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Miles driven in the first quarter of 2015 were at a record high for that period.
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Sexy BMW i8 Plug-In Hybrid Falls To Sticker Price As Dealer Markups Wane
Any insanely alluring, attractive, enticing car will likely see dealer markups when it first goes on sale. Ask any potential buyer of a new Chevy Corvette or Dodge Hellcat model how much their dealership added to the sticker price for the first ones on the lot. And the same applied as well to the...
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IMF: Fossil Fuels Subsidies Are $5.3 Trillion A Year If Climate Costs Included
Governments incur significant costs from dealing with the effects of fossil-fuel pollution, the International Monetary Fund finds.
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2016 Volvo XC90 T8: First Plug-In Hybrid With 240-Volt Charging Cord
The 2016 Volvo XC90 T8 "Twin Engine" will come standard with an AeroVironment TurboCord charging cord.
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Tesla Door-Handle Failure, Toyota Prius Battery Theft, Nissan Leaf Buyout Incentive: Today's Car News
Nissan, Tesla, and Toyota make headlines today.
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How Much Do Plug-In Hybrids Plug In? Volt Has Most Electric Miles, Data Shows
It's one of the big unknowns about plug-in hybrids: How much do they actually get plugged in? Battery-electric cars have to plug in to remain usable, but plug-in hybrids and range-extended electric vehicles don't. And while some makers--most notably Chevrolet and Ford--happily release data showing...
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There's been a rash of Toyota Prius battery thefts in San Francisco, and speculation that the stolen packs are being peddled as cheap replacement parts.
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Who Drives Electric? Famous Racing Driver Stirling Moss, It Turns Out
Celebrities are always a good way to draw attention to cars. Now the U.K. arm of French carmaker Renault has made a short video about one very well-known driver of its Twizy electric car. That would be none other than Sir Stirling Moss, one of the most famous racing drivers of all time. DON'T MISS...
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2012, 2013 Nissan Leaf Electric Cars Get $5,000 Lease Buyout Credit
Nissan tries to encourage Leaf lessees to take the buyout option.
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Tesla Gigafactory Drone Flyover, CA Plug-In Hybrid Green Stickers, German 'Eco Lane': Today's Car News
Green-car incentives make headlines today.
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German State To Test City 'Eco Lane' For Cleanest Cars, Carpools
Carpool lanes have been an accepted part of the landscape in California for more than 40 years now. But they're less well-known in Europe, where bus lanes have taken priority instead--largely due to pervasive and well-accepted mass transit systems. But now Germany is planning to test the concept of...
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Solar Panels On Dutch Bike Lane Produce More Power Than Planned
SolaRoad says results from six months of operating its prototype bike path are encouraging.
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The 2015 Toyota Prius gets bigger discounts in certain areas of California.
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Will Tesla Powerwall Home Battery Save Money? Cost Calculator Helps You Decide
Determining the economic benefits of home energy storage requires some calculation.
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Tesla Gigafactory: Drone Flyover Shows How Huge It Really Is
The very word "gigafactory" makes Tesla Motors' lithium-ion cell fabrication and battery assembly plant sound quite large. But how huge it actually is can be hard to comprehend. Context is provided by diagrams that compare its planned footprint to, say, the largest building for assembling jetliners...
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2016 Fiat 500X Driven, 2016 Chevy Camaro Turbo Four, Hyperloop Test Track: Today's Car News
Chevrolet and Fiat make headlines today.
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Loses Weight, Adds Turbo Four For Fuel Economy
Muscle-car fans pretty much set the Internet on fire this weekend as news and photos of the redesigned 2016 Chevrolet Camaro coupe emerged. The second generation of the reanimated Camaro pony car has tauter styling, more power, and less weight. All of that adds up to a car with tauter handling that...
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Why LG Chem Leads In Electric-Car Batteries: Materials Science, It Says
The top three battery makers for electric cars today are Panasonic, AESC, and LG Chem. But while Panasonic sells largely to Tesla, and AESC is a joint venture half-owned by Nissan, LG sells its cells to more carmakers than any other battery company. And the secret to that success is LG's expertise...
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The 2016 Fiat 500X drives more like a tall car than a shrunken SUV.
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California Test Track For Elon Musk's Hyperloop To Be Built
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies acquires land for a test track.
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$75,000 Cadillac ELR Coupe Price Was 'Overestimate', Chief Marketer Says
The Cadillac Converj concept, a range-extended electric coupe design, debuted to favorable reviews in January 2009. That was pretty much the last time much went right for the car, which went on sale in December 2013 as the 2014 Cadillac ELR. Now Cadillac's head marketer has admitted that pricing...
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Next Toyota Prius Spied, Tesla Automated Passing, Higher Gas Taxes: Today's Car News
Tesla and Toyota make headlines today.
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Is This The Next Toyota Prius Hybrid Captured On Video?
Video may show a camouflaged prototype of the next-generation Toyota Prius hybrid.
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Used Toyota Hybrid Batteries Repurposed At Yellowstone National Park
Toyota Camry Hybrid battery packs will be used to store power from solar panels at Yellowstone National Park.
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