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A Utah doctor group plans to sue the stars of the Discovery Channel show "Diesel Brothers," alleging that they made illegal modifications to trucks.
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2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid Is 'Heck On Wheels' In Super Bowl TV Ad
The 2016 Toyota Prius appears in a Super Bowl TV ad.
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Electric Car 'Outrage': Obama Goal Missed, Dubious TV Report Dissected
"Billions of your tax dollars were spent to put a million electric cars on the road by the end of this year. You might be outraged when you hear what happened." Sounds shocking, doesn't it? Also perhaps vaguely reminiscent of 2011 and 2012, when uninformed, context-free, and factually-wrong "news"...
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2016 Chevrolet Volt TV Ad Released 6 Months Before Car
One of the biggest concerns among electric-car advocates is GM's ability to create and sustain a smart, coherent, clever, and explanatory marketing campaign for its new 2016 Chevrolet Volt. The plug-in hybrid with a 50-mile range will arrive on the market in the second half of this year, but Chevy...
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BMW i3 Electric Car Super Bowl TV Ad: Now It's Out [UPDATED]
The BMW i3 electric car will star in the brand's first Super Bowl ad in four years.
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Top Electric-Car Advertisers: Nissan And, Surprise, Kia--Chevy Not So Much
Nissan and Kia are big spenders on electric-car advertising, but not Chevy.
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Volkswagen goes where no one has gone before in a new ad.
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Tesla Model S: The Electric Car For 'Mistresses', Apparently
Most buyers of expensive luxury sedans are men, and most Tesla Model S electric car drivers seem to be men too. There are notable exceptions, of course, including NASCAR ARCA-series racer and self-described "vegetarian hippie chick" Leilani Münter. But now, apparently, the fast, sleek...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Makes It Big: Will Appear On 'The Simpsons' As Himself
Wealth? Success? Power? All of these fade to insignificance as ways to show you've "made it" in life, compared to a guest appearance on The Simpsons. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has certainly made it, and to prove it he'll be guest-starring in the 26th season of the popular cartoon comedy. READ...
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Nissan Leaf Electric Car Becomes Futuristic Attack Vehicle On Japanese TV Show (Video)
Want to guarantee your car immortality? Get it featured on a TV show or in a movie. Nobody has to ask twice what a DeLorean looks like, and most people probably know what car Starsky and Hutch drove. And Herbie is a no-brainer. ALSO SEE: Would You Ride This Tiny Folding Electric Scooter To Work?...
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Memo To TV News Shows: Tesla Electric Cars Don't Make Engine Noises
If you watched 60 Minutes on Sunday night--perhaps wondering whether the show would target the Tesla Model S electric car--you may have been relieved. The segment, "Fast Cars and Rocket Ships," was nothing less than a laudatory paean to the vision and accomplishments of Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk...
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Electric Cars Drive Silently Into Reality TV Shows
An electric Volkswagen Beetle and a derelict CitiCar join the ranks of automotive reality-show stars.
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The question isn't, "Why electric?" It's, "Why gas?" And with those eight words, Nissan marketers crossed a line that no other established carmaker has dared to cross. In a 20-second ad for the 2013 Nissan Leaf electric car now running on television--you may already have seen it--Nissan said it out loud, or at least hinted it: Electric cars are better and nicer than gasoline cars. We couldn't find the ad on Nissan's YouTube channel, but you can view it by clicking the link below. VIEW AD: Click here And "better" and "nicer" are values that everyone can connect to, no matter what their varied...
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How Plasma TVs Led To Smaller Electric-Car Motor
All that sitting in front of the TV watching bad sitcoms could pay off, if a new electric motor proves successful in field trials. A startup in Melbourne, Australia, has developed a new motor for use in an electric-powered Holden Commodore. There's nothing wildly special about that, but the new...
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Did Hyundai Elantra Ad Make Ford Stretch Focus Leg-Room Claim?
We're eagerly looking forward to driving the 2012 Ford Focus. It's won raves in reviews--including the first-drive report on TheCarConnection--and been the subject of downright fawning coverage in Detroit media. It has many unique features and options for a compact car, from Ford's excellent...
John Voelcker