Prices

  • 2012 Fisker Karma EcoSport

    With the 2012 Fisker Karma now, finally, arriving in volume at dealerships, Fisker Automotive should finally begin to record some retail sales this month. Still, we're not sure that raising your prices right as your first customers return to their dealers to take delivery is particularly gracious. Fisker Automotive confirmed to Fox News last night that it will increase the price of the 2012 Karma by 6 percent two days from now, on Thursday, Dec 15. The base-level EcoStandard model will now sticker at $102,000--up from the $95,900 price announced a year ago--and the high-end EcoChic model will...

  • 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid
    Cheapest Electric Car In The U.S.? It Depends How You Ask

    So what's the least expensive plug-in car in the U.S.? That ought to be pretty simple to figure out, right? Just compare the base price for every electric car, add in mandatory delivery fees, and see which comes in lowest. Which is why we got confused this morning when we read Toyota's Bob Carter...

  • prototype 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid, April 2010
    2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In: Projecting Pricing Based On Europe

    Toyota has just launched the production version of its 2012 Prius Plug-In Hybrid at the Green Drive Expo held in Richmond, California. Toyota will most likely launch the production version of its 2012 Prius Plug-In Hybrid at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show, to be held in mid-November. Just this...

  • 2012 Mitsubishi "i" electric car, powered by MiEV, launch event at 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2012 Mitsubishi 'i' Electric Car Gets Pre-Sale Price Boost

    Price increases on electric cars seem to be the rule these days. First the 2012 Nissan Leaf got a $2,420 increase (for more standard equipment), then the 2012 Chevrolet Volt got a price reduction that actually proved to be an increase in disguise (comparing similarly equipped models). Not wanting...

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    Dynamic Pricing For Parking Spaces Begins To Spread

    The LA Times published a story over the weekend about a pilot program that the city of Los Angeles is set to begin, involving the dynamic pricing of parking spaces. By April of next year, in a 4.5-square-mile area that is frequented by 500 000 workers and shoppers daily, the price of a parking...

  • 2012 Subaru Impreza
    2012 Subaru Impreza: Same Price, More Gas Mileage, Still AWD

    The 2012 Subaru Impreza, unveiled at the New York Auto Show this spring, has the highest projected gas mileage of any all-wheel drive vehicle on sale in the U.S. this year: 27 mpg city and an impressive 36 mpg highway. Now Subaru has released pricing for its compact four-door sedan and hatchback...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf, Nashville, October 2010

    While Nissan killed the Altima Hybrid, its sole U.S. hybrid vehicle, for 2012, the company has made a number of important upgrades to its Leaf battery electric car. For 2012, the Nissan Leaf will include as standard heated front and rear seats, plus heated steering wheel and outside mirrors. Perhaps most importantly, a battery-pack heater will be fitted to every model. Heating the Leaf's lithium-ion battery pack while the car is plugged in to a recharging station will keep the battery closer its optimum temperature, reducing sluggish performance and range reductions observed by some Leaf...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Sonic Z-Spec accessories
    2012 Chevy Sonic Priced From $14,495, $400 More For Hatchback

    The 2012 Chevrolet Sonic is Chevy's first re-entry into the subcompact market in many years. Now, prices for the new Sonic and its various options are out, with the 2012 Sonic starting at $14,995 including delivery. That price applies to the standard Sonic four-door sedan with a 1.8-liter "Ecotec...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt outside Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant
    2012 Chevy Volt Price Cut To $39,995, Options, Colors Expanded

    For its second year of production, the 2012 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car will come down $1,000 in price and be offered with several new features and two new colors. The list price of the 2012 Volt, including an $850 destination fee, is $39,995. That compares to $41,000 for the 2011...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt
    BREAKING: Chevrolet 2012 Volt $1,005 Cheaper, More Options

    Want to buy a Chevrolet Volt but missed out on getting a 2011 model? Don’t worry. Next year’s car will offer more options and a lower sticker price, Chevrolet revealed today. Unlike Nissan, which was forced to raise the price of its 2011 Nissan Leaf in Europe shortly before it went on...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt test drive, Michigan, October 2010
    Are Volt Dealers Really Pocketing Federal Rebates? Maybe Not

    It doesn’t take a scientist to figure out that the 2011 Chevrolet Volt is in high demand right now--despite its May sales numbers, which are behind those of the 2011 Nissan Leaf. But despite General Motors’ planned increase in production, buying the plug-in hybrid is a little more...

  • 2012 Mitsubishi "i" electric car, powered by MiEV, launch event at 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Mitsubishi Prices 2012 'i' Electric Car At $27,990 Before Tax Breaks

    Driving electric just got cheaper, as Mitsubishi announced that its 2012 'i' electric car would be priced at just $27,990 before incentives when deliveries begin in California next January. That makes the 2012 Mitsubishi 'i' the least expensive plug-in car on sale in the U.S. market. It qualifies...

