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Updates from March, 2010

  • Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp. have signed a deal to work together on a computerized link between houses, electric cars and utility companies to help manage energy use.
    1:13 pm on March 31, 2010
     

  • Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp will offer an online application designed to help owners of Ford plug-in electric vehicles manage home electricity use while the vehicles recharge.
    12:00 pm on March 31, 2010
     

  • The UAW's retiree health care trust is expected to net about $1.78 billion from an auction of Ford Motor Co. stock warrants it received as part of its funding, the automaker said today.
    10:16 am on March 31, 2010
     

  • Kia Motors America's TV commercial for the launch of the Soul was named Automotive Ad of the Year for effectiveness by Nielsen Co.'s IAG Automotive arm at the opening of the New York auto show here this morning.
    9:45 am on March 31, 2010
     

  • Michael Macht, President and CEO of Porsche, presents the Porsche 918 Spyder Concept car, which has hybrid and electric drive technology, in Geneva.European automakers finally are throwing some of their resources into electric-powered vehicles, after hitching most of their horsepower to diesel.


    8:39 am on March 31, 2010
     

  • Lincoln is giving MKZ customers what they want: a hybrid. Sales of the 2011 MKZ, Lincoln's first hybrid, begin this fall. The car made its debut today at the New York auto show.
    1:01 am on March 31, 2010
     

  • Nissan's new Juke and#8220;sport crossand#8221; may be the brand's smallest new entry. But not entirely, especially when it comes to engine revs. The car is scheduled to reach U.S.
    12:32 am on March 31, 2010
     

  • Suzuki has scrapped plans to offer hybrid and V-6 engine versions of its new Kizashi sedan. That's because those versions were meant to use technology borrowed from General Motors, which sold its 20 percent stake in Suzuki in 2008.
    8:30 pm on March 30, 2010
     

  • Japan's Nissan Motor's Leaf is displayed during the pre-order announcement at the company's global headquarters in Yokohama on March 30.Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday its new electric car will cost just over $25,000 in the U.S., a move that could force rivals to lower prices on similar vehicles.


    7:33 pm on March 30, 2010
     

  • Honda of Canada Manufacturing in Alliston, Ontario, will reopen a second production shift in early 2011, the company said today. The Alliston complexand#8217;s Plant 2 will increase daily output from 400 units a day currently to 600.
    5:25 pm on March 30, 2010
     

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