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General Motors and Tesla make headlines today.
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Tesla Model X, Model 3, Gigafactory: What We Learned On Q1 Results Call
The quarterly earnings call held Wednesday afternoon by Tesla Motors is always a chance to hear how CEO Elon Musk views the operations of his carmaking company. But the call following release of the first-quarter 2015 results was a little different. Roughly two-thirds of the allotted time was spent...
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GM To Fall Short Of 500,000 Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Goal For 2017
General Motors says it won't achieve a previously-set goal for hybrid and electric-car sales.
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2016 Chevy Volt To Get California Carpool Lane Access
Access to the carpool lane in California with only a single occupant has proven to be one of the more effective incentives to get the state's drivers to buy electric cars. The first year and a half of Chevy Volt range-extended electric cars didn't qualify, but Volt sales in California surged once...
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Tesla Model S Drifting Shows Wild Side Of Electric Cars (Video)
See what happens when a Japanese drifting pro gets behind the wheel of a Tesla Model S.
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Tesla Buys Supplier, New Car Fuel Economy, Hybrid & Electric Car Sales: Today's Car News
Fuel economy, sales, and supply chains make headlines today.
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The sales-weighted average fuel economy of new cars and trucks was 25.2 mpg for April 2015.
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Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Apr: Pace Continues Steady: FINAL UPDATE
Sales of plug-in electric cars in April held few real surprises, coming in at about the average rate of previous months. The now-aging Nissan Leaf saw deliveries of 1,553 units last month, bringing the year's total to 5,638 and the total delivered in the U.S. since December 2010 to almost 78,000...
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Green-Car Decline: Combined Hybrid, Electric Sales Started Falling Last June
Hybrid and electric car sales began to decline before gas prices collapsed, new data shows.
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Tesla Acquires Michigan Tool & Die Maker To Boost Electric-Car Production
Tesla acquires an automotive supplier as it seeks to grow electric-car production.
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Toyota Mirai Dealers, Tesla Energy Competitors, Shell's Energy Future: Today's Car News
Tesla and Toyota make headlines today.
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Has Elon Musk Cut Tesla's 2015 Electric-Car Guidance A Bit, Maybe?
After the New York financial markets close this afternoon, Tesla Motors will release its first-quarter financial results and its quarterly letter to shareholders. The company announced last month, just after the close of the quarter, that it had delivered 10,030 Model S electric cars. DON'T MISS...
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With the 2016 Toyota Mirai set to go on sale this October, Toyota has now announced the first eight dealers that will be selling its first production hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle. Four are in Northern California, four in the southern part of the state. Production of the Mirai will be limited to about 3,000 vehicles for the U.S. through 2017. ALSO SEE: 2016 Toyota Mirai: First Drive Of Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Sedan The Northern California dealerships selling the Mirai are San Francisco Toyota, Roseville Toyota, Stevens Creek Toyota, and Toyota of Sunnyvale. In the Los Angeles Basin and environs, the...
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How Shell Oil Sees The Future Of Energy And Vehicle Fuels In 2050
It's always good to understand how the huge global energy industry views the worlds of today and tomorrow. At last month's Shell Eco-Marathon fuel-efficiency competition, sponsor Shell Oil provided seminars for attending journalists to explain how the company views the energy landscape from now...
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Tesla Didn't Invent Home Energy Storage, Has Many Competitors
Tesla will be just one of several companies looking to exploit an expected energy-storage boom.
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Smart ForTwo Recalled For Steering Bolts Issue
About 5,000 2014 and 2015 Smart ForTwo models are being recalled.
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Indian Government Adds Electric-Car Purchase Incentives To Boost Sales
India plans to offer incentives for a wide range of electric vehicles.
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BMW i3 Tear-Down, 2015 Electric Car Sales, Toyota Prius Plug-In Production End: Today's Car News
BMW and Toyota make headlines today.
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With most of the data now in for April sales of plug-in electric cars, it's looking as though the first four months of 2015 aren't seeing notably higher numbers than those of 2014. As always, there's some slop in the numbers because Tesla Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia Motors refuse to break out their plug-in car sales. But the data thus far lead to an interesting question: How will it be received if 2015 electric-car sales only match those of 2014? DON'T MISS: Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Apr: Pace Continues Steady Worse yet, what if they come in slightly lower? We think it's entirely...
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Ford Transit Van Gets Add-In Hybrid Kit For Better Fuel Economy
XL Hybrids unveils a conversion kit for the Ford Transit full-size van.
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Toyota Prius Plug-In Production To End In June; New One Coming Next Year
Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid production will end next month, but a new version won't arrive until next year.
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BMW i3 Tear-Down Videos Show Electric Car's Radical Design
New tear-down videos expose more of the BMW i3 electric car's secrets.
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Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada, Apr 2015: Leaf Likely Leads After Tesla March Madness
The Tesla Model S now owns the record for the most electric car sales in Canada in a single month To borrow from the popular song, Canada's plug-in electric vehicle market in March was "all about that S". Based on registration data, which lags by a month, Tesla sold a whopping 250 Model Ses in...
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2016 Chevy Volt Priced, Used Tesla Model S Electric Cars, 2016 Ford F-150 CNG: Today's Car News
Chevrolet, Ford, and Tesla make headlines today.
Stephen Edelstein