General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt, the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle set to debut in the U.S. next month, won Green Car Journal’s 2011 Green Car of the Year award Thursday, beating out the Nissan Leaf, Lincoln MKZ Hybrid, Hyunda…
Ford Motor (F) will slash its stake in Mazda Motor to 3.5% from 11%.
The deal, which is expected to be completed Friday, will mean that Ford is no longer the top shareholder in Mazda, The Associated Press said. Ford has been Mazda’s biggest sharehold…
Former BP (BP) CEO Tony Hayward is considering several career options since losing his job in the wake of the Gulf oil disaster.
Hayward is involved in the formation of a small company registered as 3E Capital, The Daily Telegraph reported. Hayward i…
A French lawyer is fighting to stop carmaker Renault (RNSDF) naming its new electric car “Zoe”, saying that first names should be sacred.
Attorney David Koubbi is representing the parents of two young girls called Zoe Renault, The Associated Press reported. Koubbi argues that corporations should not use first names to market products.
Koubbi estimates that there are 35,000 girls…
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