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An Austrian taxi driver claims to have logged 1 million kilometers in his Toyota Prius.
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Consumer Reports: Used Nissan Leafs Can Be A Good Value
Used Nissan Leaf prices are very low right now, Consumer Reports says.
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Tesla Gigafactory Growth, Carbon-Aluminum Wheels, Polestar Plug-In Hybrids: Today's Car News
Tesla and Volvo make headlines today.
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Urba Centurion: Building Your Own 128-MPG 1970s Diesel Sports Car
The Urba Centurion is a 1970s kit car that can still be built today.
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Volvo Leads Plug-In Hybrid Sales In Europe, Higher-Power Polestar Plug-Ins Coming
Volvo will buy its performance partner Polestar, and set it to work building hot-rod plug-in hybrids.
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Wheels Combine Carbon, Aluminum For Strength, Lighter Weight
Two German companies plan to market carbon-aluminum hybrid wheels.
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Tesla may be planning to expand its Gigafactory before work is even completed.
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Tesla Sales, Toyota Mirai Signup, BlueIndy Controversy: Today's Car News
Tesla and Toyota make headlines today.
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BlueIndy Electric Car-Sharing Parking Spaces Fought By Indianapolis Businesses
It always seemed unlikely, but the BlueIndy electric-car sharing program is getting closer to its rollout in the Midwestern city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The French-made Bollore BlueCar electric two-seaters are closer to arriving, and groups of Level 2 charging stations are popping up at curbsides...
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Tesla Model S Outsold Nissan Leaf In U.S. During Q1: Report
It's one of the great frustrations for journalists in reporting on electric cars: Tesla Motors refuses to release its monthly deliveries of cars, unlike every other legitimate automaker. The company now gives a global sales total every quarter, but that doesn't help in adding accurate U.S. sales...
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Toyota Sienta Hybrid MPV (Small Minivan): Forbidden Fruit Or Bizarre Oddity?
Toyota redesigns a minivan oddity for its home market.
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Washington State Caps Electric-Car Incentives At $35K Price, Hitting Tesla, BMW
Washington will continue to exempt electric cars from sales tax, but only if they cost less than $35,000.
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Toyota will begin accepting applications for the 2016 Mirai July 20.
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2012 Chevrolet Volt Racks Up 250,000 Miles, One-Third Electric, Rest At 39 MPG
An Ohio owner claims to have covered nearly 250,000 miles in his Chevy Volt.
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Elio Motors Funding, 2016 Lexus ES Hybrid, Ethanol From Carbon Monoxide: Today's Car News
Elio Motors and Lexus make headlines today.
Stephen Edelstein -
Belgian Steel Plant: We'll Make 50,000 Tons Of Ethanol From Byproduct
Steelmaker ArcelorMittal plans to install equipment that converts carbon monoxide into ethanol.
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Elio Motors Raises $22 Million From Small Investors, Still Needs $130 Million More
As one website put it--in a piece tagged to lure Tesla Motors fans--Elio Motors is "the other automotive startup" to which those fans should presumably pay attention. But even Tesla CEO Elon Musk hasn't proposed "crowdsourcing" his product-development funds. Given that Elio now seems to have raised...
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For Electric Car Standards, China And U.S. Work Together On Regulations
Automotive standards--the explicitly detailed regulations that specify how a car must operate, what equipment it must or must not have, and a whole lot more--govern the design of vehicles sold around the world. And different countries and regions often have long-established standards that directly...
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The 2016 Lexus ES 300h gets a styling update and some added technology features.
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Plug-In Electric Cars & Politics In Canada: Taking The Pulse
Factoring in likely June sales volume from Tesla and others, it's likely that about 2,500 plug-in electric vehicles were sold in Canada in the first half of 2015. This implies sales are running about level with the roughly 5,000 plug-ins sold in the country last year. With incentives in British...
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UPDATE: Tesla Superchargers Still Free In China; Fees On Sign Apply To Private Charger
Tesla Motors is head and shoulders above any other electric-car maker in providing a network of charging stations for its drivers to use during their travels. It's best known for its Supercharger DC quick-charging sites, but it also provides lower-power "destination chargers" at hotels and other...
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2016 Fiat 500 Updates Include Uconnect Touchscreen, Styling Tweaks
The 2016 Fiat 500 will make its public debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Craving Teslas, BMW On Hydrogen, Old-Car Gas Mileage Myths: The Week In Reverse (Video)
What do Russia and Texas turn out to have in common? And, how many electric cars did China build, just in June alone--and why isn't it quite as major as it sounds? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, July 10, 2015...
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Second Tesla Gallery, Service Center Opening This Weekend In Houston
Tesla will open a second gallery in a state where it can't legally sell cars.
Stephen Edelstein