Green Car News
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Coal, electric cars, and ethanol make headlines today.
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E85 By The Numbers: One Station In 50 For One Car In 20
The number of E85 fueling stations has grown significantly over the past few years, but they're still few and far between.
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Mercedes S-Class Electric Car Could Follow Plug-In Hybrid
So far, Mercedes' exploration of electric vehicles has been fairly diverse. It started, logically, with the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive. But then it jumped to the other end of the scale with the SLS AMG Electric Drive supercar. The next stop could be the Mercedes S-Class luxury sedan, as the...
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Proposal: Buy Out, Shut Down U.S. Coal Industry For $50 Billion
Give Felix Kramer credit for thinking big. Twelve years ago, he and others founded CalCars, a group dedicated to promoting plug-in hybrid vehicles with large battery packs--and built the world's first plug-in Prius hybrid. Now he and coauthor Gil Friend have published an audacious proposal to buy...
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Electric-Car Coloring Book By Irked Tesla Employee Explains It All For You
As any electric car owner will know, there are still some surprising misconceptions about electric cars out there. One Tesla employee, annoyed at being asked the same questions over and over about electric cars--with the occasional ludicrous question thrown in--has created a coloring book about...
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Tesla In NJ, 2015 BMW i8 Specs, Rolls-Royce Plug-In Hybrid: Today's Car News
BMW, Rolls-Royce, and Tesla make headlines today.
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Honda hopes to encourage suppliers to use CNG for their delivery vehicles.
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NJ Hearing Today Could Ban Tesla Stores In State; Electric-Car Maker Cries Foul
New Jersey may become the latest state to ban Tesla's company-owned stores.
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Rolls-Royce Considers Plug-In Hybrid Luxury Sedan
In theory, electric power is perfect for Rolls-Royce. What better source of propulsion than a quiet electric motor, for a company that strives for ultimate refinement? In practice though, Rolls-Royce customers weren't keen on the range and charging limitations of the 102EX concept the company...
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2015 BMW i8 Production Starts, Final Specs Released For Plug-In Hybrid Supercar
The 2015 BMW i8 is one of this year's most eagerly-anticipated cars, but there's not long to wait now as the first examples begin to roll from the production line. The German automaker has also confirmed final specification details for the European market, including its official performance and...
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2015 Honda HR-V: Name For New Subcompact Crossover Based On Fit?
With the 2015 Honda Fit now in production at a new factory in Mexico, the all-new version of that hatchback will be the first in a series of subcompacts launched by Honda over the next few years. Another is a small crossover utility vehicle, unveiled at last fall's Tokyo Motor Show and dubbed the...
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Feds Block Purchase Of Chinese BYD Electric Buses In Long Beach
A lack of documentation when BYD was first awarded its $12.1 million contract could jeopardize the entire program.
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Hybrid cars, electric buses, and plug-in crossovers make headlines today.
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'Quietest, Slowest' Comparison Ever: 6 Electric Cars Tested By Car And Driver
Oh, to have the resources available to Car and Driver, which published in its March issue a lengthy comparison test among six battery-electric cars. They are the Chevrolet Spark EV, Fiat 500e, Ford Focus Electric, Honda Fit EV, Nissan Leaf, and Smart Electric Drive Cabrio. MORE: Electric Cars'...
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Audi's Traffic Light Recognition Tech Will Save You Gas, Time
Taking the average passenger car and making it more efficient is the combination of dozens of factors from engine technology to aerodynamics to more extreme measures like hybridization. But some factors you just can't control, like traffic, weather and the changing of traffic signals. ALSO SEE: Is...
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Five Green Cars We Can't Wait To Drive
The green car scene has never had more variety than it does today. You could, if you wanted to, walk into a dealership today and buy regular gasoline and diesel cars, natural gas vehicles, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles and soon, hydrogen cars. And there are plenty more on the horizon...
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Honda: Hybrids For Bigger Cars Now That Insight Is Going Away
Scrambling to do a bit of damage control after news broke last month that production of its Insight hybrid will end this year, Honda issued a press release touting its renewed commitment to hybrid technology. The death of the Insight model begged the question, what about the tiny two-seat CR-Z...
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Small, Obscure, Green Cars At The 2014 Geneva Motor Show
Major manufacturer launches are only one part of the annual Geneva Motor Show. Tear yourself away from the glitzy stands and the smiling girls who recline against the newest launches, and a host of smaller companies showing eco-friendly concepts is always present. This year, several companies stole...
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Well, it's now been a year since I took delivery of my dark green 2013 Tesla Model S with the 60-kilowatt-hour battery. After almost four years of waiting, those first days after delivery were euphoric. As I recall, the words "greatest freaking car in the entire freaking Universe" (or thereabouts) passed my lips on several occasions during the honeymoon period. But my view has become, shall we say, more nuanced after 365 days and 15,243 miles of of blizzards, bird droppings, heat, cold, glitches, groceries, dogs, road trips, drag races, Superchargers, traffic jams, service visits, vampire...
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The CA City You've Never Heard Of That's An Electric-Car Epicenter
Fremont is fast becoming a hub for electric cars, and it isn't known for much else.
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California Launches Country's First All-Electric School Bus
Electric school buses can save districts money, and improve children's health.
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The New Fisker, 2014 BMW 2-Series Active Tourer, Quant Electric Limousine: Today's Car News
BMW, Fisker, and a bizarre electric-car concept make headlines today.
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Quant Limousine Concept Pioneers Flow Cell Power Unit At Geneva
The change has been so gradual you'd hardly notice. Rather than huge multi-cylinder or turbocharged engines, the average wild concept car shown at the Geneva Motor Show is typically powered by fuel cells or batteries, these days. Making its debut at the show this year is La Vecchia's Quant...
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LA Apartment Building Offers Free Electric-Car Charging, For Life
A new apartment building is equipped with 20 240-Volt Level 2 charging stations.
Stephen Edelstein