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Here's everything you need to know about the Tesla Model X electric SUV.
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Five Convertibles With High Gas Mileage: Enjoying Summer Efficiently
Here are five fuel-efficient convertibles.
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2016 Toyota Prius Leaked, Tesla Financials, 2016 Honda CR-Z Updates: Today's Car News
Honda, Tesla, and Toyota make headlines today.
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Tesla May Lose Money Building Electric Cars, Or It May Not
One of the most contentious points in coverage of electric-car maker Tesla Motors is its financial performance. On the one side, analysts and naysayers note that the company continues to lose money. CEO Elon Musk himself has admitted that the company won't turn a profit using Generally Accepted...
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Scotland Launches New Electric-Car Incentive: Interest-Free Loans To Buy
Incentives to purchase zero-emission cars come in a wild variety of types, from California's rebates--essentially a four-figure check in the mail--to single-occupant access to carpool lanes. The U.S. government has a Federal income-tax credit of $2,500 to $7,500 for purchase of a plug-in car that...
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2016 Toyota Prius: Full View Photos Finally Leaked
With the 2016 Toyota Prius scheduled to make its global debut in Las Vegas on the evening of September 8, you had to figure that photos of the car would leak out at some point. And so they have. After years of spy shots of camouflaged Prius development mules, pre-production prototypes, and test...
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Corning hopes its Gorilla Glass could be used to a greater degree in cars.
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2016 Honda CR-Z Hybrid Coupe Soldiers On With Minor Upgrades
Honda unveils a handful of updates for the 2016 CR-Z hybrid in Japan.
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Chinese Electric-Car Sales Booming, But Not Because Buyers Want Them
Chinese electric-car sales are increasing, but buyer demand may not be.
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Renewable Energy Doing So Well That Subsidies Could End: Energy Secretary Moniz
Renewable-energy costs are dropping rapidly, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says.
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Tesla P85D Love, Hydrogen Stations, Electric Hyundai, New Smart ForTwo: The Week In Reverse (Video)
Which green car broke the Consumer Reports new-car rating system? And, what automaker did we hear may be planning an all-electric car before the end of next year? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, August 28, 2015...
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2016 Smart ForTwo: First Drive Of All-New Two-Seat Minicar
The 2016 Smart ForTwo is the first entirely new version of the European two-seat minicar since that vehicle was launched in the late 1990s. And it's a much better car, with more power, a choice of manual or automated transmissions, modern comfort and interior features, and fuel economy that's...
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We've got lots of stories on infrastructure today.
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BMW i3 REx Electric Car: 'Coding' Unlocks Features Owners Want (And May Void Warranty)
The BMW i3 REx model is an unusual beast, the sole example to date of a car built specifically to comply with California regulations that define it as a zero-emission electric car even though it has a range-extending engine. That's because its gasoline range (EPA-rated at 78 miles) is more or less...
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Wheego Electric Cars Fade From Market; China Is The Future, Company Says
With hundreds of thousands of plug-in electric cars from established automakers (and Tesla) on North American roads, most earlier startup carmakers have now largely faded away. One is Wheego Electric Cars, which took the same approach as Coda: Adapt a Chinese-built vehicle with a battery pack and...
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3000-HP Venturi Electric Car At Bonneville: Land Speed Record In One Class, Prior Title Still Stands (UPDATED)
Venturi Automobiles and Ohio State University will return to Bonneville to beat their previous speed record.
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More Tesla Praise, Honda Forbidden Fruit, LG Chem Futures: Today's Car News
We've got lots of stories on infrastructure today.
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Tesla Model S P85D Lauded By Consumer Reports, 'Breaks' Rating System
The Tesla Model S P85D, the highest-performance and most expensive version of the all-electric luxury sedan, has earned even more plaudits and compliments from Consumer Reports magazine. The P85D, in fact, "performed better in our tests than any other car ever has," the publication said this...
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LG Chem could become the world's largest electric-car battery supplier, a new report says.
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Honda BR-V: Smallest SUV Yet, But Not For North America: Forbidden Fruit
The Honda BR-V small crossover will go on sale in Indonesia next year.
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'Fueling' Costs, Hydrogen Station Reliability, Luxury Plug-In Hybrids:Today's Car News
We've got lots of stories on infrastructure today.
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Luxury Plug-In Hybrids May Be A Mistake, Says German Industry Analyst
German luxury carmakers shouldn't pursue plug-in hybrids, an analyst says.
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Gas, Electricity, Hydrogen: How Many Cars Can 'Fuel' And What Will It Cost?
Gas stations are ubiquitous across the world, many with diesel pumps as well, to fuel the more than 1 billion vehicles now roaming the surface of our planet. As regulators get increasingly serious about reducing carbon emissions from transportation, we'll see competing sites for refueling or...
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Electric-Car Driver To Plant Trees In 48 States On Cross-Country Trip
A Nissan Leaf owner plans to drive across 48 states in support of National Drive Electric Week.
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