Japan's eight passenger car makers and four truck makers, including Toyota Motor Corp, will post combined lost production of some 385,000 vehicles, a result of the March 11 earthquake and tsunamis
Tokyo,Japan -Japan Press/Seeking Alpha -March 27, 2011: -- Japan's eight passenger car makers and four truck makers, including Toyota Motor Corp, will post combined lost production of some 385,000 vehicles as a result of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the Nikkei reports. The figure represents almost 5% of annual output, it says. Toyota will cut production by about 140,000 units, while Honda Motor Co's production will fall by 46,600 vehicles, Nissan Motor Co's production is expected to slide by 42,000 and Mazda Motor Corp's output will decline by 31,000 units, it says...* Sweden - Volvo Begins Selling Heavy Hybrid Trucks in Europe
Stockholm,Sweden -Transport Topics -29 March 2011: -- Volvo AB said Tuesday it has begun selling heavy-duty hybrid trucks in European markets... Being sold under the name Volvo FE Hybrid, the hybrid trucks can save up to 30% of fuel use and will be used primarily in distribution and refuse operations in an urban environment, Sweden-based Volvo said in a statement... Volvo FE Hybrid is a parallel hybrid — a technology entailing using diesel engine and electric motors to be used either simultaneously or independently of each other while switching automatically between the two power sources... Its hybrid technology has also been developed to maximize recycling of energy generated from braking, with no extra charging from external sources required, Volvo said... The trucks, powered by a 7-liter, 340-horsepower diesel engine, will be manufactured in limited series production because the technology requires customized production solutions... (Photo from blogcdn: Volvo fe hybrid truck)
* Sweden - Volvo to employ 1,200 in R&D drive
Gothenburg,Sweden -Latest China News (China) -29 March 2011: -- Volvo, the Swedish carmaker, is to recruit up to 1,200 people over the coming year to support an aggressive expansion of its product portfolio and its business in China... The majority of the recruits will be engineers at its research and development department in Gothenburg, where the company is seeking to build expertise in electric cars...* Europe - Commercial Vehicles registrations up 16.8% in February
Brussels,Belgium -The Financial (Georgia) -29 March 2011: -- In February, new commercial vehicle registrations amounted to 141,914 units in the EU, or 16.8% more than in the same month last year. All segments posted growth, except buses and coaches... "The month counted on average the same number of working days across the region compared to February 2010. From January to February, new registrations increased by 18.5%, compared with the same period a year ago, totaling 290,695 units. Growth occurred across categories," ACEA informs... (Images from inmagine: Aerial view,traffic jam on the A2 highway,truck parking lot,Hamm,Ruhrgebiet region,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany,Europe)
* UK - Vauxhall commit to new Vivaro production in Luton
Luton,Bedfordshire,EN,UK -Road Transport, by George Barrow -25 March 2011: -- Over 1,000 jobs have been safeguarded after Vauxhall announced the next generation of its Vivaro van is to be built at its Luton plant... Production of the new model is scheduled to start in 2013 and is part of the Vauxhall/Renault partnership that will also see new Trafic models produced in the French firm's Sandouville plant alongside the next generation of high roof (H2) Vivaro models... To date, over 1.25 million Trafic and Vivaro models have been built since production began in 2001. Renault and Vauxhall have also jointly developed the Master and Movano vans, having launched the first models in 1996... Vauxhall recently announced a new range of Ecoflex models that represent the most environmentally friendly LCVs in the range...(Photo from vans-cars-leasing: Vauxhall Vivaro Simple)
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