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Fifteen years is a short time in the life of the auto industry, just two complete product cycles for the average high-volume vehicle. But by "around 2030," according to Honda's CEO, his company will "strive" to make fully two-thirds of its cars electrified in some way--including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, battery-electric, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. It's an audacious and ambitious goal, though other makers may well have similar plans that they have not publicly disclosed. DON'T MISS: By 2050, Toyota Says It Won't Sell Many Combustion-Engine Cars Last year, Toyota--the world's largest...
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Highest Gas Mileage For The Least Money: We Rate 10 Top Cars
Here's how to get the cheapest gas mileage.
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2016 Geneva Preview, Tesla.com, Daimler CEO On Fuel Cells: Today's Car News
Here are today's green car headlines.
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Volkswagen, EPA Unlikely To Settle Before End Of March: Report
Five months after it first hit the press, U.S. owners of 580,000 diesel vehicles with Volkswagen TDI engines are no closer to knowing how or when their cars will be modified than they were in mid-September. And if a report last week by the Reuters news service is accurate, they have at least...
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Oregon Has More Electric-Car Fast Charging Sites Per Person Than Germany
When talking about electric cars and early adopters, the state of Oregon often seems like the Little Engine That Could. It's the only state to have appointed an Electric Car Czar as a state employee, it started work on the West Coast Electric Highway fully five years ago (California is just now...
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Geneva Motor Show: Green Car Preview
Here are the significant green production and concept cars that will appear at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show.
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As U.S. electric-vehicle advocates are well aware, a handful of states have reduced or killed incentives for plug-in vehicles over the past year, adding some headwinds to sales. Earlier this month, the Canadian province of Ontario took the opposite approach, expanding its plug-in electric vehicle incentive program. It's a welcome tailwind. The new initiative isn't entirely surprising, as the province has burnished its green credentials in recent years, notably phasing out its use of coal. DON'T MISS: When Electric-Car Incentives Return: British Columbia Case Study Premier Kathleen Wynne was...
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Hydrogen Fuel Cells Less Likely Than Electric Cars: Daimler CEO Zetsche
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche believes battery-electric cars have a better chance of succeeding than hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
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Tesla Finally Gets Tesla.com Domain; Could Name Change Follow?
Tesla Motors now owns the domain name "Tesla.com."
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Koch Brothers Target Electric Cars, VW Diesel Penalty, 2016 Honda Civic Coupe MPG: Today's Car News
Honda and Volkswagen make headlines today.
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2016 Honda Civic Coupe: Gas Mileage Equals Sedan's 35 MPG Combined
The 2016 Honda Civic Coupe is expected to achieve 35 mpg combined.
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Koch Brothers Go To War Against Electric Cars, Elon Musk Sighs
The Koch Brothers of Texas have long been bêtes noires to the progressive side of the political spectrum. Now, it appears, the dynamic duo are taking on what they perceive as a threat to their fossil-fuel interests: electric cars. And Elon Musk, CEO of highly visible electric-car maker Tesla...
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A German newspaper has suggested that the Environmental Protection Agency wants Volkswagen to build electric cars at its assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The agency also wants Volkswagen to help build a nationwide network of DC fast-charging sites for plug-in electric vehicles. Those actions would be part of an overall settlement of the VW diesel-emission scandal that erupted last September. DON'T MISS: VW To Release Diesel Cheating Report April 21, Annual Meeting Postponed An unsourced report in the newspaper Welt am Sonntag, as reported yesterday by Reuters, said those steps were...
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Mercedes To Make Executives Drive Plug-In Hybrids Or Electric Cars
Daimler will require its executives to drive plug-in electric cars.
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Revised Volkswagen Up Minicar Gets Turbo Engine, Geneva Motor Show Debut
Volkswagen’s Up! city-car lineup is one of the coolest high-mpg small cars we can’t have, as we described it a few years ago. Now with a host of improvements just announced in advance of the Geneva Motor Show, held early next month, it looks poised to earn its keep as “forbidden...
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Fueled By Battery Boom: A Lithium Rush For Australia's Outback?
Australian lithium miners are counting on increased production of electric cars.
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Bob Lutz On VW, Toy Tesla, Riversimple Rasa Fuel-Cell Car: Today's Car News
Today's news includes Tesla and Volkswagen.
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Tesla Model S Radio Flyer: Ludicrous Mode For Junior
Radio Flyer builds a mini Tesla Model S for kids.
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Bob Lutz says GM engineers were baffled when they examined VW diesel cars.
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Riversimple Rasa: New Details On Super-Light Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car
Riversimple hopes to put its revised hydrogen fuel-cell car on sale by 2018.
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Electric Aston Martin, EPA Emissions Rules, Tesla Factory: Today's Car News
Aston Martin and Tesla make headlines today.
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How California's Recycled Tires Turn Into Smog Over State
Large numbers of tires end up as fuel in Asian factories, creating more pollution.
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Turbine Range-Extended Plug-In Supercar Headed For Geneva Show
A Chinese startup plans to unveil an extended-range electric supercar in Geneva.
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Inside Tesla's Fremont Electric-Car Plant: How Model S, Model X Are Built (Video)
See what Tesla's assembly line looks like.
Stephen Edelstein