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OCTOBER 16, 2012

GM will build the Cadillac ELR, a luxury coupe featuring extended-range electric technology, at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, General Motors North America President Mark Reuss said Tuesday. The ELR is the production version of Cadillac’s Converj, a concept vehicle revealed at the North American International Auto Show in 2009.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 8, 2012

It wouldn't be an auto show without concept cars, and the Detroit Auto Show this year has its share. From Volkswagen comes a new take on a familiar shape: the Volkswagen E-Bugster, an all-electric two-seat coupe version of its iconic Beetle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, announced that it will stage the world debut of a new dedicated hybrid concept vehicle during the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The vehicle will be revealed during a news conference held on Monday, 11 January at COBO Hall.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

The Honda FCV Concept ( earlier post ) will make its North American debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. The Honda FCV Concept made its world debut in Japan on 17 November, followed by an announcement that Honda will provide FirstElement Fuel with $13.8 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Daimler will introduce the smart for-us “urban pickup” electric concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January 2012.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2012

XC60 Plug-in Hybrid Concept. At the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will unveil the Volvo XC60 gasoline-electric Plug-in Hybrid Concept. The engine in the XC60 Plug-in Hybrid Concept has no conventional starter motor or alternator. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2014

The important global auto shows tend to go in waves, and this year''s Detroit Auto Show isn''t looking particularly notable for its green cars. Barring surprises, there will be no global debuts of new plug-in electric cars, hybrids, or even new diesel vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen is showcasing two electric concepts. BUZZ CARGO,in its auto show debut, is an electric panel van concept based on the MEB toolkit that offers up to 340 miles of range on the WLTP cycle. The electric Cargo e-Bike concept, in its North American debut, carries a 463 lb payload.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The new hybrid models, based on a modular hybrid system, make their world premiere at the Detroit Auto Show and will appear on the market over the course of the year. Mercedes-Benz is is launching two new luxury hybrids in its core segment: the diesel-electric E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID, and the gasoline-electric E 400 HYBRID. E400 HYBRID.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2014

It''s a time-honored auto-show tradition, picking the best new cars and concepts in the show. While this year''s Detroit Auto Show had very few cars that could genuinely be viewed as "green," we''ve nonetheless picked both our favorite production car and our favorite concept.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 7, 2012

While the bulk of our green car coverage from the 2012 Detroit Auto Show will concentrate on production models, concept cars can be just as exciting.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

The LF-LC concept. Lexus unveiled a new design concept for a hybrid 2+2 sport coupe at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The concept car’s glass roof features a lightweight, cantilevered pillar with a glass-to-glass roof pillar—a first. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

family model—a multi-functional electric vehicle—at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. concept shown this year ( earlier post ), this new concept is also based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB), and so it shows the potential and bandwidth of the MEB. Like the I.D.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2013

Honda unveiled its “Urban SUV Concept” vehicle at the 2013 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The concept hints at the styling direction of an all-new small SUV slated to launch in Japan by the end of 2013, followed by the US market in 2014. Urban SUV Concept. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

will debut NS4, an advanced plug-in hybrid concept vehicle, at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The reveal will feature the world premiere of the concept vehicle as well as the North American debut of the Prius c hybrid during Toyota’s news conference on 10 January. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.,

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APRIL 21, 2012

Volkswagen is showing the E-Bugster electric vehicle concept, unveiled earlier this year at the Detroit Auto Show ( earlier post ) at Auto China in Beijing for its premiere in Asia. The two-seat Beetle speedster, features an 85 kW electric motor or 38.3 kWh battery pack, and accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 10.8

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2013

At the Detroit Auto Show, Volkswagen showed not just one but two concepts with diesel plug-in hybrid powertrains. VW not only unveiled its CrossBlue Concept for a mid-size seven-passenger crossover, it also showed the CrossCoupe Concept it had premiered last year at the Beijing Auto Show.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 15, 2011

As we count down the days to the Detroit Auto Show media preview (24 days from today), the announcements of new cars and concepts are now coming in regularly. Evoking Honda's logo release yesterday, Nissan says it will show off an "innovative electric van concept" without providing either details or.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Honda has teased the first image of a new concept car, due at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. The 'Urban SUV Concept' will make its debut at Detroit in January, hinting at the look of a small SUV designed for city driving. Honda says it combines "a sporty and dynamic SUV profile with a spacious, functional interior".

