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[Autoblog - www.autoblog.com _] Toyota begins producing Prius in China: Produced in the north-eastern Chinese city of Changchun, the Prius will base for under $36,000, with Toyota hoping to sell some 3,000 units in 2006. The factory will be the first plant to build the Prius outside of Japan.
[Jonfry.com] Jonathan Fry: Volkswagen to Make Hybrid Cars with China: The Volkswagen venture will develop hybrid technology for the Chinese market, a Volkswagen spokesman in Germany said, but the European firm would work alone to develop its own hybrid engine technology for the United States and Europe.
[Blog.wired.com] Autopia: Hoping to increase store traffic from vehicle-less Bostoners, Ikea is teaming with car share company Zipcar. Ikea's Stoughton store is about 20 miles from Boston, so the company is making six Zipcars available downtown so that shoppers won't have to ride the bus to the store.
[Wiredblogs.tripod.com] Autopia: The German automaker is working with Hybrid Technologies to develop a concept vehicle in North Carolina. Hybrid Technologies is currently working on hybrid Smart Cars for Europe with lithium batteries instead of the nickel-metal hydride batteries used in today's hybrids.
[Mpgdigest.com] MPG Digest Blog » Hybrid Vechicles: Kai Grüber, a Volkswagen spokesman in Beijing, said the company had targeted the Chinese market for its first hybrid because it was hard to sell diesel cars in China. Diesel engines provide greater fuel efficiency than gasoline engines, and Volkswagen has focused on selling diesels in Europe as world oil prices have risen since 2001.
[Autoblog.com] VW to build Hybrids in China - Autoblog - www.autoblog.com _: VW announced it’s entered into a joint venture with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) to build hybrid cars in China. The first hybrids to roll off the VW-SAIC assembly line will be 500 Touran people movers to be used for the 2008 Olypmic Games in Beijing, with large-scale production to start before the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
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