Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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General Motors is still hard at work behind the scenes on the next-generation Chevrolet Volt.
We won't know full details of the car for some time, but one upgrade it's likely to feature is a new,...
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2016 Toyota Prius: AWD Still Considered For Next-Gen Hybrid
With a new Toyota Prius on the horizon, rumors abound as to what the next-generation of the world's best-selling hybrid will offer when it's unveiled late next year. Some changes are a given: Better fuel efficiency, an improved interior, a revised yet familiar shape. Others, such as all-wheel...
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Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell Covers 435 Miles On Single Tank Of Hydrogen
If there's one area that electric vehicles still lag their combustion counterparts, it's in the distance you can travel between stops to recharge. It's one area that companies producing fuel-cell vehicles will be keen to capitalize on too, and Hyundai has proven that long-distance ability with its...
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Musk Continues To Back Nikola Tesla Museum, This Time With $1 Million
Tesla is such a hot topic in the electric car world at the moment, the name itself has almost lost meaning. Luckily, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk still appreciates the value of the Tesla name. To prove it, he's donating $1 million, and a Tesla Supercharger, to a museum dedicated to the company's...
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China Decides Electric Cars Are Important Enough To Waive Tax On Their Purchase
After a slow start, electric cars could take another step forward in China as the country decides to waive its 10 percent purchase tax on the vehicles. It's the latest effort by the country's policymakers to address China's pollution and energy independence issues. Electric car sales have been...
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Hack A Tesla Model S And Win $10,000
The word "hack" is a little over-used in today's lexicon, but in the general sense it refers to the process of cracking the software system of a computer, a smartphone--or a car. Many electric cars roll those three categories into one, and now the organizers of a computer security conference have...
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A few years ago the concept of a green sports car would have been completely alien, but fast-forward a few years and the market has changed significantly.
Tesla, for a time, produced its electric...
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Growth In Diesel Car And Truck Sales Outpaces Market Growth This Year
Drivers in the U.S. are finally coming around to the idea of diesel cars, it seems--as sales have increased by 25 percent during the first six months of 2014. In data compiled by HybridCars and Baum and Associates (via Diesel Technology Forum), diesels show six consecutive months of sales growth in...
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2014 Cadillac ELR: $75K Electric Coupe Gets Five-Figure Discounts, Already
Ask anyone interested in the Cadillac ELR to name their biggest bone of contention and they'll say one thing: The price. At a shade under $75,000, it's a good $40,000 more expensive than the car it's heavily based on--the Chevrolet Volt. But if you walk into a dealer today and play hard ball, you...
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Tesla Motors Facing Copyright Lawsuit In China
Tesla is once again facing copyright issues over its name in China, up against a trend the industry knows as "trademark trolls". When Tesla first made plans to sell cars in China, it came up against a businessman called Zhan Baosheng. Zhan had trademarked the Tesla name for automotive back in 2006...
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Natural-Gas Vehicle Makers Propose New Unit: Diesel Gallon Equivalent
How do you ensure that all fuels are treated equally, and that customers are aware of the benefits and drawbacks to every alternative to gasoline power? One of the most effective ways is to compare a new fuel to one consumers are already familiar with. That's why a group of natural gas advocates...
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Nissan Leaf Video Highlights Use Of Recycled Materials
As you drive your shiny new Nissan Leaf out of the dealership in silence and zero-emissions cleanliness, it's easy to forget all the resources and energy that have gone into building it. Those are a necessary evil as far as car production goes, but companies like Nissan are doing their best to...
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Daimler's Smart brand has spent the last few years releasing concepts that preview the look of its next-generation city car, but the car itself has remained frustratingly under wraps.
Now we've got...
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Volvo XC90 'Twin Engine' Tech: Plug-In Electric, Turbocharged AND Supercharged
Volvo's long-term powertrain strategy is all about four-cylinder engines. Gone are the firm's long-standing five-cylinder gasoline and diesel units, and gone is the old XC90's V-8--replaced, in the next-generation car, with a power unit Volvo calls 'Twin Engine'. Using an intriguing mix of...
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How Do You Beat A Tesla Model S? The Answer Is Always Miata (Video)
There is a popular internet meme that suggests Mazda's Miata is the answer to every automotive question. You want something fun? Something inexpensive to run? Reliable? Easy to wrench on? Want to improve your car control skills? Cheap to buy? The answer is always Miata. So, in the spirit of that...
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Skeptical German Reviewer Buys BMW i3 Electric Car: Likes The Car, Dislikes The Price
If it's worth saying once, it bears repeating a hundred times: The best way to get people to buy electric cars is to put them behind the wheel. One German journalist has done just that, buying a BMW i3 electric car despite protestations from colleagues that the price, short range and lack of...
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Five Compact Cars With The Best Gas Mileage
If you're in the market for a new compact car and want to improve your gas mileage, what do you buy? You could opt for the latest hybrid or diesel models, or even an electric car like the Nissan Leaf. But if those are a little outside your comfort zone, you could do worse than to look at the latest...
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BP: 53.3 Years Of Oil Left At Current Production Rate
"Nobody knows or can know how much oil exists under the earth's surface or how much it will be possible to produce in the future." That's how BP starts its website page defining oil reserves, and it's why we should take statistics like "53.3 years of oil reserves" with a pinch of salt. But...
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Tesla Motors is assisting Los Angeles police and fire departments in their investigation following the high-speed crash of a stolen Tesla Model S early Friday morning.
Officers reported chasing the...
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Gas-Guzzlers Now Pay More To Park In Madrid
European cities aren't always that easy to navigate when you're in a car. They twist and turn through narrow, busy streets constrained by the topography and architecture, designed long before powered vehicles were prevalent. If that's not enough, one European city--the Spanish capital Madrid--is...
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Stolen Tesla Model S Involved In Multi-Car Wreck In West Hollywood
A stolen Tesla Model S was destroyed in a crash Thursday night following a police chase that hit speeds of 100 mph through West Hollywood. Several other vehicles were also destroyed in the high-speed accident and at least four people were hospitalized, in a crash that left the Model S split in two...
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June Plug-In Car Sales Surprise: Ford Fusion Beats Chevy Volt
We've got used to seeing plug-in car sales inexorably rising over the last few years. Different models sell at different rates of course, but when one or two cars each month hit some kind of individual sales record, the growth is rarely remarkable. But every so often we're taken by surprise by one...
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Tesla Gains Some Ground On Retail Sales In Pennsylvania
Tesla's long battle against state franchise laws is still underway, but every so often it does get a boost of positive news. That latest boost comes from Pennsylvania, where the state's House of Representatives has passed legislation allowing Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] to sell through its first-party...
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Audi Plans Plug-In Hybrid Version Of Every Major Model By 2020
Audi will concentrate heavily on the development of plug-in hybrids over the next few years, as the company plans to offer a plug-in model of very significant model in its lineup by 2020. Speaking to Autocar, Audi's research and development chief Ulrich Hackenberg says plug-in hybrids will be...
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