Detroit Auto Show
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Honda had no new products to unveil at this year's Detroit Auto Show, although it did show its hydrogen fuel-cell powered Honda FCV Concept car for the first time in North America. The company announced, however, that it would produce two all-new plug-in vehicles by 2018: one battery-electric car and one plug-in hybrid. DON'T MISS: 2013 Honda Fit EV: Video From First Drive Of All-Electric Car (Jul 2012) Frustratingly, however, that was absolutely all the company was willing to say. "What we're not sharing is anything else" about either of those vehicles, said Robert Bienenfeld, Honda North...
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2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid & Plug-In Hybrid Debut At 2015 Detroit Auto Show
The redesigned 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and new Sonata Plug-In Hybrid roll into the 2015 Detroit Auto Show.
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2015 Volkswagen Golf Named North American Car Of The Year
The 2015 Volkswagen Golf and 2015 Ford F-150 take home North American Car and Truck of the Year honors, respectively.
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2016 Mercedes-Benz C350 Plug-In Hybrid: First Details From Detroit Auto Show
The 2016 Mercedes-Benz C350 Plug-In Hybrid is the latest of a series of Mercedes plug-ins.
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Chevrolet Bolt Concept: 200-Mile, $37,500 Electric Car Concept (Live Video & Photos)
General Motors CEO Mary Barra had hoped to have a Steve Jobs moment this morning, but news about the Chevrolet Bolt Concept for a 200-mile electric car leaked late Friday night. Still, with no advance information, the Bolt Concept was both a surprise to open the Detroit Auto Show and a bold...
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2016 Chevrolet Volt: 50-Mile Range, 41 MPG, Five Seats, All New (Photos)
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car, which will be unveiled this morning at the Detroit Auto Show, is sleeker, has more electric range, and is projected to get higher gas mileage when its engine is operating. The compact five-door hatchback also has a fifth "seating position,"...
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Tonight, Jaguar Land Rover unveiled its first diesel-powered models to be sold in North America, joining the three German luxury brands in adding more fuel-efficient diesel engine options to its largest, heaviest sport-utility vehicles. The diesel will be offered as an option this fall on two models, the 2016 Range Rover and 2016 Range Rover Sport. DON'T MISS: 2014 Range Rover Hybrid: Drive Reports Emerge For Diesel-Electric SUV U.S. Won't Get (Oct 2013) Dubbed the Td6 Diesel, the 254-horsepower 3.0-liter V-6 turbodiesel engine will boost the fuel economy of both aluminum SUVs to 25 mpg...
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Why 'Bolt' Is A Really Terrible Name For Chevy's Electric Car
Monday morning, General Motors CEO Mary Barra is expected to unveil a new battery-electric concept car at the Detroit Auto Show. It's the first look at a future production vehicle with a projected 200 miles of electric range, at a price said to be around $30,000. Assuming the leaked stories are...
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BREAKING: Chevrolet 'Bolt' Concept 200-Mile Electric Car To Target Tesla: UPDATED
On Monday, General Motors will unveil a concept version of a $30,000 battery-electric vehicle with 200 miles of electric range that will arrive on the market before the planned Tesla Model 3, according to reports. Called the Chevrolet Bolt, the concept is a compact five-door hatchback that uses...
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Detroit Auto Show Preview: New Green Production Cars
Here are the significant green-car debuts we expect to see at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show.
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2016 Chevrolet Volt To Add On-Demand Regenerative Braking
With little morethan three weeks to go until the 2016 Chevrolet Volt is revealed, its maker is dribbling out more tantalizing details on the all-new car. The latest is a YouTube video published yesterday that shows two members of the development team--familiar faces to Volt fans--demonstrating a...
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New Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Unveiled In Korea; U.S. Sales In 2016?
The new Hyundai Sonata Hybrid makes its debut.