  • BMW ActiveE

    Electric cars, at the moment, cost more to buy than gasoline cars of similar size and with similar features, powertrain excepted. Leases on electric cars from mass-market brands like Nissan and Chevrolet are often a little more competitive. The 2011 Nissan Leaf is $349 a month, the 2011 Chevy Volt $350 per month (both prices are after a $7,500 Federal income-tax credit). But befitting its brand, BMW isn't exactly bestowing bargain-basement prices on its electric-car lease: It'll cost you $499 per month on a 24-month lease, after a $2,250 down payment. Reservations for the car begin this...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf for Sale on eBay
    2011 Nissan Leaf: How Much Would YOU Pay to Jump the Queue?

    The U.S. rollout of the 2011 Nissan Leaf has been a bit of a disaster with some would-be Leaf owners still waiting to find out when their local dealer will stock the all-electric car nearly a year after pre-reservations started. So how much would you pay to jump the queue completely and get an...

  • 2012 Infiniti M Hybrid, at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2012 Infiniti M35h Hybrid Priced At $53,700, Gets 32 MPG Highway

    Two weeks ago, the EPA rated the 2012 Infiniti M35h Hybrid at 27 mpg city, 32 mpg highway, for a combined rating of 29 mpg. That makes it the only car in its class, as Infiniti proudly trumpeted, with both 350 horsepower and a highway rating of 30 mpg or more. Now, the cost of that fuel efficiency...

  • 2010 Smart ForTwo Cdi
    2010 Smart ForTwo Minicars: Still On Sale, Now Even Cheaper

    If you're one of the dwindling number of car buyers considering the Smart ForTwo minicar, now may be a good time to close the deal. Smart sent out an e-mail yesterday offering $1,500 of "customer cash" off the purchase price of remaining 2010 ForTwo coupe models, which apparently are still in stock...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt test drive, Michigan, October 2010
    Federal Incentives: Subsidizing 'Volt-Gouging' By Chevy Dealers?

    It's the sign of a successful car launch: Dealers add blatant markups to the sticker price, charging thousands of dollars extra because buyer demand exceeds supply, and dealers have the only supply. Now it's happening to the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the range-extended electric car that went on sale in...

  • Crushed GM EV1s - Screenshot, Who Killed The Electric Car?
    Could Rising Commodity Prices Kill (Or Hurt) The Electric Car?

    At the time of this writing, oil has sprinted above $90 a barrel, silver has jumped 80-plus percent in the last year and China just announced an 11 percent decrease in exports of rare earth metals for 2011. Will these constraints on critical resources, and their inevitable steep rise in costs and...

  • Tesla Motors, Palo Alto, California

    As VentureBeat suggested on Thursday, the entry of new shares onto the market today has caused Tesla’s stock to drop. The stock is trading down 16 percent today now that the 180-day post-IPO lockup period has ended and insiders are free to sell their shares. The stock is trading at $25.30, down 16 percent from its Thursday close of $30.09. CapitalOne Southcoast today placed a “sell” rating on the stock. The Silicon Valley electric car company’s stock took an 8 percent tumble Thursday when Capstone analyst Carter Driscoll downgraded Tesla shares to a “sell”...

  • First factory-built Fisker Karma live photos
    2011 Fisker Karma 'Final Pricing' Goes Up Again, To $95,900

    The 2011 Fisker Karma is still on track to reach U.S. dealers in March or April, according to the company. But there's one new piece of info: The price of the extended-range electric sports sedan has gone up. Again. Originally announced in 2008 at a price of $80,000, the Karma fairly quickly went...

  • 2011 Toyota Prius
    Want To Buy a Toyota Prius Hybrid? This Is The Month To Do It

    Auto executives always want you to buy their cars, today. That goes without saying. But it's slightly less common for them to say, in effect, "This is the month to buy, 'cause we're going to be discounting the heck out of 'em." Nonetheless, that was the message from Bob Carter, Toyota's group vice...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf
    “Unlimited Juice” Electric Vehicle Charging Plans: Good Idea or Exploitation?

    We often get asked by readers just how much it will cost to run an EV. And while we’re able to say that an EV costs less to run once purchased than a gasoline car we’ve had to guess refer them to their local utility company for exact pricing. So what if you could enter into a monthly...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf
    How To Pay Just $12,280 For A Brand-New 2011 Nissan Leaf Electric Car

    All the different incentives to purchase electric cars can be confusing. But if all the stars align and you're the lucky person who can take advantage of multiple incentives, there’s a slim chance that you could buy a brand-new 2011 Nissan Leaf for a mere $12,300. Here’s how it works...

  • 2011 Toyota Prius
    2011 Toyota Prius Hybrid Prices Raised $250 For Every Model

    The 2010 Toyota Prius had an exceptionally long model year, introduced in early spring 2009 and delivered to dealers by May or June that year. But now the 2011 Prius hybrids are arriving at dealerships, and Toyota has levied a modest price increase of $250 across each of the four trim packages it...

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