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NASA research may be relevant to the Tesla Autopilot debate.
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When will the last diesel truck be sold in the U.S.? Our poll results
Diesel now has a dim future at best among U.S. passenger-car buyers, though its prospects continue to look strong for a minority of pickup truck buyers. Heavy-duty commercial vehicles, on the other hand, largely use diesel engines as a matter of course. We asked our Twitter followers when that...
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Who makes electric buses? BYD, Mercedes, Proterra...and Tesla says it will
Electric buses are on the rise.
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Audi, VW, Porsche 3.0-liter diesel owners won't hear a thing until November
The next milestone in Volkswagen 3.0-liter TDI negotiations is a November 3 hearing.
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The '1,000-MPG' BMW i3: 56,000 miles on 50 gallons of gas
A BMW i3 REx owner recounts 27 months with the range-extended electric car.
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2017 Opel Ampera-e, California carpool stickers, Kia Rio: Today's Car News
Today's news includes Kia and Opel.
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So-called self-driving or autonomous cars still aren't on the market as of today, but you might not know that from a lot of the press coverage. One of the most prominent systems is what electric-car maker Tesla Motors calls Autopilot. In reality, it's a collection of electronic active-safety systems with an enhanced adaptive cruise-control system and some interesting data-gathering techniques from the bulk of Teslas now on the road. DON'T MISS: When to use Tesla's Autopilot system, and when not to use it But you wouldn't necessarily know that from the name, which signals to most people an...
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Who leads, who lags in electric cars in U.S.? New survey names them
A Union of Concerned Scientists survey shows which states and carmakers lead in promoting electric cars.
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Gas is cheap; U.S. drivers use it to log more miles than ever
U.S. drivers logged a record number of miles in the first half of this year.
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CA plug-in carpool-lane access bill up for vote; here's why some oppose it
Several months ago, the allocated supply of "green stickers" that give buyers of new plug-in hybrid cars access to California carpool lanes expired. So you think that a pending bill in the California state legislature to expand that supply would get the support of plug-in electric car advocates...
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VW customer satisfaction plummeted, now near the bottom
Volkswagen's scored in the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Automobile Report slipped by about 3 percent.
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2017 Opel Ampera-e (nee Bolt EV) to debut at Paris Motor Show
The 2017 Opel Ampera-e debuts at the 2016 Paris Motor Show this fall.
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Today's news includes Faraday Future and Tesla.
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Reactions to Tesla 100D versions less than ecstatic: here's why
Generally, when Tesla Motors makes an announcement about a new product or a future plan, its fans and advocates cheer lustily. The rest of the industry grunts, takes quiet notice, and carries on. Yesterday's announcement that Tesla's two current models will be offered in new, longer-range 100D...
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Is this Faraday Future's all-electric Tesla Model X fighter?
A mysterious camouflaged vehicle spotted in Los Angeles could be Faraday Future's first electric car.
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Carmakers asked to extend CAFE comment period; EPA said no
It's probably the battle that will do most to determine the carbon emission from new U.S. vehicles over the next decade. Automakers want to modify, delay, or extend the current corporate average fuel economy standards for 2022 through 2025 vehicles; regulators don't. The mid-July release of the...
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Multi-brand electric-car dealer to open in Canada after Iceland test
EVEN Electric plans to sell electric cars through multi-brand dealerships.
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Will CAFE standards have to be relaxed starting in 2021?
The battle over CAFE standards continues.
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In broad plan, Tesla Motors has stuck by the "secret master plan" it published 10 years ago. It launched the low-volume all-electric Roadster, then the higher-volume Model S sedan and its Model X crossover utility vehicle offshoots, all at luxury price levels. Now it says it will put its Model 3 sedan into production before the end of 2017, with 200 miles of range and a starting price of $35,000. DON'T MISS: In 2025, what percent of new cars in the U.S. will have plugs? Our poll results We already know (from CEO Elon Musk's tweets, of course) that the Model 3 will be followed by a Model Y...
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Tesla wireless charging, Toyota hybrid sales, 2017 Honda Fit: Today's Car News
Today's news includes Honda, Tesla, and Toyota.
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2017 Honda Fit priced, unchanged
The 2017 Honda Fit enters the new model year virtually unchanged.
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Toyota now sells almost 1.5 million hybrids a year
Toyota is on track to sell 1.4 million hybrids this year, new analysis says.
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What can we learn from electric-car owners in Norway (more than 100K of them)?
A survey of Norwegian drivers offers insights into electric-car use.
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Australia's AAA will test emissions of top 30 cars; government won't, it says (VW diesel update)
The Australian Automobile Association will conduct its own on-road emissions tests.
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