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Electric Cars May 22, 2013

Four Used Plug-In Electric Cars To Avoid

There are lots of very good plug-in electric cars for sale now, and some of them are starting to show up on used-car lots. We recently suggested some used hybrid-electric vehicles to avoid on the...

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2013 Ford Fusion Energi Gets Top Safety Ratings From NHTSA, IIHS

The belief that electric cars must somehow perform badly in crashes is slowly being eroded, with many well-known examples scoring well in crash tests around the world. The... May 21, 2013 by Antony Ingram

Better Place Renault Fluence ZE on the streets of Jerusalem

One Year With Better Place: Electric-Car Driver's Report

Today marks my first anniversary driving a Better Place Renault Fluence ZE battery-electric car. So it seemed appropriate to summarize my experience to date with the Better... May 21, 2013 by Brian of London 4

Infiniti's 'Luxury Leaf' Electric Car Will Wait For Inductive Charging

It's been a few years since Infiniti confirmed it was working on a luxury sedan based on the Nissan Leaf, but little extra information has emerged since then. Autocar reports... May 21, 2013 by Antony Ingram 13

NJ Per-Mile Tax Already Scrapped, Electric Car Fee Proposed Instead

A New Jersey senator's plan to drop gas tax and charge all vehicles a per-mile fee has already been scrapped, according to reports. Instead, Asbury Park Press reports the... May 21, 2013 by Antony Ingram 9

Home Depot To Refund Taxes To Electric-Car Charging Station Buyers

Many states offer discounts, rebates, and other incentives for the purchase of infrastructure improvements that encourage electric-car ownership. Washington is one such... May 20, 2013 by Richard Read 4

Battery pack assembly at Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee

How Are Electric-Car Batteries Made? Photos From Nissan's New Plant

Making a battery for an electric car is more like assembling microelectronics than the kind of auto-plant scenes we think of, involving huge steel stamping presses and... May 20, 2013 by John Voelcker 1

Toyota Accelerates Switch To Lithium-Ion Batteries, Still Lags Others

Toyota is one of few automakers still using nickel-metal hydride batteries in its hybrid vehicles, but that could change for its next generation vehicles. Reuters reports... May 20, 2013 by Antony Ingram 7

Sales Of Renault Zoe Off To Strong Start In France, Trounces Leaf

Tesla's Model S might be making all the headlines, but there's a smaller, more accessible electric car with equally high expectations placed upon it. That electric car is the... May 20, 2013 by Antony Ingram 11

Hybrid Sales Soar So Far In 2013: Ford Rises, Prius Falls

For a long time, the Toyota Prius was the only game in town for high fuel-efficiency vehicles. Starting with the 2004 model, it really came to define the public image of a... May 20, 2013 by John Voelcker 6

Nissan Leaf electric car with eVgo quick charging station. [courtesy eVgo]

California Drivers Very Happy With Their Plug-In Electric Cars

With Chevy's Volt topping customer satisfaction surveys for the last few years running, it's no surprise to hear that other plug-in electric cars are also popular with... May 20, 2013 by Antony Ingram 10

2013 Ford Focus ST - 2.0T EcoBoost engine

Two-Thirds Of 2020 Vehicles Will Be Four Cylinders, Ford Says

Four-cylinder engines, often equipped with turbochargers, are very much in vogue at the moment. It's unlikely to change any time soon, either, with Ford predicting that two... May 20, 2013 by Antony Ingram 2

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