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The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV may be the most eagerly awaited electric car since the original Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt (plus everything Tesla). Its claimed 200-mile range and pre-incentive price of $37,500 will make it unique if it launches this December as expected. And there's been much press coverage of whether or not the Bolt EV will compete with the Tesla Model 3--and what that will mean if so. DON'T MISS: Tesla A 'Fringe Brand': Former GM Product Czar Bob Lutz: Video (Sep 2014) A mass-market, apple-pie brand like Chevy doesn't appear to be a natural competitor for a tech-forward luxury...
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Eccentric British Maker Morgan To Add Hybrids To All Models
Morgan is investing $8.5 million to develop hybrid and electric powertrains.
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When Electric-Car Incentives Return: British Columbia Case Study
Christmas came in April last year for plug-in electric vehicle proponents in British Columbia, Canada, when the provincial government reinstated its Clean Energy Vehicle purchase-incentive program. Purchase rebates for B.C. buyers of plug-in electric vehicles had ended in February 2014, when the...
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BMW Admits VW Emission Scandal Hurts All Diesel Sales In U.S.
A BMW executive believes the Volkswagen scandal will hurt all U.S. diesel sales.
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Ad-Supported Car Sharing Gives 2 Electric-Car Hours Free In LA
WaiveCar lets users rent a Chevrolet Spark EV for two hours free, and pays for it with ads.
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GM Adds Used Cars To Online 'Shop-Click-Drive' Tool; Buyers Still Finish At Dealer
In almost every state, you can't buy a car online from its maker, owing to language in franchise laws that forbids direct sales, written at the behest of auto-dealer lobbyists. Whether or not that's a good thing, a majority of car buyers now research new cars online well before they ever set foot...
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Ford, Tesla, and Volkswagen make headlines today.
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Ford Energi Plug-In Hybrids: Electric Miles Are Half Of Total
Media days at the Detroit Auto Show two weeks ago contained relatively little new from Ford Motor Company. A lightly updated 2017 Ford Fusion mid-size sedan emerged, as did an F-150 Raptor SuperCrew performance pickup truck. And that was it for product news. Media reports that Ford and Google would...
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How Can VW, Audi Dealers Still Sell Used TDI Diesel Vehicles?
Hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen and Audi owners are now in their fifth month of waiting to find out when and how regulators will approve modifications to their diesel cars. But there's another group that's been affected by VW's diesel-emission cheating scandal: Volkswagen and Audi dealerships...
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Porsche Plug-In Hybrids Selling Well In California
Porsche says its plug-in hybrid models are selling well.
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Leaded Gasoline Taken Off Sale 20 Years Ago This Month
U.S. leaded gasoline sales ceased in January 1996.
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Tesla Model S 'Limited Time' Lease Offered At $698 Per Month
Tesla is offering a new Model S lease deal.
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A spoof film is shot using only a Toyota Prius backup camera.
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VW Diesel Cheating An 'Open Secret' In Engine Group: Report
A German newspaper has reported that the use of "defeat device" software to cheat on U.S. emissions laws was widespread knowledge within the diesel-engine group at Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. And, it said, one whistleblower involved in the deception had alerted a senior manager...
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Obama's Bolt EV Visit, Elio Finances, Tesla Lawsuit, Fuel-Cell Roundup: The Week In Reverse
Who grinned--and who grimaced--while looking over the Chevy Bolt EV 200-mile electric car? And, why did Tesla Motors sue a German supplier that worked on the development of its Model X? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday...
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2017 Honda Clarity Priced, Nissan Leaf Battery Plant, New VW Electric-Car Boss: Today's Car News
Honda, Nissan, and Volkswagen make headlines today.
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Why Isn't The 2016 Chevy Volt A Flex-Fuel Plug-In Hybrid That Can Use E85 Ethanol?
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid has received numerous accolades, including this site's Best Car To Buy 2016 Award. It's better-looking, quicker, quieter, and has a significantly longer all-electric range of 53 miles. It is not, however, certified to use E85, the fuel blend containing 85...
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Future Of '84-MPG' Elio 3-Wheeler Depends On Government Loans
Elio Motos hopes a U.S. Department of Energy loan will provide the funding it needs.
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Nissan said yesterday it will invest £26.5 million ($37.9 million) in its battery plant in Sunderland, England, to produce "advanced" battery cells for the next-generation Leaf electric car. The announcement may end rumors that Nissan would outsource production of lithium-ion cells and perhaps even battery packs for the next Leaf to giant Korean maker LG Chem. Nissan Europe's press release, however, did not offer specifics of the cell chemistry--and it did not mention current cell supplier AESC, Nissan's lithium-ion cell joint venture with Japanese computer giant NEC. DON'T MISS: 2018...
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2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell Priced 'Around $60,000,' CA Launch Before End Of Year
Honda says it will begin leasing the Clarity Fuel Cell in California later this year.
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VW Appoints New Electric-Car Leader From Supplier Continental
Volkswagen hired a Continental executive to oversee its new electric-car development group.
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Obama In Detroit, Audi e-Tron Plant, Diesel 'Defeat Devices': Today's Car News
From President Obama's visit to Detroit to Audi's electric SUV, we have a wide variety of stories today.
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Electric-Car Buyers Expect Battery Upgrades To Be Available
With battery-electric cars now on the market for five years, and perhaps 200,000 on U.S. roads, we now know more about how the cars and their drivers behave in the real world than we did when they first arrived. One learning is that an undercurrent among some electric-car buyers that suggests they...
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The Solar Powered Electric Car From Back In 1960 (Video)
Dr. Charles Alexander Escoffery converted a 1912 Baker electric car to run on solar power.
Stephen Edelstein