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GreenTech Automotive
GreenTech Automotive (GTA) was a U.S.-based automotive manufacturer dedicated to developing and producing 100% electric vehicles. It was a subsidiary of WM Industries Corp. History GTA was founded in 2009 by Charles Wang. In May 2010, GTA acquired Hong Kong based EuAuto Technology and its Mycar vehicle, and relocated the company's operations and manufacturing to the United States. GTA's first manufacturing facility was temporarily in Horn Lake, Mississippi. The company merged with VL Automotive in 2014, developing a traditionally powered version of the Fisker Karma, called the WM Destino. In September 2014, GTA completed construction on a new production facility in Tunica County, Mississippi. This was shut down in January 2017. The company declared bankruptcy in February 2018. Products * GTA Mycar, a 2-door, 2-seater Neighborhood Electric Vehicle designed in 2003 by Giorgetto Giugiaro, and developed by EuAuto Technology EuAuto Technology Limited was a company in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunica County, Mississippi
Tunica County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,782. Its county seat is Tunica. The county is named for the Tunica Native Americans. Most migrated to central Louisiana during the colonial period. Tunica County is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the Mississippi Delta region. Since the late 20th century, it is known for Tunica Resorts (formerly Robinsonville), an unincorporated community that is the site of six casino resorts. It is one of the top six destinations in the country in terms of gambling revenues. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (5.4%) is water. Major highways * Interstate 69 * U.S. Route 61 * Mississippi Highway 3 * Mississippi Highway 4 Adjacent counties * Crittenden County, Arkansas (north) * DeSoto County (northeast) * Tate County (east) * Panola County (southeast) * Qui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EuAuto Technology
EuAuto Technology Limited was a company in Hong Kong that developed the GTA MyCar, MyCar electric automobile. The company "specializes in design, develop, manufacture and sales of environmentally friendly vehicles for global markets." Sinling Chung was the company's chief executive. On 24 May 2010, GreenTech Automotive (GTA) acquired EuAuto Technology. Models MyCar The MyCar was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Italdesign. The propulsion system was engineered in co-operation with Hong Kong Polytechnic University. References External links Electric vehicle manufacturers of Hong Kong {{Automobile-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GTA Mycar
The GTA MyCar (styled MyCar) is an electric vehicle originally produced by EuAuto Technology Limited based in Hong Kong, and from 2010 by GreenTech Automotive when it acquired EuAuto. The company had its manufacturing facility in Dongguan, China. The MyCar is classified as a NEV in the United States due to its low top speed. Manufacturing ended in 2017 and the company folded in 2018. History The car was first conceived by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Italdesign in 2003. The propulsion system was engineered in co-operation with Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 2010, GreenTech Automotive, Inc. bought EuAuto Technology, Ltd., and announced plans to manufacture and market vehicles in the United States. The first U.S. manufactured MyCar vehicles, which were also supposed be exported to Denmark, were supposed to come off the assembly line in Horn Lake, Mississippi, on 4 July 2011. As of August 2013, GreenTech Automotive had not disclosed any sales figures, but was promising productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horn Lake, Mississippi
Horn Lake is a city in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States. It is located south of Memphis, Tennessee. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Horn Lake was 26,066, up from 14,099 in 2000. Geography Horn Lake is bordered to the north, east, and southeast by the city of Southaven. U.S Route 51 forms a large portion of Horn Lake's eastern border; it leads north to downtown Memphis, and south to Hernando, the DeSoto County seat. Interstate 55 passes just east of Horn Lake, with access from Exits 287,289 and 901. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Horn Lake has an area of , of which is land and , or 1.98%, is water. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 26,736 people, 9,620 households, and 6,409 families residing in the city. 2010 census Horn Lake has experienced substantial African-American growth and to a lesser extent Hispanic growth. Census 2010 revealed Horn Lake was now 56.3% non-Hispanic White (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VL Automotive
