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BMW hopes to increase sales of both the i3 and i8.
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BREAKING: $75,000 Tesla Model S 70D: AWD, 240-Mile Range Is New Base Version
Leave it to electric-car maker Tesla Motors to spring another surprise on the world. This morning, it announced a brand-new version of the base model in its signature battery-electric luxury sedan lineup. The Tesla Model S 70D is an all-wheel-drive Model S with a 70-kilowatt-hour battery pack...
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Fisker Karma News, 2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid Driven, VW Beetle Hybrid: Today's Car News
Fisker, Porsche, and Volkswagen make headlines today.
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2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid: Gas Mileage Review Of Plug-In Hybrid
The 2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid is a comfortable, relatively fast, and fairly fuel-efficient luxury sport sedan. It's rated at 16 miles of electric range, but we didn't achieve that in cold and snowy upstate New York "springtime" weather. We strongly suspect that very few people who've driven...
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What Future For Coal In The U.S.: Slow Decline Or Faster Retreat?
Coal could remain a significant energy source for decades to come, a new report says.
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VW Beetle Hybrid Prototype Previewed Outside New York Auto Show
A Volkswagen Beetle Hybrid prototype appeared outside the 2015 New York Auto Show.
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The EPA initially asked for higher truck fuel-economy than it actually wanted, a new book claims.
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New Fisker Karma Details May Come As Soon As This Month
The planned relaunch of the Fisker Karma range-extended electric luxury sedan isn't likely to happen until at least the middle of next year. And when it does happen, new owner Wanxiang will probably sell the car under a new brand name: Elux. But we may learn more detail about the phoenix-like...
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2016 Chevy Spark Video, 2016 Lexus RX Hybrid, GA Kills Electric-Car Incentive: Today's Car News
Chevrolet and Lexus make headlines today.
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Elio Motors: First-Ever Auto-Show Press Event In NYC Touts '84-MPG' Three-Wheel Car
Startup automaker Elio Motors put on its first-ever car-show press conference last week, taking the last slot on Thursday's media schedule at the New York Auto Show. Founder and CEO Paul Elio appeared at a simple podium in front of a bright-orange prototype Elio three-wheeled vehicle. He spoke...
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Insult To Injury? GA Kills Electric-Car Incentive, Adds Last-Minute Luxury-Car Tax Break
It hasn't been a particularly good year so far for electric-car purchase incentives. As feared by advocates, last week Georgia passed a highway-funding bill that killed its $5,000 income-tax credit for purchase of a battery-electric vehicles. Illinois suspended its own rebates to close a gaping...
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Patent Fight Erupts Over Next-Generation Electric-Car Battery Chemistry
Companies are engaged in a legal battle over different versions of a battery-cathode chemistry.
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The 2016 Lexus RX 450h was unveiled at the 2015 New York Auto Show.
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Plug-in Electric Car Sales In Canada, Mar 2015: Tesla On Top Again (Most Likely)
As expected, the Tesla Model S was a “three-peat” plug-in electric vehicle sales champion in Canada back in February, with its 48 sales comfortably exceeding those of the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf at 38 apiece. With the electric flagships at Chevy and Nissan again limited to double...
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Georgetown, Texas: Far From Green, But 100 Percent Renewable Energy--Why?
A Texas city converts to renewable energy to save money.
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Tesla Quarterly Sales, BMW i3 On Amazon, Mild-Hybrid Trucks: Today's Car News
BMW and Tesla make headlines today.
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Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Mar: Leaf Surpasses Volt In Total Sales Since 2010: UPDATED
For more than four years, the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt have been the highest-volume plug-in electric cars sold in the U.S. Last month, for the first time in roughly three years, the Nissan Leaf's total U.S. sales surpassed those of the Chevrolet Volt. With March deliveries of 1,817 Leafs...
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Should Heavy-Duty Truck Owners Consider Mild-Hybrid Systems?
Could mild-hybrid systems help improve fuel economy while satisfying owners' demand for low costs?
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Tesla Motors started deliveries of its all-electric Roadster more than six years ago. Since then, the Silicon Valley electric-car maker has released its sales data in various ways at various times, usually only during quarterly earnings reports. Today, the company announced that it would provide quarterly sales numbers just after each three-month period had closed. DON'T MISS: Tesla Transparency On Orders, Sales, Production Fades: Do Owners, Investors Care? Every major carmaker selling in the U.S. reports monthly sales a day or two after the close of each month, but Tesla has never done so...
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Buy An Electric Car Online? In Japan, BMW i3 Is Sold On Amazon
The BMW i3 electric car goes on sale on Amazon.co.jp.
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Plug-In Electric Car Sales, Honda Civic Concept, Fast Chargers At Gas Stations: Today's Car News
Electric cars and concept cars make headlines today.
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Electric-Car Fast Chargers And Gas Stations: A Match Made In Indiana
An Indiana gas-station chain is now operating electric-car charging stations.
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Surprise 2016 Honda Civic Concept At NY Auto Show Previews Production Car
The Honda Civic concept debuting at the 2015 New York Auto Show previews the next-generation production model.
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2016 Chevrolet Malibu, Aston Martin Electric Car, BMW i8 Production Boost: Today's Car News
Aston Martin, BMW, and Chevrolet make headlines today.
Stephen Edelstein