Electric vehicle maker CODA Automotive has said that its intent to distribute the CODA Sedan to consumer and fleet customers in Hawaii in the third quarter of 2011.

Affinia Group has named Rick Pizarek as vice president of global chassis, reporting to David Overbeeke, president for global brake and chassis of the company.

Worldwide adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will grow quickly over the next five years, with sales totaling 3.2 million vehicles between 2010 and 2015 and a compound annual growth rate of 106 percent, according to a new report from Pike Research.

Balqon Corporation, a designer of electric vehicles, has received a $490,000 order for electric drive systems under a new dealer agreement with China-based composite automotive parts manufacturer DynaProTech.

US-based technology company CODA Holdings has hired Mark Jamieson as its new CFO. Mr Jamieson was former General Electric (GE) and HD Supply executive.

AutoAlliance (Thailand) (AAT), a joint venture of Mazda Motor Corporation and Ford Motor Company, will invest $350m in its pickup truck plant to support the production of Mazda and Ford's next generation pickup trucks.

Visteon Avtopribor Electronics, a new joint venture between Visteon Corporation and Avtopribor, will supply a wide range of cockpit electronics products to the growing Russian automotive market - including audio, infotainment, driver information and controls electronics.

ArvinMeritor, a provider of technological solutions for heavy, medium and light tactical vehicles, has launched Meritor ProTec High Mobility Independent Suspensions (HMIS) Series.

Cyclone Power Technologies, engaged in engine technology research and development, has said that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a notice of patent allowance on the pre-heater coil of the company's heat-regenerative external combustion engine.

Renault Trucks has extended four new dealerships. In Dordrecht in Holland, Istanbul in Turkey, Kenitra in Morocco, and Kiev in Ukraine, its new sales and service outlets were officially opened during the spring of 2010.