VLF Automotive is a small American-based automotive company formed in January 2016. It was founded as VL Automotive in 2012 by Bob Lutz and Gilbert Villarreal, then renamed after Henrik Fisker joined the company. Company history The company was founded by designer and entrepreneur Henrik Fisker, ex- General Motors vice-chairman Bob Lutz and industrialist Gilbert Villarreal. The company's name is taken from the initials of their surnames. In 2013 they displayed the Destino, its first model, based on the Fisker Karma, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. In 2016 they debuted the Force 1, a 745 hp American sports car at the North American International Auto Show. Products VLF Destino The VLF Destino four-door sedan was first shown in January 2013, heavily based on the Fisker Karma, but fitted with a 6.2 L V8 gasoline engine rather than the electric power of the Karma. Sales of the Destino were scheduled to commence in the second half of 2015, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisker Karma
The Fisker Karma is a luxury plug-in range-extended electric sports sedan produced by Fisker Automotive in 2012. The cars were manufactured at Valmet Automotive in Finland. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rated the Karma's combined city/highway fuel economy at equivalent (MPG-e) in all-electric mode, and at in gasoline-only mode. EPA's official all-electric range is . Due to the very small cabin interior volume, the EPA rated the Fisker Karma as a subcompact car. The first deliveries took place in the U.S. in late July 2011, and deliveries to retail customers began in November 2011. Pricing in the U.S. started at for the base model (EcoStandard), US$110,000 for the intermediate EcoSport model and for the top model (the "Animal Free" EcoChic). Around 1,800 units were delivered in North America and Europe through December 2012. The U.S. was the leading market, with about 1,600 units sold. Production was suspended in November 2012 when the sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WM Destino
The VLF Destino is a proposed automobile from American car company VLF Automotive. The Destino is a large four-door sedan and was first shown to the public at the North American International Auto Show in January 2013 as the VL Destino, and subsequently the WM Destino, before being named VLF Destino in January 2016. Sales were expected to commence in 2014, but the expected start of sales was later pushed back to 2016. History The Destino is based on the Fisker Karma which ceased production in 2012. VL had obtained twenty Karma " gliders" from Fisker Automotive, and reported 100 orders by May 2013. Sales of the Destino were originally scheduled to commence in the second half of 2013, but the start was pushed back to 2014, due to the ongoing restructuring of Fisker. The Destino retains the Karma interior and most exterior panels, but removes the Karma's electric motor and battery system, and installs a General Motors The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgetto Giugiaro
Giorgetto Giugiaro (; born 7 August 1938) is an Italian automotive designer. He has worked on supercars and popular everyday vehicles. He was born in Garessio, Cuneo, Piedmont. Giugiaro was named Car Designer of the Century in 1999 and inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002. In addition to cars, Giugiaro designed camera bodies for Nikon, ''Navigation promenade'' of Porto Santo Stefano, in 1983, the organ of the cathedral of Lausanne (composed of about 7000 pipes) in 2003, and developed a new pasta shape, "Marille". He also designed several watch models for Seiko, mainly racing chronographs, as well as office furniture for Okamura Corporation. Influence on design Giugiaro's earliest cars, like the Alfa Romeo 105/115 Series Coupés, often featured tastefully arched and curving shapes, such as the De Tomaso Mangusta, Iso Grifo, and Maserati Ghibli. In the late 1960s, Giugiaro made increasingly angular designs, culminating in the "folded paper" era of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Cars
A green vehicle, clean vehicle, eco-friendly vehicle or environmentally friendly vehicle is a road motor vehicle that produces less harmful impacts to the environment than comparable conventional internal combustion engine vehicles running on gasoline or diesel, or one that uses certain alternative fuels. Presently, in some countries the term is used for any vehicle complying or surpassing the more stringent European emission standards (such as Euro6), or California's zero-emissions vehicle standards (such as ZEV, ULEV, SULEV, PZEV), or the low-carbon fuel standards enacted in several countries. Green vehicles can be powered by alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies and include hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, battery electric vehicles, compressed-air vehicles, hydrogen and fuel-cell vehicles, neat ethanol vehicles, flexible-fuel vehicles, natural gas vehicles, clean diesel vehicles, and some sources also include vehicles u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
