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Jeep first American carmaker to return to Tokyo show
2015-05-23 03:13:19| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Despite foreign-brand car sales in Japan declining six percent in the first four months of this year, Jeep sales are up 21 percent in the same period. That could explain why Jeep will be the first the US manufacturer to return to the Tokyo Motor Show after eight years away.
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Volkswagen Revs Up Bid to Become World's Greenest Carmaker
2015-05-05 20:51:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.edie.net/">Edie.net</a> German carmaker Volkswagen has released its 2014 Sustainability Report, revealing good progress toward its plan to become "the world's most sustainable automobile company." read more
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Biz Break: Tesla gives in to carmaker tradition as sales banned in West Virginia
2015-04-03 23:48:00| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Today: Tesla provides quarterly sales immediately after the end of the period, a first that puts the company in line with automaker standards, as West Virginia bans the Palo Alto company's direct-sales approach. Tesla Motors has avoided conducting business like traditional automakers and paid for it with sales bans that reached a fifth state Friday, but the company has decided to give in on the practice of providing regular sales figures.
Tesla round two: Carmaker will fight to change Texas law in 2015
2014-12-08 22:08:10| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The Palo Alto, California-based company can't sell its 100-percent electric vehicles in Texas because the state law requires new vehicles be sold at franchise dealerships. Tesla bucks the trend of gasoline-powered vehicles, selling its cars directly to the end buyer, thus skipping the middle man.
Shares fall at Chinese carmaker BYD
2014-08-25 09:39:27| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Shares in the Chinese car and battery maker BYD fall by more than 8% in Hong Kong trade on Monday, one day after the firm posts worse than expected first half earnings.