plug-in cars
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Tesla is reorienting the local economy toward car manufacturing, a new report says.
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How To Make Your Tesla Model S Way, Way More Noticeable
A Tesla Model S with LumiLor electroluminescent light coating.
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First Formula E Electric-Car Race Held Sunday In Beijing
The first Formula E Championship race was held last weekend in China.
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2016 Mercedes-Benz S550 Plug-In Hybrid: First Drive
The 2016 Mercedes-Benz S550 Plug-In Hybrid luxury sedan will arrive in the U.S. next spring. We've now driven a prototype of the U.S.-spec car, which is quiet, luxurious, and likely to carry a six-figure price tag. And it will be followed within a year by two more plug-in hybrids using the same...
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Why Electric Car Owners Don't Want Gasoline Loaners From Their Dealers
It's often said by electric-car owners and advocates that once you start driving electric, you never want to go back. Now it appears that at least a handful of car dealers are learning that the principle extends even to loaner cars from the dealership. A recent Facebook thread on the BMW i3 Owners...
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2015 Kia Soul EV: Estimated 93 Miles Of Range, Priced Under $35,000 Or $249 A Month
The 2015 Kia Soul EV will arrive in U.S. dealers this fall.
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BMW will wait at least six months to decide whether to build the MINI Superleggera roadster.
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Nevada Governor Signs Tesla Tax Break Bill For Battery Gigafactory
Tesla Motors' battery Gigafactory took another step toward construction with the approval of incentives worth up to $1.3 billion by Nevada lawmakers. Governor Brian Sandoval signed the package of four bills into law one week after announcing that the Silver State would host the first of what could...
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How To Recharge Any Electric Car, Anywhere, Any Time (Video)
An unorthodox method for charging an electric car.
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What Will Tesla Gigafactory Cost Nevada? How About $1.3 Billion?
Nevada is expected to offer $1.3 billion to Tesla Motors.
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Life With Chevy Volt: 3 Years & 35,000 Miles Later, It's Over
It was a sad day. After three years, 34,752 miles, roughly 7,500 kilowatt-hours of electricity, and 327 gallons of gas, I said good-bye to my 2011 Chevy Volt last week. Its lease was up, and there was no one left in the family to drive it. I've been at the wheel of a Tesla Model S for the last 18...
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Stolen Tesla Found As Owner Helps Police Using Her Phone App
A GPS-enabled app helped an owner find her stolen electric car.
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Car and Driver tests two electric cars from Germany.
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Chinese Production Of Plug-In Electric Cars Finally Starts To Grow
Chinese electric-car production increased by 328 percent through August 2014.
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California Has More Than 100,000 Plug-In Electric Cars On Roads
California has hit a major plug-in car milestone this week: Since the first electric vehicle was sold back in 2010, more than 100,000 others have now hit the streets. The figures have been compiled by the California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative. The number is impressive on its own, but...
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Drive Electric Week, Starting Next Monday, Set To Break Records
As an example of how far the reach of electric vehicles has grown, you need to look little further than the growth of National Drive Electric Week. Now in its fourth year, Drive Electric Week began life as National Plug In Day. This year, 115 cities in 35 states and countries abroad will showcase...
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Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada, Aug 2014: Vive Le Volt
In August, the Chevy Volt won the Canadian plug-in sales derby yet again – a category dominance that brings to mind the Ford F-150's 48-year-reign(!) atop truck sales, in the land of the Maple Leaf. Funnily enough, it's actually the French fleur-de-lis which is responsible for these...
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Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory: Elon Musk, Brothel Owner, State Work Toward Deal
As expected, Tesla Motors announced yesterday afternoon that it would build its first battery gigafactory outside Reno, Nevada. The electric-car maker released platitudinous statements from CEO Elon Musk, Nevada governor Brian Sandoval, and state Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick. Much of the business...
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The best-selling electric car in the world, the Nissan Leaf, logged its best-ever U.S. sales in August, selling a record 3,186 units. This marks its 18th consecutive month of year-over-year sales increases, and brings the eight-month total to 18,941 and the total sold in almost four years to more than 61,000. In fact, with reported sales of more than 11,000 plug-in vehicles--plus unknown numbers of Tesla and Fiat 500e deliveries--this was the best-ever U.S. sales total for electric cars. ALSO SEE: FINAL UPDATE: Plug-In Electric Car Sales In July: Leaf, Volt Both Do Well The Chevrolet Volt...
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Italy's Crisp Carabinieri Get New Patrol Cars: Tiny Electric Minicars
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV joins Italy's Carabinieri.
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Electric-Car Battery Use: Already Higher Than Hybrids' Total?
You see a lot in the press these days about the low sales of plug-in electric cars. While deliveries have risen every year--and have outpaced hybrid sales at the same point after launch--electric cars clearly remain only a tiny piece of the global car market today. But those low sales nonetheless...
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Tesla Gigafactory Going To Nevada, Apparently (First One, Anyhow)
A press conference to be held this afternoon may answer one of the major questions for the future of electric-car maker Tesla Motors: Where will it locate its gigafactory? The answer appears to be Nevada. The office of state governor Brian Sandoval said he would make a "major economic development...
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China Adds Even More Electric-Car Incentives--Mostly For Local Brands
China will add electric-car tax breaks, but only for certain models.
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In 10 Years, Electric Cars Make Home Solar Practical Without Subsidies: UBS
Swiss bank UBS predicts home solar will be widely adopted in the next decade.
Stephen Edelstein