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You can make Benz payments on your iPhone

For our young readers, this may seem like nothing. But for the more mature set, here's a new function for your iPhone or iPod Touch--you can make the payment on your Benz. Mercedes-Benz Financial has launched its iPhone app, just three months after launching the pay-from-your-smart-phone project.

Nissan partners with GE on electric infrastructure

Nissan signed an agreement on Sept. 30 with General Electric to speed up the production of charging stations and to accelerate other projects to ease the transition to electric cars. The focus now is research and development.

Volvo to shake up S, V, C and XC badges

Volvo will overhaul its naming system in the coming years - removing some of the uncertainty over odd numbers in the same range, such as the S40 and V50.Chief executive Stephen Odell today admitted he found Volvo's badges confusing when he first joined Volvo two years ago. 'When I arrived at Volvo I struggled to understand the nomenclature,' he admitted. 'Yes, we will be changing it.'Under the new naming system, the S40 and V50 would carry the same number.