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For most of 2014, there was very little news about the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car, and its sales in 2013 and 2014 have been stagnant at roughly 2,000 cars a month. The most recent item of note was a $5,000 price reduction on the 2014 Volt in August 2013, to bring it closer to the center of the volume-car market, along with a battery-pack upgrade for the 2015 model. But behind the scenes, Chevrolet has been busy preparing the next iteration of its pioneering plug-in car. Based on published articles, a host of private conversations with industry analysts, electric-car advocates...
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Hiding The 2016 Chevrolet Volt: GM Discusses Camouflage, Teases Updated Electric Car
General Motors teases the 2016 Chevrolet Volt electric car.
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2016 Chevy Volt Coming: A Look Back At GM's Range-Extended Electric Car (News Video)
The Chevy Volt has been on sale for three and a half years now, and it's never quite lived up to the big expectations that GM and the world had for it. But this week, the company confirmed that a new 2016 Volt will debut in January, at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit...
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2016 Chevrolet Volt To Debut At Detroit Show, First Teaser Photo Released
General Motors confirmed this morning that the revised 2016 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car will be released at next January's Detroit Auto Show. And the company released the first teaser image of the car, showing a more rounded rear to the liftgate of what will likely continue as a...
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Toyota Exec Stresses Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Future, Slams Critics
Just in case there was any doubt that Toyota sees the future of green cars as powered by hydrogen fuel--not grid electricity--a company executive reiterated the point in a speech during the recent Detroit Auto Show. As reported by Reuters, not only did Toyota's senior vice president for automotive...
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VL Destino Faces Uncertain Fisker Future For Its Non-Electric Karma
Engine swaps are one thing; complete powertrain replacements are another. But if your business is yanking range-extended electric running gear out of a stunning-looking car from a now-bankrupt company, and replacing it with Corvette power, there are two ways you can go. Swaps, new cars You can wait...
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Undoubtedly the most important green car at a rather scattered Detroit Auto Show, the 2015 Honda Fit promises to be a strong entry in the subcompact segment when it arrives this spring. MORE: 2015 Honda Fit: Full Details From 2014 Detroit Auto Show The latest generation of the most flexible and versatile small hatchback on the market, the new Fit is expected to deliver a combined 36-mpg fuel-economy rating--the best of any subcompact with an automatic transmission--and a price that shouldn't rise much from its current level. That will be due to a new manufacturing plant in Mexico just now...
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Best In Show: Green Cars At The 2014 Detroit Auto Show
It's a time-honored auto-show tradition, picking the best new cars and concepts in the show. While this year's Detroit Auto Show had very few cars that could genuinely be viewed as "green," we've nonetheless picked both our favorite production car and our favorite concept. MORE: 2014 Detroit Auto...
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2015 Ford F-150: Full Details, Live Photos & Video
Ford has released full details on the new 2015 F-150 pickup, and with a host of new technologies and engines, it may be the most advanced full-size truck ever. The company says it's tougher, smarter, and more capable than ever before--and looking at the styling, it's hard to argue on the first...
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How Many Tesla Model S Electric Cars Have Been Built So Far?
Car production data may cause some eyes to glaze over, but the numbers are closely followed in the auto industry. Electric-car maker Tesla Motors doesn't report its exact sales, nor its precise production, so a cottage industry has sprung up to track its alleged production. MORE: Tesla's Next...
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2014 Detroit Auto Show: Summing Up The Cars And Concepts
Another year, another Detroit Auto Show. The public won't pass through the doors of Cobo Hall until Friday, but the world's media have largely departed after two days' worth of press previews. It felt like a somewhat flat show, despite rah-rah coverage in the local press, and it really had only...
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Tesla Recall: Over-The-Air Updates, NEMA Connectors, And More
Every carmaker puts its own interpretation on news, especially at Detroit Auto Show. So it's reasonable for Tesla Motors to cast an NHTSA recall yesterday as an example of its ability to respond swiftly and effectively to update its Model S electric car to make the customer experience even better...
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