Videos
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Olympic Gold Medalist Ross Powers drives a Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid.
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Second Toyota Mirai Video: Hydrogen Is Like First Oil Well
Toyota goes to the birthplace of the oil industry to demonstrate electrolysis.
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Installing An Electric-Car Charging Station: This Old House Shows You How
The PBS show demonstrates installing an electric-car charging station.
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The History Of Tesla Motors And Its Electric Cars, In Only 2 Minutes Of Video
Electric-car startup Tesla Motors attracts huge interest, lots of controversy, and truly passionate customers and followers. For a company that's been around only a little more than 10 years, it's got a lot of history. Now, a video from Bloomberg Business distills that history down into a mere two...
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Who Drives Electric? Famous Racing Driver Stirling Moss, It Turns Out
Celebrities are always a good way to draw attention to cars. Now the U.K. arm of French carmaker Renault has made a short video about one very well-known driver of its Twizy electric car. That would be none other than Sir Stirling Moss, one of the most famous racing drivers of all time. DON'T MISS...
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Tesla Gigafactory: Drone Flyover Shows How Huge It Really Is
The very word "gigafactory" makes Tesla Motors' lithium-ion cell fabrication and battery assembly plant sound quite large. But how huge it actually is can be hard to comprehend. Context is provided by diagrams that compare its planned footprint to, say, the largest building for assembling jetliners...
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We round up green-car deals for the month, Volkswagen teases what it could do with a high-performance plug-in, and Tesla hints about its future. It’s the week in Reverse for Friday, May 15, 2015, right here at Green Car Reports. This week, we brought you drive reports for both the 2015 Ford Focus EcoBoost—that’s the one with the little turbocharged three-cylinder engine under the hood—and the 2015 Chevrolet Trax small SUV. Going by pricing and incentives, we laid out some of the best deals on hybrid, electric, and diesel cars for this month. And on the deal front, if...
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Is This The Next Toyota Prius Hybrid Captured On Video?
Video may show a camouflaged prototype of the next-generation Toyota Prius hybrid.
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Tesla Model S Drifting Shows Wild Side Of Electric Cars (Video)
See what happens when a Japanese drifting pro gets behind the wheel of a Tesla Model S.
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BMW i3 Tear-Down Videos Show Electric Car's Radical Design
New tear-down videos expose more of the BMW i3 electric car's secrets.
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New Toyota Film Appropriates Musk 'BS' Comment On Hydrogen For Its Title
Toyota launches a series of videos on renewable hydrogen.
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Rare E85 Ethanol Fuel Good For Racers, As 750-HP Hellcat Shows (Video)
A 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat converted to run on E85 produces 753 hp at the wheels.
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The Chevrolet Spark has found its niche as an urban runabout. But since it's been on sale around the world for a long time, it's time for a replacement. And this time, for now at least, one key version is going dark. ALSO SEE: Surprise 2016 Honda Civic Concept At NY Auto Show Previews Production Car The new Spark is slightly longer and lower than the outgoing model--it's a little sleeker as a result. Chevy's put work into making the Spark look a little more upscale, but still fun. Big, friendly headlamps blend into the grille more neatly this time, but the wild colors like Toasted Marshmallow...
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2016 Smart Fortwo Video Preview
If smaller is better, then you can’t really do much better than the Smart ForTwo. The Fortwo is the city car originally designed in partnership with Swatch, back in the 1990s. This year it’s been redesigned with American drivers in mind. That doesn’t mean bigger—just better...
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Tesla Model X: Video, Spy Shots Of Prototype Testing On CA Roads
The Tesla Model X should be arriving in buyers' driveways within six months, if the company keeps to its latest schedule and starts delivering the all-electric SUV in the third quarter of this year. But Tesla Motors is being uncharacteristically quiet about its next model line, saying it'll simply...
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Fiat 500e Deals, BMW X5 Plug-In, Tesla Ends Range Anxiety: The Week In Reverse (Video)
Want to know how Tesla will end range anxiety? And how some California enthusiasts got such a great deal on the Fiat 500e? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Friday, March 20, 2015. This week, we looked at the features...
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BMW Releases New Video On First Electric Car: 1972 BMW 1602e
The BMW 1602e was the brand's first foray into electric cars.
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UPDATE: First Tesla Model S Convertible (Video) Went Up For Sale On eBay
Newport Convertible Engineering unveils its first Tesla Model S drop top.
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If you haven't heard of the all-electric, all-wheel-drive Tesla Model S P85D--and you're reading about green cars--you may not have been paying attention. Tesla Motors claims the P85D is the fastest four-door sedan on the market, at least from 0 to 60 miles per hour. To date, no other automaker has stepped up to argue about it. We've seen the Tesla P85D destroy supercars and muscle cars, and we've seen it scare the daylights out of adults. MUST WATCH: Tesla Model S P85D 'Insane' Mode: NSFW Video Shows How Fast It Really Is But what about kids? How do they react to Tesla's "insane" mode?...
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2015 BMW i3 Video Road Test
If there were ever a brand-reset button in the automotive business, the BMW i3 electric car is it. It's both a compact hatchback and an all-electric car, from the brand that claims to build ultimate driving machines. How does it measure up to that lofty standard? Hi, I’m Joel Feder, and...
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UPDATE: 'Under The Dome' Video: China's 'Silent Spring' Air-Pollution Wakeup
A new Chinese documentary on air pollution has gone viral.
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2015 BMW i8 Video Road Test
The BMW i8 is sleek and stunning, but it's no V-8-powered supercar. Is it the car that will give plug-in hybrids sex appeal? First, you need to know what makes the i8 go. This is no straightforward supercar: The i8 gets power in a complex way--it can be front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, or...
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What Does A 1088-HP Rimac Electric Supercar Sound Like At Speed? (Video)
A Rimac Concept One electric supercar takes to the track.
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Tesla Battery Life, Volvo Plug-In Hybrid, Fossil-Fuel Girlfriend: The Week In Reverse (Video)
Why are fossil fuels like your girlfriend? And which carmaker will offer the world's very first seven-seat plug-in hybrid SUV? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, February 20, 2015. Friday, we wrote about one business...
John Voelcker