In 1990 they built 1.2m passenger vehicles, but last year they sold just 756, 000.
In the United States, no automakers currently sell passenger vehicles that can run on biodiesel.
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The deep discounting of passenger vehicles is in line with the larger-than-anticipated fall in inflation last month.
Sales of passenger vehicles in India have more than doubled since 2001 to around two million units.
Clean-air regulations in five states, including California and New York, prevent the sale of diesel passenger vehicles.
India is expected to produce around five million passenger vehicles by 2016, doubling to 10 million by 2021.
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So far, since its inception, 4.62 million passenger vehicles have been sold on eBay Motors, the company says.
Overall, the average zero-to-sixty time for all passenger vehicles in America in 1981, as calculated by the EPA, was 14.1 seconds.
The Automobile Association found that minibus taxis were involved in almost 200 crashes a day, twice the rate of other passenger vehicles.
SUVs and the like account for half of all passenger vehicles sold.
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Of the total 8.2 million barrels of oil used for passenger vehicles per day, individuals directly consume 82 percent or 6.7 million barrels.
Because of the resulting gridlock, city officials are ordering that all passenger vehicles entering Manhattan below 62nd Street carry more than one person.
Sales of passenger vehicles rose 6.8 percent in China from the previous year, hitting 14.68 million units, according to the China Passenger Car Association.
Ford sold 96, 270 passenger vehicles in India in 2011, a 15% increase over 2010 sales, the company said in a press release Jan. 2.
Pickup trucks with GVWR over 8, 500 lbs and passenger vehicles with GVWR of 10, 000 lbs or more are exempt from federal fuel economy testing.
Police had to use snowmobiles to reach ambulances, fire trucks, police vehicles, some snowplow trucks and passenger vehicles stranded overnight on the Long Island Expressway.
Automakers have also been looking for ways to expand diesel passenger vehicles sales in the U.S. because the engines are 30% more fuel-efficient than gasoline engines.
John German, manager for environmental and energy analysis at Honda Motor, described his company's pioneering development of natural gas passenger vehicles and how that development might bloom.
Ambulances, fire trucks, police vehicles and some snowplow trucks as well as passenger vehicles got stuck overnight throughout the area, said Vanessa Baird-Streeter, spokeswoman for Suffolk County.
But for passenger vehicles, China is still growing very nicely.
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Aside from rising gasoline prices the report showed that vehicle insurance premiums rose as did the cost of air transport and passenger vehicles, despite a dip seen in February.
India's auto industry has grown an average of 12% for the past decade, but just 1.3 million passenger vehicles were sold in India in the fiscal year ending March 2006.
John German, manager for environmental and energy analysis at Honda Motor (nyse: HMC - news - people ), described his company's pioneering development of natural gas passenger vehicles and how that development might bloom.
Now, it looks like the department is considering taking its policy a step (or several) further: a memo reveals that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to propose later this year that all new passenger vehicles have EDRs.
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And while the average car made today is more of a gas-sipper than a guzzler, 54.5 is still a long way off: The average fuel economy of passenger vehicles sold in the United States averaged 33.8 mpg as of October, up from 24.7 in 2002 and 27.1 in 2008.
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General Motors Company is engaged in the designing, manufacturing and retailing of vehicles globally including passenger cars, crossover vehicles, and light trucks, sport utility vehicles, vans and other vehicles.
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More than 95 million new passenger and commercial vehicles were sold worldwide in 2012.
The agency would start regulating space vehicles to ensure crew and passenger safety only if the operation of those vehicles resulted in death, serious injury or a dangerous close call.
In making his remarks, Dong Yang was referring to total vehicle sales, including both passenger cars and commercial vehicles.
The new ferry is undergoing a major refit and refurbishment which includes a new ramp for vehicles and new passenger layout.
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