International Business News - Cars http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif European Union governments and the European Parliament struck a provisional deal Monday that gives car makers more time to meet stricter limits on greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/eu-car-makers-to-get-more-time-to-meet-co2-cuts.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:10:40 EST The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety designated 72 vehicles as winners of their top safety pick award. The award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting motorists in front, side and rear crashes and have anti-rollover technology called Electronic Stability Control, or ESC. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/a-list-of-the-insurance-industrys-safest-new-cars.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:02:31 EST The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety designated 72 vehicles as winners of their top safety pick award. The award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting motorists in front, side and rear crashes and have anti-rollover technology called Electronic Stability Control, or ESC. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/a-list-of-the-insurance-industrys-safest-new-cars.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:01:57 EST The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety designated 72 vehicles as winners of their top safety pick award. The award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting motorists in front, side and rear crashes and have anti-rollover technology called Electronic Stability Control, or ESC. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/a-list-of-the-insurance-industrys-safest-new-cars.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:04:57 EST Dozens of new cars and trucks, led by Ford Motor Co. and its Volvo subsidiary, made the insurance industry's annual list of the safest vehicles, helped by the growing adoption of anti-rollover technology. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/181403-crash-test.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/ford-tops-safe-car-list.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/ford-tops-safe-car-list.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:04:00 EST The insurance industry named dozens of new cars and trucks, led by Ford Motor Co. and its Volvo subsidiary, to its annual list of the safest vehicles Tuesday, helped by the increased use of anti-rollover technology. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/181538-crash-test.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/ford-motor-co-tops-safe-car-list.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/ford-motor-co-tops-safe-car-list.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:48:41 EST The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety designated 72 vehicles as winners of their top safety pick award. The award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting motorists in front, side and rear crashes and have anti-rollover technology called Electronic Stability Control, or ESC. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/a-list-of-the-insurance-industrys-safest-new-cars.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:06:52 EST Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Nissan Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co., said Wednesday he foresees a big push by automakers to bring pure-electric vehicles to market, predicting that 10 percent of all vehicles globally will be electric by 2020. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178462-auto-show-ghosn.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/ghosn-sees-big-electric-vehicle-push-by-carmakers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/ghosn-sees-big-electric-vehicle-push-by-carmakers.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:43:59 EST Gov. Ted Kulongoski says Oregon, the Japanese automaker Nissan and the state's largest utility, PGE, will collaborate to promote the use of electric cars. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/ore-governor-deal-will-promote-electric-cars.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:10:29 EST Shares of rental car companies dropped on Wednesday after a Barclays Capital analyst downgraded shares of both Avis Budget Group Inc. and Hertz Global Holdings Inc. on his estimates of a weak 2009 for the industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/rental-car-shares-drop-on-avis-hertz-downgrades.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:48:20 EST EU nations will consider giving car makers soft loans to help them build more fuel-efficient vehicles as the region tightens standards on greenhouse gas emissions, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/eu-nations-to-consider-soft-loans-for-car-sector.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:08:05 EST Shares of rental car companies remained mixed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut the fed funds rate by a half point, as many investors had expected. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/rental-cars-trade-mixed-after-interest-rate-cut.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:51:08 EDT European car makers won EU support on Wednesday for their request of 40 billion euros ($50 billion) in aid to help face the challenge of making greener cars during financial turmoil and an economic downturn. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/car-makers-find-eu-support-loan-package.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:38:40 EDT A Barclays Capital analyst lowered his ratings on Avis Budget Group Inc. on Friday, citing its relative dependence on the U.S. market, but said the rental-car market is more resilient than investors appear to believe. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081017/analyst-downgrades-avis-budget-cites-us-market.htm Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:06:05 EDT Canadian National Railway Co. said on Thursday that it is buying 232 rapid-discharge ore cars and refurbishing 500 existing ore cars as it upgrades its fleet to transport iron ore pellets in the upper Midwest. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/cn-to-buy-232-new-ore-cars-refurbish-500-more.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:30:57 EDT French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged 400 million euros ($549 million) in state support on Thursday for the development of electric and hybrid cars. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/france-earmarks-549-million-for-green-cars.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:08:40 EDT French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday pledged 400 million euros ($549 million) in state support for the development of electric and hybrid cars. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/france-earmarks-549-million-for-green-cars.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:52:08 EDT Ford-owned carmaker Volvo Cars said Wednesday it will slash more than 13 percent of its work force because of falling global demand. Citing a "rapidly deteriorating market situation in the global car industry," the Goteborg-based company said it would cut about 3,300 jobs, of which 2,000 would be blue-collar and 700 of them white-collar positions in Sweden. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/volvo-cars-to-slash-more-than-3-000-jobs.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:50:19 EDT Give up your gas-guzzler and get a free car. That's President Hugo Chavez's offer to Venezuelans. Chavez says he plans to start a program next year that will give away cars running on less-polluting natural gas to people who turn in old cars that consume "too much gasoline." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145403-venezuela-ecuador.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/chavez-will-swap-gas-guzzlers-for-clean-cars.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/chavez-will-swap-gas-guzzlers-for-clean-cars.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:44:02 EDT As the race to offer the first commercially viable electric car charges up, automakers hoping to cash in on environmental concerns displayed a slew of models at the Paris Motor Show on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144644-france-paris-auto-show.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/electric-cars-shine-at-paris-auto-show.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/electric-cars-shine-at-paris-auto-show.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:35:02 EDT