Green Car News
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Fisker Automotive is slowly returning. A new website isn't the be-all and end-all of a company back on the right track, but the new site is the first sign of stirring life within the company under its new owner, Wanxiang America, the U.S. arm of China's largest auto-parts firm. It's also slick, hopeful, and remarkably candid about the company's rocky history. What's clear is that the Karma will apparently be returning virtually untouched, with the same dramatic styling as before. And the same logo, contrary to expectations. Hopefully though, Wanxiang will see fit to fix the quality issues...
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Cadillac ELR Wasn't Originally Used In 'Provocative' Ad
In general, getting people talking about your ad is a good way to get people talking about your car. In the case of "Poolside"--an ad for the 2014 Cadillac ELR range-extended electric luxury coupe aired during the Oscars and the Sochi Olympics--however, not all the talk has been favorable. MORE...
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2014 BMW 2-Series Active Tourer: Live Photos From Geneva Show
Let's get any confusion out of the way: The new BMW 2-Series Active Tourer is completely unrelated to the new BMW 2-Series. BMW has chosen the name to differentiate the new front-wheel drive hatchback from the 1-Series sold overseas, and partly, we suspect, because 1.5 or 2.5 Series would sound...
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Volkswagen Golf GTE Plug-In Hybrid: Live Photos From Geneva
Let's get the bad news out the way first: The Volkswagen Golf GTE won't be coming to the U.S. For whatever reason, VW has decided that American customers don't want a 200-horsepower plug-in hybrid Golf, with stylistic touches cribbed from the sporty GTI. Maybe it's not too bad--VW does after all...
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2015 Jeep Renegade - Tiniest Jeep Yet Unveiled In Geneva: Video And Live Photos
It's often said that Jeep is the most valuable part of Chrysler, and the renewal of the legendarily tough utility brand's range is now well underway, courtesy of new owner Fiat. Introduced today at the Geneva Motor Show, the newest model is also its smallest modern-day vehicle ever: the 2015 Jeep...
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2014 Cadillac ELR: Gorgeous, Too-Pricey Electric Luxury Coupe
Let's get one thing out of the way up front: The 2014 Cadillac ELR is rather more than a "tarted-up Volt," in the words of more than one commentator. It's a quiet, smooth, adequately powerful and very stylish coupe with a luxurious interior, and it runs on GM's most advanced range-extended electric...
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Cadillac, Nissan, and Rinspeed make headlines today.
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Replacing 2003 VW Jetta TDI: What Non-Gasoline Car Should He Pick?
Tell us what car you would replace this Volkswagen Jetta TDI with.
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2015 Nissan Juke Unveiled In Geneva: Live Photo Gallery
Nissan spent most of last week teasing images of the 2015 Juke in a frustrating social media campaign. All we really wanted to know was whether the Juke had lost its characterful--if divisive--styling. The good news (or bad news, depending on how much you like the Juke) is that it's lost none of...
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Rinspeed XchangE: Tesla-Based Autonomous Car Live Photos
One does not simply buy a Rinspeed car. They have no easily-accessible showrooms, and all of their vehicles are one-offs. Instead, they provide endless mirth at major auto shows like that ongoing in Geneva, with vehicles like the autonomously-driven XchangE. It is of course based on the Tesla Model...
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Tesla Europe Plans, Hyundai Intrado Fuel Cell, Subaru Viziv-2 Hybrid: Today's Car News
We've got several green-car debuts from the 2014 Geneva Motor Show today.
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MINI Clubman Concept: Live Photos From Geneva Motor Show
MINI's existing Clubman model is an acquired taste, but the Clubman concept launched at Geneva may find a few more fans. It loses the abrupt wagon layout and unusual suicide-style side door, and in its place you get a proper four-door vehicle with better rear passenger space and a larger load area...
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Tesla Motors will add more service centers, stores, and Supercharger stations in Europe this year.
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Renault Twingo Live Photos: Smart Forfour Partner Launched At Geneva
The car you see here, the Renault Twingo, will not be sold in the U.S. A car like it will be, though--Smart's next Forfour, and indeed the two-seat Fortwo, have been co-developed with the French brand, so there'll be plenty of similarities between the two. Renault's version of the car is a...
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2015 Kia Soul EV: 'Recharge Your Soul' Video Kicks Off Marketing
The first 2015 Kia Soul EV electric cars won't reach U.S. dealers until sometime between July and September, and then only in selected regions (for which read "California"). But the company has already started some lowkey marketing, with yesterday's release of a YouTube video titled, "Recharge Your...
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Next Mazda 2: Hazumi Concept Live Photos From Geneva Show
Don't be fooled by the title. It may well read "Mazda Hazumi concept", but Mazda has played this game before. Just as Minagi begat Mazda CX-5 and Takeri begat Mazda6, the Hazumi is essentially the next-generation Mazda2. As you can see from our live Geneva Motor Show photos, the Hazumi--and...
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Plug-In Electric Car Sales For Feb: Leaf Up, Volt Down (Tesla Unknown As Usual)--FINAL UPDATE
Analysts worried that winter weather would put a crimp in U.S. new-car sales last month, but one electric car racked up record February sales: the Nissan Leaf. Leaf sales of 1,425 cars in February were a record for the month, more than double the 2013 total of 653 February sales (the numbers for...
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Subaru Viziv-2 Concept: Geneva Motor Show Live Photos
Last year, Subaru used the Geneva Motor Show to launch the Viziv concept, a diesel-hybrid crossover with a sleek coupe silhouette. This year, the Viziv is back--but Subaru has updated it with all-new styling. Viziv-2 might be an unimaginative name, but the crossover is Subaru's latest take on the...
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Hyundai's Intrado concept--a fuel cell crossover unveiled at Geneva--is the first Hyundai to be designed under the watchful eye of Peter Schreyer, and it really shows. Schreyer was previously head of design at Kia, and transformed the maker's lineup. On the motor show stand, the Intrado really works. There's a coherence to the design we've not seen from Hyundai's other products, and if the Intrado begets a production version, you'd not hear us complaining. The Intrado has been designed, in Hyundai's words, as a vision of how to meet future mobility needs. To that end it's powered by a fuel...
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2015 Jeep Renegade, Tesla Prototype Testing, Peak Car: Today's Car News
Jeep and Tesla make headlines today.
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Is This A Tesla Model S AWD Prototype Caught Testing? (Video, Photos)
It's long been expected that sooner or later, the Tesla Model S electric sport sedan will be offered with all-wheel drive. Now, two different Tesla fans have captured photos and video of what appears to be a prototype test vehicle with external instrumentation driving around the San Francisco Bay...
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Does 'Peak Car' Mean 100 Million Vehicles A Year, Forever?
Analysts believe "Peak Car" may arrive in the next decade, permanently capping sales at 100 million per year.
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How Financial Analysts (And Many Others) Misunderstand Tesla's Competitors
Startup electric-car maker Tesla Motors and its sleek Model S luxury sport sedan have generated more media coverage over the last three years than many well-established car companies. But at least some of that coverage is woefully, hilariously out of touch with the actual world of real people...
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Sulfur In Gasoline To Fall By Two-Thirds In 2017 To Cut Emissions
New emissions standards will reduce the amount of sulfur in gasoline to 10 ppm.
Stephen Edelstein