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2013

If the 2013 Detroit Auto Show has been rather light on truly green vehicles, concepts previewing the replacement of bread and butter models have been much more exciting. One of those is the Toyota Furia Concept, paving the way for the 2014 Toyota Corolla compact car.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 12, 2012

And that’s something which Volkswagen has played on with the its Volkswagen all-electric e-Bugster concept car, unveiled at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. Although.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Infiniti’s QX50 Concept also previews the brand’s roll out of its autonomous drive support technologies. The QX50 Concept's autonomous drive support systems preview the first production-ready incarnation of a technology package that will be developed further in future production models. The production-ready 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The 2014 Cadillac ELR extended-range electric luxury coupe, based on the Converj concept ( earlier post ), will make its world debut 15 January at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant will build the Cadillac ELR. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2017

BUZZ microbus concept into production. Volkswagen presented the concept at the Detroit Auto Show in January. After the presentations at the global motor shows in Detroit and Geneva, we received a large number of letters and emails from customers who said, 'please build this car’. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2013

At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Lincoln introduced the MKC concept, targeting the small luxury utility segment. The just-introduced MKZ re-establishes Lincoln in the largest luxury segment, and the MKC Concept highlights a key opportunity in the fastest-growing part of the luxury market.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2014

Another year, another Detroit Auto Show. The public won''t pass through the doors of Cobo Hall until Friday, but the world''s media have largely departed after two days'' worth of press previews. It felt like a somewhat flat show, despite rah-rah coverage in the local press, and it really had only three important global debuts.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 13, 2012

At the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, Volkswagen rolled out an all-electric, two-seat coupe-speedster concept based on its iconic Beetle. With a powertrain borrowed from the VW Golf Blue e-Motion—including the 85-kW (114-hp) electric motor, 26.5-kilowatt-hour

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The only mass-market German automaker intends to keep the momentum going at next month's Detroit Auto Show. It will unveil a 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid and show an all-electric concept vehicle that's never been.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2016

Lexus brought the all-wheel drive hydrogen fuel cell LF-FC flagship concept, unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2015 ( earlier post ), to the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit for its North American premiere. The LC 500, derived from the LF-LC concept, is powered by a proven, high-revving 5.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ford introduced a new compact sport utility vehicle concept—Vertrek—at the 2011 North American International Auto Show. The Vertrek concept. The powertrain in the concept shown in Detroit uses the 1.6-liter Click to enlarge. cubic feet (1,879 liters) behind the first row and 29.2 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Volkswagen introduced its New Compact Coupe (NCC) hybrid concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The New Compact Coupe. Click to enlarge. The car, positioned between the Scirocco and the CC, offers combined fuel consumption of 4.2 L/100 km (NEDC), or 45 mpg US with an EPA rating. seconds).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2013

Honda promised last month that its Urban SUV Concept would debut at Detroit, and the sporty, Fit-based crossover you see here is the result. If you wanted a Nissan Juke before, you probably won't want one now. Hinting at a production model due in 2014, the Urban SUV is a whole nine inches shorter than the Honda CR-V, at just 169.3

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

The BMW Concept ActiveE. BMW has introduced the Concept ActiveE, the latest electric vehicle project under BMW Group’s initiative to produce vehicles that explore solutions to minimize environmental impacts while preserving the kinetic driving experience for which BMW has long been known—the i Megacity Vehicle initiative.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

ILX concept. Acura ILX Concept. The Acura ILX Concept is the precursor to a new Acura luxury compact sedan scheduled for launch in Spring 2012. Acura NSX Concept. The dynamically-styled NSX Concept gives an indication of the next great performance vehicle from the Acura brand. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 13, 2010

News from next month's 2011 Detroit Auto Show is coming in almost daily now. The latest announcement: Honda will present the world debut of a concept car that shows the styling direction of its next--and crucially important--Honda Civic.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Audi will show a new crossover concept at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show in January. Nothing surprising there you might think--Audi has a crossover concept for just about every month of the year. But this one is a little different, as it wears a badge on its flank we''ve seen before: e-tron.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

China-based GAC Motor will feature its existing sedan, SUV, minivan and NEV at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. A new sedan model and a concept car will also make their world debuts during GAC Motor’s press conference. GAC Motor will debut the GA4, an all-new signature sedan at 2018 NAIAS.

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