Green Car News
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Mustangs, batteries, and landfill gas make headlines today.
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Plug-in Electric Car Sales In Canada, Nov 2013: Volt Soars, Tesla Tumbles?
GM sold an excellent 133 Chevrolet Volts in November, more than doubling October's 62 sales, and bringing monthly sales into triple figures for the second time this year, behind June's 153 deliveries. While we'll have to wait for vehicle registration data, the Volt may have made up more than half...
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2015 Ford Mustang Revealed, With First 4-Cylinder Since 1993 (Photos)
You may or may not be aware that the new 2015 Ford Mustang has now officially been unveiled. Perhaps you saw it this morning on Good Morning America, or came across some of the other coverage that's emerged over the last couple of days. MORE: 2015 Ford Mustang Preview: Official Photos And Video The...
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Electric-Car Charging: 15 Hours In Jail For 5 Cents Of Power
"Opportunity charging" can have serious consequences, as one Atlanta-area Nissan Leaf driver found out recently.
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GM Expands Landfill-Gas Use To Power Car Assembly Plants
Car production isn't the greenest of processes, but in recent decades many automakers have at least made attempts to reduce environmental impact--and General Motors is the latest to take a step towards improving it. The automaker has announced a $24 million investment in the use of landfill gas at...
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Envia's High-Energy Battery Cell Mired In Dispute, GM Cancels Deal
Researchers and development firms regularly reveal battery-technology breakthroughs. Now, Envia Systems--one company that gained much public attention by promising such a breakthrough--faces two lawsuits. One claims that Envia stole its technology from other companies. And General Motors, which...
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The 2014 Mitsubishi i-MiEV, 2015 Chevrolet Colorado, and 2015 Ram ProMaster City make headlines today.
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2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell: Hydrogen Crossover First Drive
Hyundai is an aggressive company, and that applies to its green cars as much as the bread-and-butter sedans and crossovers it sells in growing numbers. So when the company approached Green Car Reports to ask if we'd like to drive its new, hydrogen-powered 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle, that...
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Renault: 250 Miles For Subcompact Electric Cars By 2020
Save for a few electric vehicles on the fringes of the market--the Tesla Model S, for example, or the tiny Smart Electric Drive--most subcompact and compact electric cars currently offer a range of 80-100 miles. For many people, that's perfectly fine. But it wouldn't hurt to have more, right?...
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2015 Ram ProMaster City Small Van To Compete With Ford Transit Connect
The 2015 Ram ProMaster City is the latest compact van to be sold in the U.S.
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Supercar Maker Saleen Confirms Electric Car Plans
"A trend, not a fad" is how American supercar builder Saleen has described electric cars--and why it intends to build its own in the next few years. That's an impressive commitment from a company best known for gas-guzzling supercars like the Saleen S7 and highly-modified versions of the Ford...
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2015 Chevy Colorado Mid-Size Pickup To Offer Diesel Option
Need a pickup truck but don't want to see your wages burned away at the gas station? A diesel truck could be just what you need. Chevrolet will be latest to offer such an option when it equips the 2015 Colorado mid-size pickup with a diesel engine. When the Colorado arrives next year, the range...
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Just a dozen examples of Mitsubishi's i-MiEV electric car rolled off dealer lots in November, and little more than a thousand have found homes since the start of the year. That number may climb when the 2014 model goes on sale though--as Mitsubishi has just announced a massive $6,130 price drop for the diminutive electric city car. It pulls the sticker price of an i-MiEV down to $22,995, and much closer to the sort of pricing many feel it should have been in the first place. For buyers able to make use of applicable Federal and state tax incentives and other benefits, the price could tumble...
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UPDATE: Tesla Wins Vs Ohio Car Dealers, Amendment Defeated
Once more into the fray: Another state's car dealers are pushing for legislation to ban Tesla Motors from selling its electric cars directly to buyers. This time it's Ohio. And legislators have unexpectedly moved up a hearing on the new law to today, according to a letter from Tesla Motors...
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Electric Cars In Norway, Tesla In Ohio, November Plug-In Car Sales: Today's Car News
Electric car sales dominate the headlines today.
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2014 Lexus Hybrids: Ultimate Guide
As part of the Toyota empire, Lexus was one of the first carmakers to realize the potential of hybrids, and the company now has a wide range of hybrids, competing in several market classes. So successful has Lexus's hybrid range been, that the company has now sold over half a million--and with new...
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Electric Cars: 12 Percent Of All New-Car Sales In Norway Last Month
Norway loves electric cars. So much so that last month, over a tenth of all the new cars sold had a plug. When the figure in other countries worldwide is usually in the fractions of a percent range, you'll be aware how significant that number is. According to Opplysningsrådet for...
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2015 Volkswagen e-Golf Electric Car: Los Angeles Auto Show Video
Walking through the Volkswagen stand at the Los Angeles Auto Show, you would have seen quite a few 2015 Volkswagen Golf models. But a blue one over in the corner was more special than it may have looked: It was the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf, the battery-electric version of the all-new seventh...
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The Saab 9-3, Lexus CT 200h, and Suzuki Every make headlines today.
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Why Gas Mileage In Canada Is Very Different
Your mileage may vary from the published estimates, as all drivers know. But it turns out it may vary more in Canada, whose fuel-efficiency ratings are higher than those from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for an identical car. That's because the Canadian authorities use a two-cycle...
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Audi Q1 Compact Crossover Confirmed, Due 2016
The last few years have seen dozens of new crossovers join the market, and latest into the fray is the Audi Q1, set to appear in 2016. The appeal of crossover vehicles is clear--they offer the looks and some of the ability of SUVs, but their car-based origins means better on-road handling, better...
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Saab 9-3 Production Restarts, Electric Version Still Planned
Saab's cars may not have appealed to everyone, but many a gearhead shed a tear when the Swedish automaker went bankrupt back in 2011. There's just something likeable about Saabs, and the company had a rich heritage that looked destined to cease as the last 9-3s and 9-5s rolled off the line. But the...
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2014 Lexus CT 200h: Same Price, Same Economy, Different Face
Lexus recently displayed its updated CT 200h compact luxury hybrid at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and now full details of the refreshed model have landed. It's disappointing news for anyone hoping for efficiency improvements though, as the 2014 CT 200h features identical economy to the 2013 model...
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Is $25K Still The Barrier For Electric Car Ownership?
How much would you be prepared to pay for an electric car with similar day-to-day capabilities to your existing vehicle? $40,000 perhaps? Maybe you'd shoot lower for a $30,000 sticker price. That's still too high for most customers, according to a new survey by Navigant Research (via Autoblog). In...
Antony Ingram