongfeng Motor Group Co. plans to begin sales of electric vehicles next year in China. President Zhu Fushou tells Reuters the company hopes to sell 100,000 EVs by 2015. Dongfeng, which has manufacturing joint ventures with Honda, Nissan and PSA, unveiled the Luxgen Neora concept EV at this [...]

Infiniti to Add Seven-Seat Crossover Posted: Nissan Motor Co.'s Infiniti unit plans to introduce a new luxury crossover vehicle with three rows of seats next spring in the U.S. Dubbed the JX, the 2013 model will be larger than the brand's current FX35 and FX50 midsize crossovers, both of which have two rows of seats. [...]

Google to Help EV Owners Find Charging Stations Posted: The Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has announced a new program with 80 industrial partners to create and maintain a database that enables EV owners to use Google Maps to find the location of EV charging stations nationwide. DOE says the system will be more comprehensive than the [...]

UAW May Pick GM for Early National Labor Pact Posted: The United Auto Workers union is likely to choose General Motors Co. as its "strike target" in bargaining for a new national contract with domestic automakers to replace the one that expires on Sept. 14, Bloomberg News reports. The union aims to reach an agreement with the target company first and [...]

Toyota Will Slash North American Output by Almost 75% Posted: Toyota Motor Corp., which reduced North American production last Friday to three days per week, says it will extend the cuts for an additional six weeks to June 3 because of parts shortages stemming from Japan's earthquake and tsunami. The company also plans to close its Canadian plants for the week [...]

GM: No More Shutdowns for Japan Parts Shortages Posted: General Motors Co. CEO Dan Akerson tells an auto conference in New York City that shortages of supplies of Japan-made parts could disrupt production for a month or two but aren't likely to force the company to suspend operations at any of its factories. GM idled its truck plant in Shreveport, [...]

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