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It has been in service as part of GM's fuel cell fleet since 2007

General Motors is closing in on driving its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Chevrolet Equinox over 100,000 miles on public roads. GM created its 119-car Project Driveway fleet in 2007 to test fuel cell vehicles in public. In that time, the fleet as...

It reduced its water use by 35.7% in the past year

Bentley is the first automaker in the world and among the first ten companies to be awarded with the Carbon Trust Water Standard following a 35.7% water use reduction at the Crewe factory. The Carbon Trust Water Standard is a water use reducti...

It also gets new LED running lights and LED taillights

Dodge is upgrading its Durango Special Service vehicle for 2014 with a new eight-speed automatic transmission that reduces fuel use by 15%. It is aimed at police, fire and other service fleets. Over the standard Durango, the Special Service mo...

It will send 40,000 Edge and Explorer models there

China is such a booming business for Ford that it plans to increase shipments of the Edge and Explorer to China by 40,000 vehicles a year. The first shipments of the American and Canadian built cars are starting in the next few weeks. Ford has...

It plans to have a full charging network by the end of 2014

Tesla Founder Elon Musk revealed while speaking at one of its first German dealers that it plans a European-specific version of the Model S for better high-speed cruising. Musk says that it is sending an engineering team to Germany to create a...

The company wants to be perceived as affordable and stylish

Kia lead designer Peter Schreyer has wanted to put his Kia GT Concept from the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show into production since the car was first shown, and it appears that he will finally get his wish. Kia says that it is close to giving the car a...

Chrysler built a Grand Caravan sculpture out of 30,000 cans of food

Chrysler is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Dodge Caravan minivan by giving away 30,000 cans of food to the Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto, Canada. It arranged the 30,000 cans in the shape of a Grand Caravan and displayed it in Yonge-Dun...

It is on track to sell 10,000 this year

While European automakers are pushing electric cars, it does not appear that European consumers are buying them. Renault is on track to sell about 10,000 Zoe EVs this year, but it had slated sales of 50,000 Zoes for 2013. Renault-Nissan has also a...

Changes in the Land Rover lineup will force it to change

Jaguar Land Rover is at an important moment of transition. It is going from a very old-school brand that relied on a tried-and-true method to develop its cars to a cutting edge, technologically robust automaker. Its move to fully aluminum platform...

It plans to debut the car in November 2014 in China

Mercedes-Benz may not be ready to completely kill the Maybach name. The defunct brand may get its name used on the upcoming ultimate version of the S-Class with the longest wheelbase that will be offered. Mercedes hopes that the extra-long whe...