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Honda, Scion, and Volkswagen make headlines today.
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2016 Scion iA: Gas Mileage Review Of High-MPG Subcompact Sedan
Gas-mileage ratings are rising every year in virtually every vehicle segment, but most buyers expect smaller cars to deliver the highest numbers of all. That's true, to a point, although minicars like the Smart ForTwo two-seater and the Fiat 500 tend to be rated lower than longer and more...
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Even In 2007, As VW Designed Dirty Diesels, It Said Electric Cars Were The Future
Many journalists tend to have pack-rat tendencies, but sorting out old press kits, files, and magazines can have unexpected rewards. So it was for auto writer John Rettie, who recently uncovered an interesting tidbit in an issue of Driver, the in-house magazine sent out by Volkswagen of America to...
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U.K. Reviews Of 2016 Nissan Leaf: More Range, Higher Price, No More Panache Than Before
The 2016 Nissan Leaf gets mild praise from European reviewers.
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VW Joins Chrysler With 'Dirtiest Tailpipe' After Diesel Scandal Revealed
The Union of Concerned Scientists revises its carmaker emissions rankings in light of the Volkswagen diesel scandal.
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Honda Tests Solar-Powered Electric-Car Charging In Remote Marshall Islands
Honda is testing solar-powered electric-car charging stations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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Honda and Toyota make headlines today.
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'Numerous' Advantages To Laws Mandating Car Dealers, Tesla 'Inconvenient': NADA Chairman
Count on the car-dealer lobbyists of America to keep fighting the good fight on behalf of the state franchise laws that protect their members' businesses by making it illegal for you to buy a car directly from a carmaker. And, for that matter, to throw in comments about the supposed consumer...
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By 2050, Toyota Says It Won't Sell Many Combustion-Engine Cars
Toyota hopes to virtually eliminate carbon emissions from the cars it produces by 2050.
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Electric Car Drivers Love 'Em, But Don't Buy 'Em: Why Leasing Rules
The majority of electric-car drivers lease, rather than buy.
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2016 Honda Civic: First Drive Of New 35-MPG Compact Sedan
The 2016 Honda Civic may be the most radical redesign of the Civic in its 40-plus-year history. The tenth generation of the car that made Honda's reputation, both in North America and around the world, is longer, lower, and wider, with a racy fastback shape and its first mainstream turbocharged...
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Will Next Chinese Five-Year Plan Boost Electric Cars Dramatically?
The Chinese government is expected to enact more electric-car friendly measures in its next five-year plan.
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Which new electric car is generating comparisons to the hated HUMMER? And, what eagerly awaited new green car has had dribs and drabs of information trickling out for weeks now? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, October 16, 2015. Friday, we boiled down Tesla's announcement that it was launching its Autopilot self-driving software to the 60,000 Model S cars that were built with the necessary sensors and wiring. CEO Elon Musk's Wednesday afternoon conference call lasted less than an hour, but it had a lot of...
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Tesla Autopilot, VW Diesel Recall, 2016 Chevy Volt Discounts:Today's Car News
Chevrolet, Tesla, and Volkswagen make headlines today.
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Honda's California HQ Installs 120 Electric-Car Charging Stations (But Sells No Plug-In Cars)
Honda will install 120 electric-car charging stations at its U.S. headquarters.
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EPA: 'Long List' Of Questions On New VW Diesel Software Feature
A couple of weeks ago, Volkswagen seemed confident that it would be just a matter of weeks before it made some simple tweaks and got its 2016 lineup of TDI diesel vehicles certified by the EPA. That was before the existence of a second, and different, piece of software--previously undisclosed by...
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Discounts On Brand-New 2016 Chevy Volt, But Only In A Few Regions
General Motors is already offering discounts on the 2016 Chevrolet Volt.
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Tesla Autopilot: The 10 Most Important Things You Need To Know
Tesla Motors is now rolling out its much-awaited "Autopilot" software for the Model S electric car, and it has revealed a number of things about how the autonomous driving system is intended to work. While an explanatory conference call on Wednesday afternoon lasted less than an hour, Tesla CEO...
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Volkswagen will recall 8.5 million diesel cars in Europe, including 2.4 million in Germany.
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2016 Toyota Prius Specs, Volvo Electric Car, 2016 Zero Electric Motorcycles: Today's Car News
Toyota and Volvo make headlines today.
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Volvo To Sell Electric Car By 2019, More Plug-In Hybrids Before That
Volvo says it will put an electric car on sale by 2019.
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2016 Toyota Prius: Power Outputs, Dimensions, AWD Revealed As Info Trickles Out
Toyota releases more information on the 2016 Prius.
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Report Names Funders Of Anti-Solar-Power Initiatives & Legislation
A new report names utilities and interest groups fighting against the growth of solar power.
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Electric VW, Secret Software, Prius Info, Car Charging Rates: Today's Car News
We've got lots of stories on infrastructure today.
John Voelcker