Mazda will make a hybrid SUV
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TOKYO Mazda Motor, Japan&#39;s fourth-largest carmaker, said Tuesday that it was entering the market for fuel-efficient gasoline-electric vehicles, sharing technology with Ford Motor to catch up with its larger rival, Toyota Motor.
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Japan's Nissan Motor Co. has said it aims to develop its own hybrid and other 'green' cars as part of a push to catch up with rivals such as Toyota and Honda in energy-saving motoring.
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Is another hybrid in Ford Motor Co.&#39;s future? The automaker is hinting at its possible powertrain plans with the Mercury Meta One, a concept vehicle debuting at January&#39;s North American International Auto Show in downtown Detroit.
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Already, big American-style four-by-fours  are here. Soon, the roads of Europe will be dotted with smaller  and medium-sized versions of the sports utility vehicle (SUV),  one of the fastest-growing car segments.
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Toyota Motor Corp. will start building its Prius hybrid sedans in China next year with FAW Group in a step it hopes will promote the vehicles as the global standard for fuel-efficient cars.
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The new Honda Accord, which will go on sale in September, will not be available in a gasoline-electric hybrid version, according to a company spokesman.
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Not overnight. However, new offerings such as Honda&#39;s high-performance Accord hybrid will help push this new breed into the mainstream.
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Mazda Motor Corp. plans to invest more than 50 billion yen ($430 million) to build a small-car plant in Thailand together with top shareholder Ford Motor, and later may bring a plant of its own onstream in North America, the Nihon Keizai business daily reported on Friday.
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General Motors Corp. said on Wednesday it plans to make a plug-in electric hybrid version of the Saturn Vue Green Line, which will have double the fuel efficiency of any current sport utility vehicle.
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By Colin Stewart, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Dec. 12--In gardens, hybrid roses display the most beautiful combinations  of hues and fragrances.    On the road, hybrid vehicles currently get the best mileage by combining  electric and gasoline propulsion.
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Photos from the annual hybrid-truck conference in Seattle show the eco-friendlier future of military, transit and delivery vehicles.
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A new generation of car technologies promises to add more fun and functionality to motoring.
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Nissan breaks with Toyota on hybrid technology and says it is developing a plug-in. In Autopia.
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General Motors Corp and the Ford Motor Co will offer anti-rollover technology as standard equipment on 1.8 million of their SUVs next year, in a sweeping adoption of the safety technology.
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BMW and DaimlerChrysler plan to co-develop a luxury-model hybrid for market by 2010. Plus: Green Car Journal picks two "clean" diesels among the top five greenest cars. In Autopia.
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BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- General Motors and DaimlerChrysler will jointly develop a gasoline-electric powered car to match Toyota and Honda in so-called hybrid vehicles that save fuel and cut emissions.
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One is an American luxury sedan long associated with rear-wheel-drive muscle, the second is a zippy descendant of the German "people's car," and the third has a minivan's utility with performance that surpasses some sports cars. But the Lincoln MKZ, the Volkswagen Passat, and the Mazda CX-7 have something crucial in common: They are all available with all-wheel-drive.