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2018 Honda Clarity electric versions: first details, including 40-plus-mile range for plug-in hybridJohn Voelcker
The 2017 Honda Clarity will arrive in showrooms late this year with a hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain, one of three hydrogen-powered vehicles that will be sold in limited numbers in specific California regions that have hydrogen fueling stations up and running. But Honda has much larger plans for the Clarity mid-size sedan, and they involve batteries and plugs. Today, the company released the first handful of details on two additional models that will join the Clarity range during 2017 once the Fuel Cell version has launched: the Clarity Electric, a battery-electric car, and the Clarity Plug-In...
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Tesla Model S, Model X owners get offer for free month of Autopilot
Tesla owners can try out Autopilot for a month for free.
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Euro VW diesel fix, 2016 Ford Fusion Energi discounts, Dutch gas-car ban: Today's Car News
We have lots of news from Europe today.
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Netherlands joins Norway in plans to end new gas, diesel car sales (updated)
A proposal by the Dutch Labor Party would end sales of internal-combustion cars in 2025.
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U.K. electric-car sales finally take off after long lag
U.K. electric-car sales hit record highs in the first quarter of 2016.
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European fix for VW diesels complies with law, but real-world emissions still too high
Updates to the millions of Volkswagen TDI diesel cars that turned out not to meet European emission regulations were supposed to be well underway by now. German authorities had signed off on the modifications—software updates and for one group of engines, a new plastic insert to alter...
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The 2016 Ford Fusion Energi now comes with a large cash-back offer in California.
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Bob Lutz on Bolt EV, 2016 Chevy Cruze gas mileage, VW sales decline: Today's Car News
We have news from Chevrolet and Volkswagen today.
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Bob Lutz called 2017 Chevy Bolt EV a 'compliance car'; is it?
Electric-car advocates are often passionate, with memories long enough to remember GM's 2004 destruction of its pioneering fleet of EV1 electric cars. Since then, the company has built and sold two generations of the Chevrolet Volt, with the launch of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV imminent within a...
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2016 Chevy Cruze gas mileage beats even previous Eco model
The 2016 Chevrolet Cruze achieves a best of 30 mpg city, 42 mpg highway, 40 mpg combined.
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Plug-in electric car sales in Canada, March 2016: springing forward
Though many countries opt out of daylight savings time, the Canadian auto market always "springs forward" in March. Last month set a Canuck record for total March auto sales, at 175,000 units; depending on Tesla volumes to be reported this month, the plug-in electric vehicle segment may have broken...
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Diesel scandal hurts VW sales in Europe and U.S., not China
Volkswagen sales declined in the U.S. and Germany, but increased in China.
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China will issue special green license plates to "new energy vehicles."
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Electric-car predictions, Hyperloop claims, 2017 Subaru Forester gas mileage: Today's Car News
Today, we have electric-car predictions from the 2016 New York Auto Show, a company confident it can build Elon Musk's "Hyperloop," and slightly improved gas mileage for the 2017 Subaru Forester. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Catch up on last week's major news with our Week in Reverse...
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Elon Musk's Hyperloop idea: 'real, happening' says CTO of 1 of 3 companies vying to build it
One of three companies looking to build a full-scale Hyperloop is recruiting engineers.
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Electric car predictions: panel video from NY Auto Show
Every so often, Green Car Reports is asked to take part in panels and industry events discussing the future of advanced auto technologies—particularly electric cars. Two weeks ago, at the New York Auto Show, site editor John Voelcker joined electric-car advocate Chelsea Sexton and Salim Morsy...
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2017 Subaru Forester gas mileage inches up
The 2017 Subaru Forester gets slightly better gas mileage than before.
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Finally, auto industry starts to admit: electric vehicles are better
Carmakers may soon begin promoting electric cars based on their driving experience.
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Best Buy's Geek Squad will replace its Volkswagen Beetles with Toyota Prius C hybrids.
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Tesla Model S update, Model 3 futures, diesel deadline, coal dying: The Week in Reverse
Which pillar of North American industry is now almost entirely in bankruptcy? And, what Tesla electric car was replaced before it even entered production? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, April 15, 2016. Friday, after...
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Tesla Model 3 demand, Electric-Car battery options, Peabody bankrupt: Today's Car News
Today, we look at what massive Model 3 demand means for Tesla, which automakers offer multiple battery-pack options on electric cars, and the bankruptcy of coal giant Peabody. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Nissan and Tesla are the only manufacturers offering electric cars with multiple...
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Peabody, world's largest private coal company, files for bankruptcy
Peabody Energy is the 50th coal company to file for bankruptcy since 2012.
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Tesla Model 3 demand startled everyone, even Musk; now what?
To say that the auto industry has been startled by the volume of deposits on the Tesla Model 3 would be an understatement. The number of potential buyers worldwide who have sent Tesla Motors $1,000 to reserve a place in line to buy the car is now approaching 400,000, said longtime executive...
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Half of car buyers hate haggling, but Lexus dealers resist fixed prices
Lexus runs into opposition from dealers as it experiments with no-haggle pricing.
Stephen Edelstein