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Nissan's Renewable Energy Powered Factory in Mexico

Nissan’s Green Factories use Waste and Wind to Produce Cars

With much talk about economical vehicles, often the processes used to manufacture and build them are forgotten.  Not so at Nissan who have set out a global environmental initiative, the Nissan Green Program 2016. In an incredibly wordy sentence, the program, ‘focuses on reducing environmental impacts of corporate activities and pursuing harmony between resource consumption […]

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BMW i Genius Uses Artificial Intelligence to Answer Customer Queries

In a world-first, BMW is employing artificial intelligence to promote its ground-breaking new electric cars through an automated information service for UK customers. ‘BMW i Genius’ uses specially developed software to interact with potential customers in a live question and answer format that works on a mobile platform. Users simply text in a question relating

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Ecotricity fast charger at Welcome Break with Nissan Leaf plugged in

Welcome Break for EV Drivers as Quick Charge Network Spreads to UK Motorways

Drivers of electric vehicles in the UK will soon be able to drive greater distances on motorways, confident that they will never be too far from a quick charger. It’s all thanks to an innovative partnership between Nissan and Ecotricity, which has installed 13 more quick chargers to Welcome Break motorway service stations, bringing the

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Volkswagen prepares to reveal 53-car stand at IAA in Frankfurt

Electric & Hybrid Cars Take Centre Stage at Volkswagen’s Frankfurt Stand

Bragging rights for the manufacturer with the largest and brightest display at this year’s 2013 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show are bound to be claimed by a German manufacturer seeing as they’re on home turf. Volkswagen have taken things to new levels with an enormous 53 car display. At the centre of their display will be

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Monza Concept to Break Cover at Frankfurt Motor Show

Opel/Vauxhall’s ground-breaking Monza Concept, the first car to feature cutting-edge LED projection infotainment and an evolution of the Ampera’s revolutionary powertrain, is set for its world premiere at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show next month. “The Monza Concept represents the Opel/Vauxhall car of tomorrow. On one hand, it embodies everything that already characterises Opel/Vauxhall – precision

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