Green Car News
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The 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel is already getting plenty of attention from truck buyers.
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Mitsubishi's Mini-Motor For Electric Cars Integrates...Well, A Lot
Electric vehicles already offer car designers much greater freedom than internal combustion vehicles, eliminating the need to find space for the rigid shape of an engine, its transmission and its ancillaries. That's not to say electric vehicle packaging can't be improved though, and Mitsubishi is...
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New Mazda Hazumi Concept Is New Mazda 2, Next Toyota Yaris Too
With the new Mazda3, Mazda6 and CX-5 crossover launched over the last few years, you might have forgotten the smaller Mazda2 subcompact even exists. Mazda hasn't forgotten the 2 though, and will unveil a new subcompact concept car at the Geneva Motor Show to point the way to its replacement. Mazda...
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Nissan To Work With Bhutan Toward 'Electric-Car Nation' Goal
The small Asian nation of Bhutan has a very big goal: It hopes to convert the country's vehicles to almost all electric power. Today, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn announced an agreement between the nation and the carmaker to work together toward that goal. Nissan Leaf...
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Volkswagen Golf GTE Plug-In Hybrid: Geneva Motor Show Preview
Volkswagen has released full details of its all-new Golf GTE, a plug-in hybrid model making its debut at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The German automaker has chosen the sporty GTE moniker as a way of tying the model into its GTI and GTD gasoline and diesel sports hatchbacks, but as the 'E'...
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Cadillac ELR Dealers, New Fiskers, 30-MPG Pickup Trucks: Today's Car News
Cadillac, Fisker, and 2015 pickup trucks make headlines today.
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The EPA plans to cut 1.4 billion gallons from its 2014 renewable-fuels target.
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CONTEST: Most Unusual Place You've Charged An Electric Car?
We know electric-car owners will go to extraordinary lengths to plug in and recharge wherever the opportunity presents itself. It may be for just a few minutes--a kilowatt-hour here and there--or it may be overnight. Sometimes even longer. MORE: Electric-Car Drivers Charge Anywhere; Check Out These...
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Pickup Truck Gas Mileage, 2015 And Beyond: 30 MPG Highway Is Next Hurdle
This year, the big hurdle for pickup-truck gas mileage was 20 miles per gallon combined--and two trucks made it. For 2015, the bar has been raised: The next race is to see which full-size pickup can attain a rating of 30 mpg on the highway portion of the EPA test cycle. MORE: Diesel Pickup Trucks...
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Ominous Sign For 2014 Cadillac ELR: Half Of Dealers Turn It Down
Sales of Cadillac's ELR range-extended luxury coupe are... well, they're not high right now. But that's okay, since Cadillac hasn't set itself huge targets for the Volt-based coupe. It's a niche product, not a volume model. Less okay is that nearly half of the brand's dealers have decided not to...
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Obama Tells EPA To Set Next Heavy-Duty Truck Fuel-Efficiency Rule
The Obama Administration wants stricter truck fuel-economy rules to replace the current standards, which expire in 2018.
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New Fiskers Will Have V-8s OR Batteries, Wanxiang Says
If lithium-ion batteries are "the heart of Fisker," according to new owner Wanxiang, then what does it say is "the soul of Fisker"? That would be the VL Destino, a version of the Fisker Karma range-extended electric luxury sedan with no batteries, electric motors, or plugs at all. MORE: Who's Still...
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BMW and Ford make headlines today.
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China Buys More Cars, But U.S. Trounces It In Plug-In Cars
China represents a huge, and growing, market for new car sales. But when it comes to choosing greener cars, the country lags far behind the U.S., with electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales lower than those of many individual states, let alone the whole country. The China Association of...
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Fees Start April 1 On WA Electric Highway: Same Price As Gas?
All good things must come to an end--and it seems that applies to free DC quick-charging for electric cars along the Northwest's innovative Electric Highway. For the past year or more, the CHAdeMO quick-charging stations in Oregon and Washington states have offered free recharging under the...
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2015 Ford Expedition EcoBoost: Giant SUV Gets Smaller Engine
The 2015 Ford Expedition full-size SUV will be offered exclusively with a 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6.
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BMW's Toughest Task: Training Its Dealers On i3 Electric Car
Early adopters, ecology-minded citizens and, increasingly, drivers who want very low running costs are now buying plug-in electric cars. That much we know. But many have reported frustrations at the dealership, from a lack of interest to salespeople who actively steer them away from electrics...
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GM Pickups To Have Aluminum Bodies Too, But Four Years Behind Ford
It's long been known that aluminum is an effective way of reducing the weight of vehicles, but Ford's adoption of the metal for its 2015 F-150 truck has finally spurred others into action in the pickup class too. General Motors has recently secured contracts with aluminum suppliers Alcoa and...
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These three disparate brands are the most-loved among U.S. car buyers, a new study says.
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Better Batteries, Fisker Karma Production, Compressed-Air Hybrids: Today's Car News
Fisker and Peugeot make headlines today.
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Dumb Laws From States Banning Tesla Sales
Those states that ban electric-car startup Tesla Motors from opening stores and selling cars online--including Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and Virginia--turn out to have a bunch of other really dumb laws on their books too.
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India Sets Fuel-Economy Rules; Could They Stem Rise Of SUVs?
India's Bureau of Energy Efficiency has proposed increasing fleet-average fuel economy 14 percent in 2016.
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Rinspeed XchangE Concept: Tarted-Up Automonous Tesla At Geneva Motor Show
One of the highlights of the annual Geneva Motor Show--whether technologically or simply for amusement value--is seeing what Swiss automaker Rinspeed has chosen to unveil. For decades the firm has churned out all manner of weird and wonderful vehicles, from submarines based on the Lotus Elise to...
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Gas Mileage During Dealership Test Drives: Mostly Meaningless
You've read the reviews, and it's finally time: You're off to the dealer to replace your old car with a new, much more fuel-efficient vehicle. But then you get to the dealer, and during your test drive, you notice that the gas mileage shown on the car's display is nowhere near the EPA rating...
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