Green Car News
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Almost four years ago, the Ford Mustang was the first car to offer both 300 horsepower and 30 miles per gallon in its an EPA highway rating. How much better will the new 2015 Ford Mustang do? The 2015 Mustang will offer a four-cylinder engine, the model's first since 1993--though the new 2.3-liter EcoBoost turbocharged four is actually being presented as a performance option, not a fuel-economy special. Ford says that the base engine will remain a 3.7-liter V-6 that will produce at least 300 hp and 270 lb-ft of torque, paired with either a six-speed manual gearbox or an optional six-speed...
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Electric Cars: Which States Are Doing It Right, Which States Lag?
If you live in parts of California, electric cars--from the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid all the way up to the Tesla Model S--are no longer uncommon. The streets of Palo Alto, in the center of Silicon Valley, are practically crawling with Teslas these days. But in other parts of the country, you may...
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AWD Cars Increasingly Popular; How To Make Them Fuel-Efficient?
It wasn't so long ago that all-wheel drive was restricted to Jeeps, trucks, and the occasional esoteric supercar. Now, according to data from Polk cited in The Detroit News, it's fitted to almost one third of the vehicles sold in the United States. MORE: 2014 Jeep Cherokee: All The Details From NY...
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How Did A Small Illinois Town End Up With 300 Plug-In Cars?
:Normal, Illinois has become a leader in incentivizing electric cars.
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New Hyundai Intrado Fuel-Cell Concept For 2014 Geneva Motor Show
Hyundai announced this morning that it will unveil a new hydrogen fuel-cell concept vehicle, to be known as the Intrado, at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show in March. The Hyundai Intrado Concept will be constructed around a "super-lightweight structure" that employs a "mixture of advanced materials" that...
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Chevy Volt Aero Fix, Electric Mustang, BYD Qin In Costa Rica: Today's Car News
The Chevrolet Volt, Ford Mustang, and BYD Qin make headlines today.
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The Cadillac ELR extended-range electric car is too expensive, Consumer Reports says.
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U.S. Will Help China Draft Emission Standards, White House Says
The U.S. will provide technical assistance for China's next round of emissions standards.
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BYD Qin Plug-In Hybrid Now On Sale In Costa Rica
Want to drive a Chinese car--and a plug-in hybrid at that? There are none offered for sale in the U.S. or Canada yet, but if you happen to be on vacation in Costa Rica--or living there--you'll have a much better chance. The BYD Qin plug-in hybrid, unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2012...
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Chevy Volt's Wind Thrumming Noise: Aero Fix Now Available
It's become a common part of road testing: Get the car up to speed, then roll down a window to see how bad the drumming and buffeting gets. Never experienced it? Try it on your own car sometime. Now, it turns out, there's an aerodynamic add-on fix available to cure the worst of the thrumming...
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Ford 'Considers' Diesel, Hybrid, Even Electric For New Mustang
Ford is reportedly considering green powertrains for future Mustang models.
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Looking To Buy A Used Diesel Car? Head To Buffalo
Buffalo, New York has the cheapest used diesel cars in the United States, according to a new study.
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Diesel has been an option for heavy-duty pickup users for quite some time now, and the sights and sounds of a big Power Stroke-equipped Ford or Cummins-engined RAM will be quite familiar to most. It's taken longer for the fuel to find acceptance in the light-duty, full-size pickup market, but that's now changing--and over the next few years, several diesel trucks will hit the market, improving hugely on their gasoline-powered counterparts. With diesel trucks from Chevy, Ford, Nissan and RAM available either now or over the next few years, we've pulled them all into an ultimate guide with...
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Bhutan Mulls Turning All Taxis Into Nissan Leaf Electric Cars
Bhutanese prime minister Tshering Tobgay wants to make the small Himalayan country a center for electric-car development.
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Tesla Vampire Draw, 2015 Ford Mustang, November Electric-Car Sales: This Week In Social Media
It's been another busy week in the green automotive world. Let's take a moment to recap: Making headlines this week is the new 2015 Ford Mustang. It's the first Mustang to offer a four-cylinder engine option since 1993, and that has some fans excited, others in an uproar. With November behind us...
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Audi Electric Crossover Concept, Carbon Pricing, E-Bicycle Tech: Today's Car News
Electric cars and electric bicycles make headlines today.
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Buying A Used Toyota Prius Hybrid: 5 Quick Pieces Of Advice
The Toyota Prius is by far the most common hybrid car on U.S. roads, which means there are a lot of them out there for sale as used cars. A reader wrote to ask what she should keep in mind when starting to shop for a used Toyota Prius hybrid. What follows are some quick notes from our editors...
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All-In-One Wheel For E-Bicycles: Battery Two-Wheelers To Swamp Electric Cars?
When debating the merits of electric cars, hybrids, hydrogen and other alternative fuels, it's easy to get tied down in the notion they're the solution to all our transport problems. They aren't of course--they're just a solution. Improvements to public transit, encouraging people to walk a little...
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As the year winds toward a close, U.S. car sales are at their highest levels in years. And modern plug-in electric cars will set a new sales record too. With one month left, November deliveries of cars with plugs looked like they'll hold steady with last month's--but as the final numbers came in, November's total of less than 9,000 sales was down about 1,400 units on October's total of more than 10,000. The Chevrolet Volt sold 1,920 units last month, against 2,022 in October, bringing its sales for the year to date to 20,702. Sales of the Volt through the first 11 months of the year are now...
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Pricing Carbon Emissions? Bring It On, Say Some Large Companies
Several large companies are prepared to pay for carbon emissions in the near future.
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Audi To Show Electric Crossover Concept At 2014 Detroit Auto Show
Audi will show a new crossover concept at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show in January. Nothing surprising there you might think--Audi has a crossover concept for just about every month of the year. But this one is a little different, as it wears a badge on its flank we've seen before: e-tron. That means...
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Honda Insight Hybrid To Be Canned By 2015?
Honda's Insight has never enjoyed the success of the Toyota Prius or even Honda's own Civic Hybrid, and it looks like the writing is now finally on the wall for the budget hybrid hatchback. According to Autoblog Green, sources within the company have revealed that some preparation procedures...
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Life With Tesla Model S: Electric-Draw Vampire Slain, At Last
This started out as a feel-good article about another great experience I had with Tesla's extraordinary service program. But it morphed into a detective story that apparently solves the mystery of why my 60-kWh 2013 Tesla Model S still suffered a significant "vampire" power drain, even after...
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Can Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles Compete With Electric Cars?
Suddenly, hydrogen fuel-cell cars are back in the news. Headlines have proclaimed a coming battle between plug-in electric cars and the new shining hope, hydrogen-powered vehicles. Three automakers--Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota--will offer fuel-cell cars to consumers by the end of 2015, albeit in...
John Voelcker