Fetranspor and Rio Bus, the public transportation companies for the state and city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and BYD launched a BYD battery-electric bus into service this week. This is the first pure-electric bus to launch in Rio and is running now on line 249 (Water-Santa Carioca) operated by Matias, the leader of the Consortium Internorte.
Volvo Cars targets annual sales of more than 1 million vehicles in the long term, co-owner and chairman Li Shufu told a Swedish newspaper.
Carbon fiber reinforced parts for cars could become more than 70 percent cheaper over the next few years, making them an alternative to standard materials such as steel and aluminum, an executive at carbon specialist SGL told German weekly VDI-Nachrichten.
The Volkswagen Group, which accounted for 79% of the light-duty diesels sold in the US in 2013, reported that TDI diesel sales accounted for 26.6% of its Volkswagen brand sales in the US in March, and 15.5% of Audi sales in the US.
