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It's rare that a carmaker entirely replaces a car after just three model years, but the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu is remarkable in more ways than that. Chevy will offer a full-hybrid model of the new 2016 Malibu that goes head to head with hybrid mid-size sedans from Toyota, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, and Kia. And GM is using an adaptation of its updated Voltec plug-in hybrid system to do so. DON'T MISS: Is The 2016 Chevy Volt GM's Future Hybrid System In Disguise? (Jan) The 2016 Malibu Hybrid will be the third generation of cars to carry that name, but unlike the previous two, this is not a...
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BMW i8 Plug-In Hybrid Coupe Production Will Double To Meet Demand
BMW is increasing i8 production to cut wait times.
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'Rolling Coal' Fine Would Be $5,000 Under Proposed Illinois Law
Rolling coal may soon be more aggressively punished in Illinois.
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Kia Soul EV To Go On Sale In Five More States By This June
The Kia Soul EV will soon be sold in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii.
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2016 Smart ForTwo Driven, 2016 Chevy Volt In Pre-Production, Tesla Model S Love: Today's Car News
Chevrolet, Smart, and Tesla make headlines today.
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2016 Smart ForTwo: First Drive Of European Version
The 2016 Smart ForTwo minicar will arrive at U.S. dealers this fall. When it does, it will be playing the redemption card every chance it gets. Smart was created to counter the increasing global trend toward urbanization. One way to make cities more manageable is a microcar that fit the needs of...
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Beijing will enact an odd-even license-plate system that will restrict when people can drive.
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Decades Of Promises: 'Dude, Where's My Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car?'
Designing, engineering, testing, producing, and selling cars run by anything other than gasoline engines is hard, expensive, and challenging. Carmakers routinely lose money on the first generation of new technologies--Toyota, for example, with its first-generation Prius hybrid. But while hybrid...
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Tesla Model S Owners Love Their Cars The Most Of Any Owners
A recent customer survey shows owners love their Tesla Model S electric cars.
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Miles Driven Are Rising, But Gas Consumption Continues To Fall
Two new studies claim Americans are driving more, but using less gasoline.
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2016 Chevy Volt In Pre-Production; Prices To Come Next Month
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt was officially unveiled at January's Detroit Auto Show, so there won't be a lot of focus on the new plug-in hybrid with the 50-mile range at this week's New York Auto Show. Instead, it'll be all about the new 2016 Chevy Malibu mid-size sedan, including the new Malibu Hybrid...
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Tesla Courts Japanese Suppliers, Diesel-Loving States, Kia Soul EV Dissuasion: Today's Car News
Kia and Tesla make headlines today.
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Just as diesel fuel isn't available at every single gas station, diesel vehicles are unevenly distributed in the United States. And despite double-digit rises in registration numbers, the preponderance of diesel engines in North America remain in trucks--especially heavy-duty trucks--rather than passenger cars. DON'T MISS: Fewer Gas Stations, But More Diesel Pumps, As Diesel Sales Rise Data provided by IHS Automotive to the Diesel Technology Forum indicates that sales of diesel cars and SUVs rose 13.5 percent last year over 2013. That compares to an increase in overall U.S. vehicle sales of...
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2015 VW Golf SportWagen: Lease On TDI Better Than Gasoline Version
Despite different MSRPs, base versions of the gasoline and diesel 2015 Golf SportWagen cost about the same to lease.
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You Shouldn't Want To Buy A Kia Soul EV, Says Kia Dealer
It's often said that one of the bigger impediments to sales of electric cars is car dealerships. Among plug-in car shoppers, stories abound of salespeople who know little or nothing about electric vehicles, misrepresent their abilities, and aggressively steer shoppers away from them toward gasoline...
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Jobs Are Getting Further From People; That Means More Driving
A new study shows people are driving farther to get to work.
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Tesla urges Japanese Battery Suppliers To Take Gigafactory Risk
Tesla's battery chief says Japanese suppliers need to take greater risks to work with the carmaker.
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GM To Forge Ahead With Electric, Plug-In Hybrid, Other Electrified Vehicles
General Motors is unconcerned about low fuel prices, its battery-development chief says.
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Why did one buyer call visiting his local Chevy dealer "a trip down memory lane"? And what new vehicle launch did we guess right about, way back in January? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, March 27, 2015. Friday we wrote about one car buyer's experience in a Tesla store, and how it compared to the treatment he got while asking about a Chevy Volt at his local GM dealer. Hint: Tesla provided a better experience. But he explains how and why--and what it means for global carmakers as they start to sell electric...
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Tesla Store Helpful, IL Suspends Clean-Car Rebate, Electric-Car Media Myths: Today's Car News
Electric car sales and myths make headlines today.
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The Five Most Ignorant Media Myths About Electric Cars
We spend more time than we probably should in grumbling at media coverage of plug-in electric cars. Journalists try to get it right, in general, but often the specific and complex issues around electric cars, who buys them, and how they're really used get lost or ignored in general reporting. At...
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VW Bus Hybrid That Never Was: The Microbus Prototype Of 1977
A Volkswagen hybrid prototype resurfaces after more than 30 years in obscurity.
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IL Suspends Clean-Car Rebates; GA Tax Credit In Trouble Too; Texas Next?
State tax credits and purchase rebates have proven effective in kickstarting the early market for plug-in electric cars and other green vehicles. But they don't last forever, as buyers in Illinois and Georgia are learning; the Ilinois program has been suspended, and Georgia seems likely to kill off...
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Daimler Unveils SuperTruck; 12-MPG Semi Is More Than Twice As Fuel-Efficient
Daimler exceeded the goal set by the Department of Energy's SuperTruck program.
Stephen Edelstein