LATE LAST YEAR Volvo announced that it would be launching its first diesel-electric hybrid model in 2012, which will spearhead a range of fuel-sipping Volvos.

Now the Swedish automaker has upped the ante, announcing a partnership with Swedish power company Vattenfall and pledging to have its first plug-in hybrid on the road in 2012.

The industrial joint [...]

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Yesterday it appeared the US Government was prepared to give Chrysler additional aid and a thirty day deadline to complete its joint venture plans with Fiat. Now it looks as though Chrysler and Fiat may have already set up the “framework of a global alliance”.

Nothing has been officially confirmed yet; however Chrysler has released a [...]

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Cruzin’ into the future: FCAI boss Andrew McKellar, GM Holden chief Mark Reuss (and FCAI President), VACC’s Perce Makin and David Purchase sign the joint venture agreement at the 2009 Motor Show opening.

As many are now aware, the 2009 Motor Show is the last for Melbourne until 2011. A single Australian International Motor Show, to [...]

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The Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce and the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries have announced that from this year forward, the venue for Australia’s premier auto show will alternate between Sydney and Melbourne.

To be managed as a joint venture between the VACC and the FCAI, the new Australian International Motor Show should prove more enticing [...]

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