Green Car News
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It's a mark of how important the Chinese market now is that Lexus has chosen the upcoming Guangzhou Motor Show to reveal its updated CT 200h. That's despite both the Los Angeles International Auto Show and the Tokyo Motor Show starting around the same time--both shows hosting several significant launches for 2014. The 2014 CT 200h is a little less significant though, mainly amounting to a facelift and a few other detail changes. Most notable is the new Lexus 'spindle' grille design, found across the automaker's range and now finally appearing on the marque's smallest model. It's a little less...
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2015 Kia Soul EV: Target Range Of 120 Miles, More Details
The 2015 Kia Soul EV will be the first all-electric car sold by Kia outside of Korea.
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Hybrid Corvette, Mitsubishi Plug-In Plans, Honda Fuel Cell Concept: Today's Car News
Honda, Mitsubishi, and Toyota make headlines today.
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2014 MINI Cooper Teased With New Video
What's the 2014 MINI Cooper going to look like? The old one, probably--a perception that isn't tarnished by MINI's latest teaser video, which gives us a hint as to the new car's form. The new car is set to be unveiled in full on November 18, the 107th anniversary of the birth of Sir Alec Issigonis...
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2014 Cadillac ELR Saks Fifth Avenue: Plug-In Bling For Model S Money
General consensus is that Cadillac's range-extended ELR coupe is too expensive. At $75,995, they may have a point--that's a lot of extra dough for a car based on the $34,995 Chevrolet Volt. So the best thing to do to draw attention to the ELR would be to make it cheaper, right? Not exactly. At...
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Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy: Winner To Be Named Tomorrow
We've driven the cars. We've discussed their pros, their cons, the overall technology trends, and the many unanswered questions about the future of green cars. Now we've chosen a winner. This being a teaser post, we're not going to tell you what it is yet. That has to wait a day. But to refresh...
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Modern electric cars went on sale three years ago, and now we're starting to see assessments of their progress from a variety of perspectives. Last year, WWF Canada (the panda people, not the professional wrestlers) set a goal of having 600,000 electric vehicles on Canadian roads by 2020 – or about 3 percent of the country's vehicle fleet of 20 million. One year later, the group has issued a status update, grading the country's progress on these fronts. WWF proposes that to achieve their 2020 goal, Canada must create conditions where plug-in electric cars enjoy: comparative pricing...
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Honda To Debut Fuel Cell Concept At 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
Honda has released a lone sketch to hint at the form of a new fuel cell concept debuting at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show. The company says the new FCEV Concept expresses a "potential styling direction" for a next-generation fuel-cell electric vehicle due in 2015--ready to meet Toyota's...
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Mitsubishi To Offer 20 Percent Plug-In Cars By 2020?
Mitsubishi's relatively low U.S. sales reflect the theory that its best models aren't to be found in its volume range; this is a company offering its best in more niche-market products. That means sporty Evolution models to appease performance fans, gas-sipping models like the Mirage and the firm's...
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Hybrid Corvette Is Now Real, With 773 Horsepower
An aftermarket company has built a hybrid Corvette, but will the idea catch on?
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Eight States With Big ZEV Plans Meet With Automakers, Feds
A coalition of eight states hope to put 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025.
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Next Toyota Prius Plug-In To Have 10 Miles Of Electric Range: Here's Why
You never know what you may find if you read through public comments on government proposals. That's how we found a broad hint that the next version of the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid will have a continuous all-electric range of at least 10 miles. Remember that the current car, which the EPA rates...
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The needs of electric motorcycles are very different from those of electric cars, and it's leading to a quite startling pace of development in the electric two-wheeler market. Nowhere is this illustrated better than in the 2014 Zero SR, the latest bike from one of the best-known electric motorcycle manufacturers. Just a handful of years ago, electric motorcycles were weighty, offered only modest performance and struggled with the same short range estimates of the first breed of electric cars--some were lucky to get more than 50-60 miles on a charge. But launched on November 4, the Zero SR is...
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Tesla Fires, Best Car To Buy, Diesels: This Week In Social Media
It's been a busy week in the green automotive universe, but you already know that, since you follow us on social media. But here's a quick refresher: A third Tesla Model S caught on fire this week, and we analyzed the situation by listing what we know so far. We also laid out what we still need to...
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Nissan BladeGlider Electric Concept, BMW i3 Demand, Tesla Fires: Today's Car News
The Nissan BladeGlider concept, Honda CR-Z HPD, and Mazda 3 make headlines today.
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Tesla Fires: What We Know, And What We Need To Find Out
There have now been three separate fires among roughly 20,000 Tesla Model S electric luxury sedans on the world's highways. The most recent one, two days ago, seems to have set off a fresh round of Internet fulmination--combined with much opining on what the news would do to the falling stock price...
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2014 Honda CR-Z HPD: Performance Up, Economy Down For Hybrid Hatch?
Poor Honda. It launches the CR-Z, perhaps hoping to rekindle the spirit of the much-beloved 1980s CR-X lines, but when the car is released it doesn't really please anyone. As a sporty hatchback, it isn't fast enough for enthusiasts. And as a hybrid, it isn't economical enough. The 2014 Honda CR-Z...
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BMW i3 Demand Will Be Strong In U.S. Too, Says Executive
Early demand for BMW's i3 electric car in Europe looks set to continue when it debuts in the United States, according to the company's North American CEO. Despite plans to produce just 10,000 units in its first year, BMW has considered expanding production after 8,000 reservations were made on the...
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A startup with an improved design hopes to broaden the appeal of these gas-mileage aids.
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Nissan BladeGlider Concept: Electric Delta Wing Racer For The Road
The claim that race car development helps road car development is getting harder to uphold these days, but there are still some engineers willing to have a go. Look at the Nissan BladeGlider electric car concept for example, and it's hard to argue that the design and engineering hasn't been...
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Diesel Drivers, Toyota Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car Preview, Start-Stop Tech: Today's Car News
Toyota and Volkswagen make headlines today.
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Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2014 Mazda 3
Even conventional gasoline cars--no plugs, no hybrids, no turbos--can be green. And we've long been looking forward to the debut of the 2014 Mazda 3, an all-new generation of the compact hatchback and sedan that have always been among the more rewarding cars to drive in the segment. With Mazda's...
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Volkswagen Twin-Up: XL1-Powered Plug-In Minicar Revealed
VW has hinted for some time that the diesel-electric drivetrain from its XL1 eco-supercar would appear in something a little more humble and affordable. Now, writes Autocar, it's revealed the result of such a concoction, in the shape of the Twin-Up. As the name suggests, it's based on the...
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Beijing Slashes Car Sales Quota By 40 Percent To Tackle Air Pollution
Beijing will attempt to fight pollution by restricting new car sales.
Stephen Edelstein