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Toyota Electrifies French City with the World's Largest Fleet of i-Road EVs
Toyota and the City of Grenoble have launched a new car-sharing service called “Cité lib by Ha:mo†in the French city located in the foothills of the Alps. With the support of three other partners, the metropolitan area Grenoble-Alpes Metropole, EDF and its affiliate Sodetrel and Cité lib, Toyota has inaugurated what it calls an innovative car-sharing service.
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Audi Launches Novel Car Sharing Programs For The Wealthy
Car sharing is far from a novelty, even in the premium sector. Daimler has its Car2Go one-way rental service and BMW its DriveNow EV sharing catering for those who find owning a car is too impractical or expensive. Read more »...
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Toyota's I-road And Coms Vehicles Now Part Of Public Transport Scheme In France
Following in the footsteps of Daimler's car2go car-sharing service, which mostly uses Smart Fortwos, Toyota is contributing no less than 70 of its two Lilliputian personal mobility electric vehicles to a car sharing and public transport test project...
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Toyota Begins Uk Trials Of Plug-in Prius Hybrid
In cooperation with EDF Energy which is one of the UK’s largest energy companies, Toyota has started UK trial runs of its prototype Prius plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHV). EDF Energy has helped to install the first of 40 charging posts in the UK, with...
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Toyota To Invest €80 Million In European R&d
In a decision that reinforces Toyota’s long-term commitment to localize its European vehicle development, the Japanese automaker announced that it will invest an additional €80 million ($115 million or £65 million) in its European Technical...
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Aston Martin Enters Chinese Market For The First Time
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that the rapidly growing Chinese auto market is a haven for luxury carmakers which makes you wonder why Aston Martin waited that long to do it. But anyway, better late than never. The Aston Martin...
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