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The 2016 Toyota Prius earned a five-star rating from the NHTSA and Top Safety Pick+ rating from the IIHS.
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Today you can spec any Tesla Model X version online
Once again Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has released some new product information, this time on the 2016 Tesla Model X electric crossover utility vehicle. And he did it via his most frequent method of communcation: Twitter. The news is that the online configurator for the full array of Model X...
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Best deals on hybrid, electric, fuel-efficient cars for April 2016
These are the best deals on green cars for April 2016.
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BMW ReachNow car-sharing service offers i3 electric cars in Seattle
BMW re-launches its car-sharing service in the U.S. with a new name and other changes.
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Germans to build own unique electric vans for postal service
Deutsche Post plans to start production of electric vans designed by a startup it acquired in 2014.
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More Model 3 mania, electric bikers, Porsche design, fuel-cell futurism: The Week in Reverse
How many depositors had put down $1,000 each for a Tesla Model 3 electric car one week after the car's launch at the end of March? And, what may be your best deal these days in a fuel-efficient used car? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week...
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Electric cars make headlines today.
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Tesla Model 3 depositors vs Chevy Bolt EV: sea change or double standard?
More than 325,000 potential buyers have put down $1,000 apiece for a Tesla Model 3 electric car that they won't get for two years, if not considerably longer than that. Which must frustrate the electrification team at General Motors deeply. The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV with more than 200 miles of...
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Fuel-cell concepts from 50 years ago: famed designer Brooks Stevens
Most car buyers would be hard-pressed to name a single automobile designer working today. But it wasn't always that way: names like Raymond Loewy and Harley Earl were known well outside the design studios where they created the "cars of tomorrow." A half-century-old concept from designer Brooks...
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Diesel scandal to hurt plug-in hybrids, former Fiat exec says
A former Fiat powertrain-research boss says new emissions test may hurt plug-in hybrids.
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Next Nissan Leaf to be followed by electric SUV, sports car?
While the Tesla Model 3 and Chevrolet Bolt EV have gotten the lion's share of electric-car press lately, the Nissan Leaf remains the best-selling plug-in vehicle in history. The 200,000th Leaf was sold globally sometime in January, putting the electric hatchback at roughly twice the volume of any...
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Sites of four Northeast hydrogen fueling stations announced by Air Liquide
Air Liquide plans to install hydrogen stations in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
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The French government wants Tesla to use the site of a nuclear power plant for a European factory.
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2016 Tesla Model X electric SUV first drive by Model S owner
Its maker is doing a great job these days of quarantining the new 2016 Tesla Model X electric crossover SUV from unwanted prying eyes. The only folks lucky enough to get up close and personal with the slick, powerful electric SUV are those who’ve plunked down deposits of up to $40,000 to...
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Tesla Model 3 reservations, Model X driven, Ford 'Model E': Today's Car News
Ford and Tesla make headlines today.
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Tesla Model 3 reservations rise to 325,000 after one week
Getting more than a quarter of a million people around the world to put down $1,000 apiece for a car they won't get for another two years is a remarkable feat. When Elon Musk took the wraps off the Tesla Model 3 last Thursday evening, a screen on stage showed more than 100,000 deposits. But by the...
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BYD launches two new all-electric sedans for Chinese market
Chinese carmaker BYD will launch two new electric cars.
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2019 Ford 'Model E' hybrid, electric car coming from Mexico plant?
Two years ago, Ford successfully fought efforts by Tesla Motors to register the name "Model E" for what we now know as the Tesla Model 3, unveiled last week to great fanfare. Now it appears that the Detroit automaker may plan to use that name itself on a dedicated vehicle coming in 2019 that will...
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California may expand a program that pays low-income drivers to trade older cars for newer, greener ones.
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European electric and plug-in hybrid sales for January-February 2016
The Renault Zoe leads European electric-car sales so far in 2016.
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Tesla Model X towing, Model 3 interior mystery, electric motorcycles: Today's Car News
We have news on electric crossovers, sedans, and motorcycles today.
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Tesla Model X trailer towing: how much range impact on electric SUV?
A trailer company hitches up a Model X to one of its products.
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Tesla Model 3 interior: what our video showed isn't actually real?
Elon Musk hints that the Tesla Model 3's "real" steering system will differ from the one shown in prototypes.
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Tesla sales, VW dealer reparations, used small cars: Today's Car News
Tesla and Volkswagen make headlines today.
Stephen Edelstein