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How fast, how far, and how long? These are the three most important questions asked of any electric car coming to market. Just like their gasoline counterparts, drivers want to know their first electric car won't leave them foundering at the lights, stranded on the freeway, or taking forever to recharge. For the number of small electric cars joining the newly forming A segment market for electric city runabouts, all three questions need impressive answers at a cost far below that of the larger, more suburban EVs, like the 2011 Nissan Leaf. Enter the 2012 Think City EV. Back on the market...
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2011 Honda CR-Z Hybrid Starts From $19,200, On Sale August 24The sporty hybrid coupe will hit dealerships later this summer.
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2011 Honda CR-Z: First Drive
What do you get when you take some of the inspiration of Honda’s much-loved CRX two-seater from the 1980s and cross it with the also-much-loved Insight coupe from the past decade, then give it the latest version of Honda’s hybrid system? Honda says you get the 2011 Honda CR-Z...
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Smart Drive App For iPhone: Who Needs COMAND or iDrive?
For the upcoming 2011 Smart Electric Drive, which we drove at The Car Connection last week, the brand has rolled out a new app that essentially turns your iPhone into that.
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2011 Smart Electric Drive: Mercedes Price, Maybach Exclusivity?
Want to be among the first to lease a 2011 Smart Electric Drive? You’re probably too late, as the brand only plans to make 1,500 of them available globally.
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2011 Fiat 500 Four-Door Model Being Developed for U.S. Sales
Regular readers know we're eagerly awaiting the U.S. arrival of the 2011 Fiat 500 mini-car, the very first fruits of Chrysler's takeover by Italian maker Fiat. Now it looks like yet another variant may join the range of Fiat 500 models in U.S. showrooms. Auto-industry trade journal Automotive News...
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As European manufacturers get more serious about cutting emissions and attacking climate change, some very interesting small, fuel-efficient cars are starting to emerge. The latest news from Europe is that apparently there will be an ultra-luxury version of the Mini Cooper, to be trimmed out at the Rolls-Royce factory in Goodwood, England. The British magazine Autocar had the rumor (should that be rumour?) confirmed by "highly placed sources at BMW," which may announce the plan early next year. BMW owns both Mini and the luxury Rolls-Royce marque, as well as its namesake brand. Strange Cygnet...
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If Texans Don't Want 2010 Smart ForTwos, Will They Rent 'Em?
Several months ago, we previewed Car2Go, the car-sharing program planned in Austin, Texas, featuring Smart ForTwo mini-cars. Now a pilot program with 200 Smarts has launched for the 13,000 employees of the city of Austin. It's the first U.S. version of a scheme that started in March in Ulm...
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Final Aptera 2e Styling Leaked, We Drive the Electric 3-Wheeler
To green-car fans, the idea of an ultra-aerodynamic electric two-seater sounds pretty familiar, right? Think the late, lamented EV1 from General Motors, subject of the controversial documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car? But for more than 4,000 people who've put down deposits on the 2011 Aptera...
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Mini Coupe Concept Celebrates 50 Years of Minis, Targets Audi TT
On Wednesday, August 26, 1959, a new type of small car was unveiled in Austin and Morris dealerships across Britain. Many buyers didn't know quite what to make of the Morris Mini-Minor and Austin 7even (yep, that's what they called it--for a very short while). It had seats for four, it was just 10...
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Th!nk Confirms City EV Plans For U.S. at Michigan Information Technology Center
The Electric Car Market is Getting Another Player
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2010 Toyota Prius: Our Fearless Predictions
What's the new car all about? Here's our best guess before the world premiere.
Martin Padgett
