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Environmental groups want Mexico to pass tougher emissions standards that have been pending for months.
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The other VW diesel victims: dealers take woes to Wolfsburg
U.S. VW dealers met with company bosses in Germany to talk about fallout from the diesel scandal.
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Tesla Model 3 orders start as buyers wait in line outside stores
Eager buyers have already put down deposits to reserve a Tesla Model 3 in those time zones where Tesla Stores are already open today, including both Sydney and Melbourne in Australia. Meanwhile, lines of Tesla fans and future Model 3 owners are waiting patiently in queues outside dozens of Tesla...
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Tesla mulls Federal suit over state franchise laws banning it from selling electric cars
Coffins made by monks don't often figure into either legal decisions or the electric car industry, but they do at the moment. Tesla Motors is weighing whether to sue in Federal court over various state franchise laws that prohibit it from selling Model S and Model X electric cars online to buyers...
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Tesla Model 3 reservations, FTC VW lawsuit, 2017 Hyundai Ioniq: Today's Car News
We have stories on Hyundai, Tesla, and Volkswagen today.
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BYD electric-car sales may triple this year, Chinese maker says
China's BYD eked out a global victory in electric-car sales last year, selling more plug-in cars than BMW, General Motors, Nissan, Renault, or Tesla. The company delivered nearly 62,000 battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles last year, almost entirely in China. Now, the company projects that...
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The 2017 Hyundai Ioniq made its U.S. debut at the 2016 New York Auto Show.
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How to reserve a Tesla Model 3 at stores and online (updated)
Tesla will begin accepting Model 3 reservations March 31.
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FTC sues Volkswagen for false 'clean diesel' advertising
The Federal Trade Commission alleges Volkswagen deceived consumers with its "clean diesel" advertising.
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2017 Karma: same range, new battery, display updates, low production
The 2017 Karma will relaunch with limited changes, insiders say.
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How to buy an electric-car charging station: buyer's guide to EVSEs
Electric cars all come with a 120-volt charging cable that can charge the battery from a household socket if there are no other options. But sooner or later, most battery-electric car owners will want a 240-volt Level 2 charging station that can recharge the car as much as four times faster. Owners...
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Tesla Model 3 competitors, 2017 Toyota Prius Prime preview, Chevy Volt marketing: Today's Car News
We have news from Chevy and Toyota today.
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The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is the second-generation plug-in hybrid Prius.
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How GM plans to market Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, Bolt EV electric car
Hybrids are pretty well-known at this point, and battery-electric cars are conceptually simple: You plug them in like a mobile phone. But explaining plug-in hybrids to car buyers at large—it's a hybrid, but it also plugs in, but only for double-digit range—has proven to be very hard. As...
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Fiat Chrysler is last Detroit maker to convert cars to use E15
All Detroit automakers now say their cars can run on E15 ethanol.
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Tesla Model 3 specs: what do competitors Audi A4, BMW 3-Series tell us?
See what the Tesla Model 3's likely competition tells us about the new electric sedan.
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VW diesel scandal now 6 months old; what have we learned?
The actual six-month anniversary of the Volkswagen diesel-cheating scandal came 10 days ago, and news has continued to bubble up since then. Most recently, all three parties who must agree on a regulatory settlement (the EPA, the powerful California Air Resources Board, and VW itself) were granted...
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Tesla Model 3 Reservation Agreement, Mitsubishi plug-in delay, Dyson electric car: Today's Car News
We have news from Mitsubishi and Tesla today.
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German automakers, especially the luxury brands, are not necessarily known for humility, modesty, and deference. So for an executive at such a company to acknowledge that a U.S. upstart that didn't exist 15 years ago "did everything right" is remarkable. That's exactly what one Audi executive said of electric-car maker Tesla Motors at a recent conference in Germany. DON'T MISS: Audi e-Tron Quattro Concept: 2018 Q6 Electric Car At Frankfurt Motor Show The gentleman in question was Stefan Niemand, Audi's director of battery-electric vehicles, speaking at the recent Technical Congress held near...
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Sugarcane, modified to produce oil, promises better biodiesel
University of Illinois researchers claim a modified sugarcane plant can produce large amounts of biodiesel.
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Very cheap, low-range electric cars key for China, India: Nissan CEO Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn, who runs automakers Nissan and Renault, is one of the few auto executives who'll regularly take questions from a roomful of more than 100 journalists. At last week's New York Auto Show, many of the questions concerned plans by the Renault Nissan Alliance for more and higher-volume...
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Next Hyundai fuel-cell vehicle to be another SUV
The replacement for today's Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell will be another crossover.
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Dyson electric car plans revealed by U.K. government filings
The U.K. government is helping to fund a Dyson electric-car project, documents reveal.
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Here's the Tesla Model 3 reservation agreement for Thursday
We're pretty much expecting Tesla Model 3 enthusiasm to build to a fever pitch over the coming week. Thursday, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk will reveal the design of the $35,000, 200-mile electric car that the company plans to use to vault itself into sales of hundreds of thousands of cars a year...
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