Green Car News
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Every so often, Hyundai posts an entry on its "Hyundai Like Sunday" blog, which promotes itself as "Truth, Candor and Conversation." Two months ago, the company's Elizabeth Chun offered some thoughts on its upcoming 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell compact crossover. That vehicle will be offered for lease this spring in selected markets in Southern California. MORE: 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell: Hydrogen Crossover First Drive We drove the Tucson Fuel Cell in early December, and found it to be perfectly suitable for daily and long-distance use--though gutless at higher speeds--assuming hydrogen...
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Targeting Tesla Model X: 2017 Audi Q8 e-tron All-Electric Crossover Utility
For the most part, the selection of truly practical electric vehicles--or even hybrids, for that matter--has been relatively poor. In terms of all-electric crossovers, there's the Toyota RAV4 EV and... well, the Toyota RAV4 EV. That'll change when Tesla launches its Model X crossover and now German...
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2014 Jeep Cherokee To Be Offered With Diesel Engine--In Europe
Jeep will use the Geneva Motor Show in March to launch the latest addition to its Cherokee range--the Cherokee Diesel. Hurrah! The bad news is that there are no intentions to bring this model to the U.S, where the most efficient Cherokee currently utilizes a 2.4-liter, four-cylinder gasoline...
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Glucose-Based Battery Has 10 Times Energy Of Lithium: Researchers
Humans and batteries--and indeed most other things in the natural world, operate on largely similar principals. Energy is generated somehow, stored, and expended for work. It's only the details that separate these processes, but the gap might shrink with the advent of biobatteries. As ExtremeTech...
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January Electric-Car Sales, Fuel Cells In The Cold, VW Beetle 65 Years: Today's Car News
Sales, an auto show, and an anniversary make headlines today.
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Green Car Reports, Five Years And 9,800 Articles Later
Five years ago today, Green Car Reports began a daily publishing schedule. At first one a day, and then more, we wrote articles on fuel efficiency, hybrids, diesel vehicles, and the plug-in electric cars that were then still two years away from the market. Think back to February 2009, when the...
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How did you fare in the Snowpocalypse? The recent polar vortex over the North American content dumped heavy snow on dozens of states and brought in truly Arctic temperatures, causing widespread travel disruption. While Toyota's hydrogen fuel cell vehicles aren't immune to snow-bound traffic, they are at least suffering no ill-effects from the cold--neither range nor performance have been affected in the recent chill. Toyota is operating small fleets of fuel cell vehicles in the U.S. before it launches a full-blown production car in 2015. While electric cars can see their range figures tumble...
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Electric Cars Cut Greenhouse Gases Even More Than Expected, NASA Says
A trial program with electric cars at the Kennedy Space Center is going better than expected, cutting greenhouse gas emissions in company vehicles. In fact, the center's sustainability office suggests the results are 10 times better than those expected--electric cars are making a real impact...
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2014 Chicago Auto Show: Green-Car Preview
Chicago isn't as big as some annual auto shows, and at this year's show green vehicles are a little thin on the ground--March's Geneva Motor Show will provide more to that effect. Nevertheless there are a few significant vehicles set to appear in Chicago, so we've pieced together a green car...
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New TurboCord Electric-Car Charging Cord Can Use 120 Or 240 Volts
Electric car owners may not have to get their hands dirty at gas stations, but they do have to carry around an extra essential item not found in their internal combustion counterparts--a charging cord. This is little hardship of course, provided your car has somewhere to store it. But depending on...
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VW Beetle Celebrates 65 Years In U.S. (With A Few Missing)
The first Volkswagen Beetle was imported to the U.S. in January 1949.
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BYD Electric Transit Bus Delivers 155 Miles Of Range In Quebec Test
So far, the controversial BYD electric bus has proven satisfactory in Canadian testing.
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This September, a new motorsport series launches in Beijing, China. That series is Formula E, an open-wheeled single-seater motorsport running on battery power alone. It's positioned as a top tier series for electric racing and could be instrumental in aiding the development of batteries and control systems for electric road cars. Charged EVs has revealed full details of how the races work--from how teams expect to complete each race distance to what spectators can expect during and after the race meetings. One detail that's been known for some time is the vehicle every single team will use...
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Green Car Myths, Saleen's Tesla & Plug-In Golf: Today's Car News
Today on Green Car Reports: We're debunking even more myths about green cars, car-builder Saleen has said its first performance electric car will be based on Tesla's Model S, and VW has announced its plug-in hybrid Golf will carry the sporty GTE badge. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Saleen...
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2014 Jeep Cherokee Limited 4X4: Gas Mileage Test With V-6
It's winter in the Northeast, and last week's Polar Vortex luckily came along just as our weekend test car was a 2014 Jeep Cherokee. This is the all-new compact crossover that replaces the old truck-like Jeep Liberty, going head-to-head with popular compact crossover utilities like the Chevy...
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Tesla Model S Drag Races: Noisy Or Very Quiet, Your Choice (Videos)
See a drag race between a Tesla Model S P85 and a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51, or one between a Model S... and another Model S.
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Five MORE Big Myths About Green Cars And Gas Mileage, Debunked
Yep, Big Oil is definitely scheming and plotting to destroy the electric car. Everyone knows that. Right? [sigh] Time for more mythbusting, it seems. The surprising success of our first debunking of five green-car myths led us to look at five more relatively common ideas and explain ... well, as...
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Which State Has The Highest Percentage Of Electric Cars? No, Not CA
California has something of a reputation for being an electric car haven. The state has always been concerned about pollution, offers healthy incentives for those wishing to purchase an electric vehicle, and if you're keen to charge using solar power, there's an abundance of sun to make the most of...
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The Volkswagen Golf GTE will join the GTI and GTD in the pantheon of sporty Golfs.
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Had To Happen: High-Performance Tesla Model S From Saleen On The Way
Saleen Automotive is well-known for its high-performance tuning on familiar models like the Ford Mustang. But what car do you choose if you want to tackle an electric model? Given the Ford connection, maybe the Focus EV? Perhaps the high-selling Nissan Leaf? No--instead you go for an electric car...
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2016 Volvo XC90 Plug-In, 2014 MINI Cooper Priced, Natural-Gas Fueling Stations: Today's Car News
A new MINI and a future Volvo make headlines today.
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2015 Lexus NX Compact Crossover Model Revealed: Accident Or Not?
Remember the Lexus LF-NX, the jaw-dropping concept for a new compact crossover from Toyota's luxury brand? It's been making the rounds at auto shows since last fall, scaring small children in many cities. Well, looks like Lexus will dial down the styling considerably when it hits the showrooms...
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2016 Volvo XC90 Plug-In Hybrid Could Arrive Summer 2015, Execs Say
When the all-new 2016 Volvo XC90 large crossover utility vehicle goes on sale in the spring of 2015, it will be followed by a gasoline plug-in hybrid version. And, according to Volvo executives, the plug-in Volvo could come as little as four months after the launch of the regular version. The...
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Obama Promotes Natural-Gas Fueling Stations In State Of The Union Address
Once again, President Barack Obama used the State of the Union Address on Tuesday night to raise the issue of natural gas vehicles as a way of promoting energy independence and cutting the impact of climate change. In his talk, Obama urged the U.S. Congress to support the construction of...
Antony Ingram