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Germany's Economy Minister wants to spend over $2 billion to promote electric cars.
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Now You Can Ride An All-Electric Raft Down The Colorado River
A tour operator plans to launch an all-electric raft this spring.
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Bolt EV Details, Chrysler Plug-In Minivan, VW Blunders, Detroit Show: The Week In Reverse
Which new and startling function has Tesla added to its electric cars? And, what did GM CEO Mary Barra say flat-out the company won't do? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, January 15, 2016. As we wrote last week, our...
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Most Plug-In Electric Car Sales, 2017 Ford Fusion Hybrid, Panasonic Funds Gigafactory: Today's Car News
BYD, Ford, and Tesla make headlines today.
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Panasonic Commits $1.6 Billion For Tesla Battery Gigafactory
Panasonic's president says the company will invest $1.6 billion in the Tesla Gigafactory.
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2017 Ford Fusion Hybrid, Energi: Software Tweaks For Drivability Improvements
The 2017 Ford Fusion, unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show, enters its fifth model year with what the industry calls a mid-cycle refresh: a few styling updates, some new standard equipment, and changes to trim levels. The mid-size sedan's hybrid and plug-in hybrid models too benefit from those...
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Five years after the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt first went on sale, plug-in vehicles represent slightly less than 1 percent of U.S. new-car deliveries. With about 200,000 sold, the Leaf is the world's most popular electric car. But which carmaker sold the most cars with plugs last year, worldwide? The answer may surprise you. DON'T MISS: China Built 25,000 Electric Cars & Plug-In Hybrids In June 2015 Alone First, the known suspects: BMW, Ford, GM, Nissan, and Tesla. BMW said it sold "around 30,000" of its i3 and i8 in 2015, globally. Ford's plug-in hybrid Fusion and C-Max Energi models...
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Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, Electric Models To Be Sold In 50 States
The Hyundai Ioniq will be sold in all 50 states, but not at every Hyundai dealer.
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2017 Volkswagen e-Golf To Get Range Boost Above 100 Miles
Battery-cell improvements will yield greater range, the company's electronic-development boss says.
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VW Diesel Scandal Deepens, Audi Q8 h-Tron Concept, Electric-Car Competition: Today's Car News
Audi, Nissan, and Volkswagen make headlines today.
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VW Deepens Diesel-Scandal Woes With Denials, Confrontation, Muddled Messages
By this point, the principles of corporate crisis-management communications are pretty well established. A company with a looming PR catastrophe needs to respond immediately, keep one trustworthy and high-level executive in front of the cameras, repeatedly promise the company will make good, and...
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Best Deals On Hybrid, Electric, Diesel Cars For January 2016
These are the best deals on green cars for January 2016.
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Hot on the heels of the all-electric Audi e-Tron Quattro Concept it revealed last fall, VW Group's luxury brand Audi has released a second iteration of the same concept. This one still has all four wheels powered by electric motors, but the electricity to run them comes not from a large battery pack but a hydrogen fuel cell. The orange Audi h-Tron Quattro Concept debuted at this week's Detroit Auto Show, following the unexpected reveal of the conventionally powered Audi A4 Allroad wagon. DON'T MISS: Audi e-Tron Quattro Concept: 2018 Electric Car Previewed At Frankfurt Motor Show UPDATE: This...
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Toyota Asks Some Of CA's 8 Mirai Dealers To Hold Off Deliveries
Toyota is asking some California dealers to stop Mirai deliveries until more fueling stations open.
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Renault-Nissan CEO Ghosn Welcomes Bolt EV, More Electric-Car Competitors
Nissan embraces more electric-car competition.
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2017 Hyundai Ioniq: More Photos, Details Of Hybrid Model (UPDATED)
The 2017 Hyundai Ioniq will debut first as a hybrid.
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GM Won't Fund CCS, VW TDI Fix Rejected, Electric-Car Tax Credits: Today's Car News
General Motors and Volkswagen make headlines today.
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Honda To Cooperate With GM On Plug-In Hybrid Technology?
Honda and General Motors will reportedly cooperate on plug-in hybrid powertrains.
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For half a century, California has been at the forefront of reducing emissions and cleaning up air pollution. And the state has made breathtaking progress since the days of early-Seventies technicolor photochemical smog alerts. But then bad things happen--and a leak at a single natural-gas well shows how much damage can be done to air quality by hydrocarbon extraction. DON'T MISS: Best Use For Abundant U.S. Natural Gas: Powering Electric Cars According to Reuters, in an article published two weeks ago, an uncontrolled leak at the Aliso Canyon storage field is emitting 50,000 kilograms...
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GM Won't Fund CCS Fast-Charging Sites For 2017 Chevy Bolt EV
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV has received largely positive reviews for the production version unveiled last week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And as the first affordable 200-mile electric car, expected to go on sale before the end of this year, it will likely reset consumer...
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California Rejects VW Diesel Fix Plan: 'Gaps,' 'Lacks Detail'
The California Air Resources Board rejected Volkswagen's plan to modify 2.0-liter diesel cars.
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Tesla 'Summons,' Kia Niro Hybrid, FCA CEO Electric-Car Skepticism: Today's Car News
We have news from Chrysler, Kia, and Tesla today.
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Creeping Toward KITT? Now Tesla Can Be Summoned And Park Itself (Video)
Tesla Motors continue to add self-driving capabilities to its Model S electric car at a breathtaking pace, and the company announced yet more this past Sunday. This latest software upgrade, Version 7.1, has been eagerly awaited by Model S owners whose cars were built since August 2014. The new...
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Experimental Electric Wing: Lower-Carbon Airplane Research
NASA is testing a propulsion concept that uses wing-mounted electric motors.
Stephen Edelstein