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Here are the best deals on green cars for March 2016.
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2017 Mercedes S 550e plug-in hybrid to get wireless charging
The Mercedes-Benz S 550e plug-in hybrid will get wireless charging as part of an upcoming refresh, an executive says.
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VW values, sales continue to fall as U.S. CEO leaves abruptly
Another shoe dropped yesterday in the continuing Volkswagen diesel-emission cheating scandal, as VW Group of America announced the immediate departure of its president and CEO Michael Horn. With the scandal now approaching its six-month anniversary, values of used Volkswagen TDI diesels continue to...
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Tesla Model S electric-car racing series to launch next year
Some car fans don't connect with racing series because their purpose-built, open-wheel race cars bear no resemblance to anything they see on the street. And perhaps the same could be said of today's Formula E circuit of electric-car races across the globe. But how about a race series exclusively...
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BMW Vision Next 100, VW diesel delay, Maserati Levante plug-in hybrid: Today's Car News
We have news from BMW, Maserati, and Volkswagen today.
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Electric cars in Canada: 6 good-news events for buyers, drivers
Canadian electric-vehicle policy seems to be enjoying its own annus mirabilis, or "wonderful year," during 2016. While "a journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step," plug-in proponents could be forgiven for wanting to advance more than a step at a time. Here, then, are a half-dozen recent...
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The Maserati Levante plug-in hybrid will borrow powertrain components from the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid.
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Daimler to spend $500 million on electric-car battery factory
As global automakers gear up to produce higher volumes of plug-in electric cars, their battery strategies vary. Some buy in both lithium-ion cells and complete battery packs, some purchase cells but design and assemble them into packs in-house, and some own part of the cell maker. Now Daimler has...
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VW delayed on diesel cheating to try to cut deal with regulators, lawyers say
Volkswagen delayed the announcement of its diesel cheating because it hoped to cut a deal with regulators.
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BMW marks 100th birthday with autonomous, zero-emission concept
BMW is now a century old. To celebrate, the brand has unveiled a concept car that emits nothing from its tailpipe and can drive itself. The automaker hasn't said just how the Vision Next 100 concept manages to go emission-free, but it did talk a lot about the car's exotic materials and...
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Leaf for $8,500, tax on Tesla, 300K miles on Volt: Today's Car News
We've got lots of stories on infrastructure today.
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Durable 2012 Chevrolet Volt: 300,000 miles, no battery loss
One of the biggest worries about electric cars--and hybrids for that matter--is whether their expensive high-voltage battery packs will last the life of the car. If not, potential buyers worry, they may be saddled with thousands of dollars of cost in years to come. The evidence on hybrids is...
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The once-humble Honda Civic has been a mainstay of the carmaker's lineup in the United States for nearly 40 years. But never before has it been so aspirational inside, outside, and underneath. This year, the Civic's makeover was intense, to say the least. Shedding its ugly duckling looks for a chic, Honda Insight-inspired fastback shape, the latest 2016 Civic has grown up and gotten larger--except in the engine compartment. Gone, at least for now, is last year's Civic Hybrid and its combined 45-mpg EPA rating. For 2016, the Honda Civic offers a choice of engines: a 2.0-liter four-cylinder in...
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Singapore levies carbon tax on used Tesla for electricity to recharge it
A businessman and electric-car fan who imported a Tesla Model S into Singapore has had to pay an additional emission tax on the zero-emission luxury car. While the Tesla runs solely on batteries and has no tailpipe from which to emit anything, the island state levied the tax to reflect the annual...
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New diesel Audi SQ7: electric turbo, 48-volt electrics aid efficiency
Given the diesel scandal lingering over Volkswagen's operations, it might come as a surprise that Audi has unveiled a new, high-performance flagship crossover powered by the controversial fuel. But the new SQ7 brings to the table much more than just a high-power 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged diesel...
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Tesla Model S P100D, electric car as fuel station, hybrid Firebird via Prius V: Today's Car News
We've got lots of stories on infrastructure today.
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Next top-level Tesla Model S to be P100D, says software hacker
Perhaps no car company today is as good at the extended tease as California electric-car maker Tesla Motors. Whether it's tweets from CEO Elon Musk, fervent fan speculation on few facts, or mainstream-media coverage based on incomplete knowledge and misunderstanding, the tiny carmaker gets huge...
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Prius V power plus Pontiac pony car equals...Firebird Hybrid!
What would be your ultimate Toyota Prius hybrid? Maybe a convertible version? One that brings fond memories of bygone performance to middle-aged friends and neighbors? An Ohio man is now in the process of building what might become the ultimate Toyota Prius—at least for muscle car...
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The Federal government's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy said last week that it has made huge strides toward creating a next generation of batteries for energy storage. The agency is tasked with kickstarting energy-related projects in the private sector; its director suggested that the new technologies could be on the market soon. ARPA-E director Ellen Williams said the agency has funded several high-risk battery projects that utilize newer technology than Tesla's Powerwall batteries, which store energy gleaned from solar panels. DON'T MISS: California Takes The Lead In Using...
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Borgward SUVs' Geneva debut: new plug-in hybrids, old German name, Chinese owners
Borgward is hardly a household name anywhere, but the recently-revived automaker hopes that its new plug-in hybrids will make it a hit in China's still-growing new car market. At this week's Geneva Motor Show, Borgward debuted a pair of crossovers christened BX5 and Projekt BX6 TS. The Geneva...
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Plug-in electric car sales in Canada, February 2016: Volt Valentine
Chevy's 102 Volt sales may have led the Canadian plug-in electric vehicle market in February, and bring its national total to 5,611 units. As it happens, this is a mere 103 units away from Nolan Ryan's major league baseball strikeout record of 5,714. Up slightly from January's 94 sales, this was...
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Nissan: your electric car is the fuel station of the future (video)
Nissan believes future electric cars will be more connected to grid infrastructure.
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Hyundai Ioniq lineup, Geneva's green debuts, Leaf 2G update, nervous Nevada: The Week In Reverse
Which startup company is making the state of Nevada nervous right about now? And, what vehicle did we consider to be the most important new entry at this week's Geneva Motor Show? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, March 4...
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VW to release diesel cheating report by end of April, annual meeting to come June 28 (UPDATED)
Volkswagen will release the results of its internal diesel-cheating investigation at its annual shareholder meeting April 21.
Stephen Edelstein