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In 1962, a 39-year-old Carroll Shelby stuffed a Ford V-8 into an AC Ace to create one of the most sought after performance cars ever made, the AC Cobra. Some 50 years later, a group of engineers from British Columbia, Canada has brought Shelby's idea—small two-seat sports car, very big power—into a new age. EPower Racing has been competing with its battery-powered Cobra replica since this summer. And in the style of Shelby, the car finds its motivation in an American-made motor. DON'T MISS: South's good ol' boy drag racers whupped by Tesla, not happy about it According to Engine...
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What is a Toyota Prius Hellcat? You may not want to know
The huge annual SEMA show for builders and owners of highly customized cars brings out some truly bizarre creations. Only at SEMA will you see vehicles like the one-of-a-kind PriuSRT8, a Toyota Prius with a gas-guzzling V-8 engine under its hood that effectively turns the hybrid's green credentials...
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1946 Chevy pickup truck is world's oldest Prius hybrid. Really.
There are countless tales of classic cars and trucks receiving new life via parts from a completely different automobile. Whether it's an engine swap, a new platform, or a mix of a few different vehicles, project cars make for some of the greatest stories. This 1946 Chevrolet pickup truck is...
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This may be the most horrifying Tesla Model S electric car in the world
This modified Tesla Model S may be the ugliest yet.
Stephen Edelstein -
Prius V power plus Pontiac pony car equals...Firebird Hybrid!
What would be your ultimate Toyota Prius hybrid? Maybe a convertible version? One that brings fond memories of bygone performance to middle-aged friends and neighbors? An Ohio man is now in the process of building what might become the ultimate Toyota Prius—at least for muscle car...
Andrew Ganz -
Four Special Nissan Leaf Electric Cars To Celebrate 4 Years On Sale
See four special Nissan Leaf electric cars from the first four years on sale.
Stephen Edelstein -
Nissan adds a pickup bed to the Leaf electric car for an unusual project.
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Hot-Rod Chevy Spark EV Unveiled For SEMA Performance Show
The Chevrolet Spark EV Tech Performance concept will make the annual SEMA show a little greener.
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NASCAR Star Builds Racing Prius In Toyota Charity Challenge
Think of the high-gas mileage Toyota Prius, and you’re unlikely to make the jump to the high-octane, big-buck world of NASCAR racing. But thanks to the $50,000 charity Toyota Racing Dream Build Challenge event being sponsored by Toyota ahead of the 2012 SEMA show, the two worlds will collide...
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Tesla Roadster Owners Get Third-Party Charging Adaptor, CAN Finally Charge
It officially ended production last year, but the iconic Tesla Roadster is still being developed and tweaked thanks to a few enterprising Tesla owners and fans. The latest must-have for any Tesla Roadster? A small adaptor that allows Tesla Roadster owners to charge their cars at any public J-1772...
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Justin Bieber Pimps His Fisker Karma, Gets Police Attention
It might get pretty lousy gas-mileage, but everyone at GreenCarReports agrees that the 2012 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid is one extremely sexy car. To be honest that’s hardly surprising. After all, it was designed by Henrik Fisker, the automotive design genius responsible for legendary cars...
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Zero Motorcycle Engineer’s Bicycle Is Quicker Than Porsche GT3 RS
When we visited Zero Motorcycles’ headquarters in Scotts Valley, California to test-ride its 2011 2001 model year electric motorcycles, we got to meet some of the hardworking engineers responsible for ensuring the company remained at the forefront of the electric motorcycle world. And while...
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Last year Tron: Legacy, the remake of the 1982 classic film Tron hit cinemas around the world. Following the story of Sam Flynn as he tries to find his lost father who disappeared twenty years earlier, Tron: Legacy received mixed reviews from fans and critics alike. But while the reboot of the pioneering Disney classic may not have been to everyone’s tastes some elements of Tron: Legacy have proven very popular among fans, causing Parker Brothers Choppers to recreate its Light Cycle as a full-sized, working, electric motorcycle. According to Autobloggreen, the all-electric replica has a...
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Green Can Be Cool: Customized 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Show Car
Slowly, ever so slowly, the image of green cars is expanding beyond tiny tin-box hatchbacks and nerdy Toyota Prius hybrids to encompass a broader spectrum of the car scene. Take, for instance, this 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid show car, customized by Jonathan Garcia of M&J Enterprises in Phillips...
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Are Quirky eBay Conversions Really Worth Buying?
If the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, 2011 Nissan Leaf, 2011 Coda Sedan or 2011 Tesla Roadster are a little too modern for your tastes, an eBay auction ending this weekend could offer just what you’re looking for. But is it and other converted or one-off cars worth buying when commercially made cars...
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What Consumers Should Know About Cars Converted to Electric
Getting custom-built cars has been a part of the auto industry for many years. From improving the power curve on a small block engine through to creating custom convertibles from anything from a Hummer H3 through to a Toyota Prius, paying a company thousands of dollars for a unique vehicle happens...
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Toyota in Japan Gets Into The Prius Hybrid Bodykit Business
The Japanese auto show known as the Tokyo Auto Salon is full of as many customized cars--and just as much weirdness--as its domestic counterpart, the massive SEMA show in Las Vegas. And just as it did at SEMA, with its Aerius and Aemulus customized Prius concepts, Toyota brought a factory custom to...
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Toyota Goes Wild on Custom Prius Models For Charity
The annual event known as "SEMA" (for Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Assocation) has grown from its simple trade show origins into a global extravaganza bigger than most auto shows. Imagine the hugest Kustom Kar event you can possibly conjure. On steroids. In Vegas. SEMA is now a mandatory stop...
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Anyone in the world who's ever seen a movie set in New York City can recognize a New York taxi. It's yellow with black graphics. So would you mistake this 2009 Tesla Roadster Sport for a taxi and hail it on the streets of Monaco? Probably not, but it's a tribute to the hacks of New York just the same. The lucky purchaser, who lives near Monaco with a second home in New York, owns a fleet of cabs in New York City that consists largely of Ford Escape Hybrid crossovers. According to Tesla spokesperson Rachel Konrad, the paint job wasn't the company's work; it was done by the customer after he...
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More Kids Than Seats? How About a Six-Door Toyota Prius Limo?
Auto websites compete with each other to get the newest, the latest, and the coolest. Sometimes one or more of the 39 sites in the High Gear Media network gets a scoop (like our recent first drive of the 2010 MazdaSpeed3); other times, we don't. So we tip our hat to our buddies at Jalopnik, who got...
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Girly Rhinestone Prius To Interest Young Women, Only In Japan
Sometimes you have to run something just 'cause it's goofy. And so it is with today's item, showing the Japanese-market "DecoPrius" concept whose goal is to lure young women's interest back to a product they view as increasingly anti-social: the automobile. In urbanized Japan, cars are far less...
John Voelcker