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Early electric-car drivers faced the same infrastructure issues as their modern counterparts.
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Model X Due Date, Sonata Eco, Mercedes Plug-In Hybrid: The Week In Reverse (Video)
Which zero-emission vehicle is so powerful it actually broke the dyno it was being tested on? And, what's the electric range of the latest plug-in hybrid from Mercedes-Benz? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, June 12...
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Fossil Fuel Use Must Plummet By 2050, End By 2100: G7 Meeting
The leaders of the world's largest economies hope to gradually eliminate fossil fuels.
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2016 Mercedes-Benz C350e Plug-In Hybrid: First Drive
While BMW leads the Germans with five different plug-in electric vehicles announced, Mercedes-Benz is close behind with three. A few months ago, we had the chance to drive the 2016 Mercedes-Benz C 350e, the upcoming plug-in hybrid version of the new generation of C-Class luxury sedan. The C 350e...
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BMW Electric SUV, Electric Motorcycle Road Trip, Best Green-Car Deals: Today's Car News
Electric cars and motorcycles make headlines today.
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Best Deals On Hybrid, Electric, Diesel Cars For June 2015
These are the best lease deals on green cars for June 2015.
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The USDA will match state funding of "blender pumps" for ethanol.
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BMW To Build All-Electric Tesla Model X Competitor Too, In U.S.: Report
BMW may build an all-electric SUV in South Carolina.
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Life With Tesla Model S: Local Supercharger Joys & Frustrations
As an early Tesla Model S owner, I’m accustomed to waiting. After putting down a $5,000 deposit in April 2009, I waited nearly four years to take delivery of the car. And then I waited another 18 months for the vast barren Northeast Supercharger Desert to bloom, finally unleashing the...
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Tesla Model S Supercharging, 2016 BMW 740e Plug-In Hybrid, 2015 VW e-Golf Impressions: Today's Car News
BMW, Tesla, and Volkswagen make headlines today.
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Nissan To Continue Sponsoring National Drive Electric Week Through 2017
National Drive Electric Week, the annual event devoted to advocating plug-in electric cars, will be sponsored by Nissan for the next three years, organizers announced today. The Nissan Leaf is by far the highest-production electric car in history, now closing in on 200,000 global sales since the...
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Chevy Bolt EV Prototype Electric Cars Now Testing In Public
When General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced the Chevrolet Bolt Concept, it changed everything in the world of electric cars. She said it would have a battery range of 200 miles, cost $37,500 before incentives--putting it squarely into the mass market--and be sold in all 50 states. Now spy shots...
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The 2016 BMW 740e xDrive debuts with a plug-in hybrid powertrain borrowed from the X5 xDrive 40e SUV.
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Tesla Model X Update, Toyota 'Prius Prime,' Used Electric Cars: Today's Car News
Chevrolet, Tesla, and Toyota make headlines today.
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Used Electric Cars: Which Hold Their Value Best? Which Is Worst?
Used electric cars starting to enter the market in higher numbers, letting advocates suggest that if the purchase price of a new plug-in car is too high, buyers can look at used options. The usual metric of retained-value calculations can be tricky for plug-ins, though because most buyers take...
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Ford EcoSport Small SUV To Arrive In U.S. For 2017 From India?
The Ford EcoSport may be offered in the U.S. after an upcoming facelift.
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Tesla Model X To Arrive In 'Three To Four Months,' Autopilot In Testing: CEO Musk
Whenever Tesla Motors holds a conference call to discuss its financial results, its webcast is mobbed by journalists, financial analysts, and fans. So it was yesterday, when the electric-car maker broadcast its 2015 annual shareholders meeting. As always, a few pieces of news emerged--the most...
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Chevy Impala Natural-Gas Version Delayed By A Year Over Unspecified Concerns
The Chevrolet Impala bi-fuel natural-gas model was delayed over a year, but GM won't say why.
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Volta Industries asked companies that value sustainability to underwrite its charging network.
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Toyota 'Prius Prime' Trademark Registered; What New Hybrid Could It Be?
Trademark filings for model names usually present a mystery. What a carmaker is planning when it registers a specific name can be hard to impossible to ascertain. And so it is with the case of "Prius Prime," a new model name that may expand Toyota's line of Prius hybrids at some point in the...
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Ethanol Politics, Tesla Gigafactory Workers, CA Used Electric-Car Incentive: Today's Car News
Alternative fuels and electric cars make headlines today.
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2015 Hyundai Sonata Eco: Gas Mileage Review
The 2015 Hyundai Sonata Eco is the Korean maker's most fuel-efficient mid-size sedan that doesn't use a hybrid powertrain. And it highlights the two parallel paths that automakers are taking as they work to boost gas mileage ratings to meet steadily rising corporate average fuel economy rules. The...
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Incentive To Buy Used Electric Cars Added For Some California Buyers
Plug-in electric cars can cut the per-mile cost of driving significantly for most U.S. households. But their purchase prices as new cars are still higher than gasoline cars of the same size and segment. That's why Federal, state, and local governments offer an elaborate--and often...
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Bills To Kill Renewable Fuel Law, Ban E15 Ethanol Fuel Likely Doomed
The addition of ethanol to gasoline has now been a political hot potato in the U.S. for more than a decade. Joined by cosponsors from both sides of the aisle, U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte [R-VA] introduced two bills in February that together would eliminate the Renewable Fuels Act passed in...
John Voelcker