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A businessman and electric-car fan who imported a Tesla Model S into Singapore has had to pay an additional emission tax on the zero-emission luxury car. While the Tesla runs solely on batteries and has no tailpipe from which to emit anything, the island state levied the tax to reflect the annual carbon-dioxide emissions of the electricity used to recharge the Model S. Joe Nguyen, a senior vice-president with an internet research firm, paid more than $400,000 (SGD) for the used Model S, which he bought from a seller in Hong Kong. DON'T MISS: Tesla Model 3 invitations going out for March 31...
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New diesel Audi SQ7: electric turbo, 48-volt electrics aid efficiencyGiven the diesel scandal lingering over Volkswagen's operations, it might come as a surprise that Audi has unveiled a new, high-performance flagship crossover powered by the controversial fuel. But the new SQ7 brings to the table much more than just a high-power 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged diesel...
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Tesla Model S P100D, electric car as fuel station, hybrid Firebird via Prius V: Today's Car NewsWe've got lots of stories on infrastructure today.
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Next top-level Tesla Model S to be P100D, says software hackerPerhaps no car company today is as good at the extended tease as California electric-car maker Tesla Motors. Whether it's tweets from CEO Elon Musk, fervent fan speculation on few facts, or mainstream-media coverage based on incomplete knowledge and misunderstanding, the tiny carmaker gets huge...
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Prius V power plus Pontiac pony car equals...Firebird Hybrid!What would be your ultimate Toyota Prius hybrid? Maybe a convertible version? One that brings fond memories of bygone performance to middle-aged friends and neighbors? An Ohio man is now in the process of building what might become the ultimate Toyota Prius—at least for muscle car...
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U.S. advanced research agency optimistic on storage-battery progressThe Federal government's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy said last week that it has made huge strides toward creating a next generation of batteries for energy storage. The agency is tasked with kickstarting energy-related projects in the private sector; its director suggested that the new...
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Borgward is hardly a household name anywhere, but the recently-revived automaker hopes that its new plug-in hybrids will make it a hit in China's still-growing new car market. At this week's Geneva Motor Show, Borgward debuted a pair of crossovers christened BX5 and Projekt BX6 TS. The Geneva debuts follow in the footsteps of the Borgward BX7 sport-utility vehicle that formally revived the name at its 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show debut last fall. DON'T MISS: 2016 Borgward BX7 First Look Today's Borgward doesn't have much in common with its predecessor, which declared bankruptcy in 1961. At one...
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Plug-in electric car sales in Canada, February 2016: Volt ValentineChevy's 102 Volt sales may have led the Canadian plug-in electric vehicle market in February, and bring its national total to 5,611 units. As it happens, this is a mere 103 units away from Nolan Ryan's major league baseball strikeout record of 5,714. Up slightly from January's 94 sales, this was...
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Nissan: your electric car is the fuel station of the future (video)Nissan believes future electric cars will be more connected to grid infrastructure.
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Hyundai Ioniq lineup, Geneva's green debuts, Leaf 2G update, nervous Nevada: The Week In ReverseWhich startup company is making the state of Nevada nervous right about now? And, what vehicle did we consider to be the most important new entry at this week's Geneva Motor Show? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, March 4...
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VW to release diesel cheating report by end of April, annual meeting to come June 28 (UPDATED)Volkswagen will release the results of its internal diesel-cheating investigation at its annual shareholder meeting April 21.
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Faraday's Future bumpy; Nevada nervous, first car 'no Tesla'Company startups are, by their nature, secretive and turbulent places. Toss in a Chinese billionaire or two, a new business model for selling transportation services rather than cars, and the brutal competition in the global auto industry, and you have the recipe for frequent and disruptive change...
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Morgan and Tesla make headlines today.
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Plug-In electric car sales for Feb: winter doldrums continueAs in previous years, the dog days of January and February were not kind to electric-car sales this year. Both 2014 and 2015 saw the lowest number of plug-in cars sold in their first two months, and 2016 appears to be following that pattern. While February sales were slightly up on those in...
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Tesla Model 3 invitations going out for March 31 debut eventTesla recently sent out invitations for the Model 3 debut event.
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German shareholders sue VW over diesel emission scandalGerman shareholders claims Volkswagen didn't inform them of developments related to the diesel scandal in a timely fashion.
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Morgan EV3 electric three-wheeler: eccentric British maker's official videoMorgan unveiled its production EV3 electric three-wheeler at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show.
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2017 Chevy Volt, 2017 Hyundai Ioniq details, Electric Supercars in Geneva: Today's Car NewsChevrolet and Hyundai make headlines today.
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You can't refuel your gasoline or diesel car in your garage, but one of the greatest benefits of owning a plug-in electric car is home recharging. With a device that requires no more wiring than an electric clothes drier, electric-car drivers quickly learn to plug in when they arrive home in the evening and wake up to a fully charged battery. The charging stations themselves are offered both by the makers of plug-in cars and other vendors, so there's a wide selection. DON'T MISS: How To Wire A New Garage For Electric-Car Charging: What You Need To Know Reporting from the Geneva Motor Show...
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Yesterday's hybrid car is tomorrow's Energizer batteryEnergizer uses material from hybrid-car battery packs in its household batteries.
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Supercars stampede toward hybrids, electric power: Geneva roundupThe 2016 Geneva Motor Show was full of hybrid and electric supercars.
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2017 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, Electric: more notes from Geneva Motor ShowThe 2017 Hyundai Ioniq lineup was largely downplayed by European media that focused more on local makers, along with the supercars and high-end luxury vehicles debuts, at this week's Geneva Motor Show. Korean maker Hyundai was the 19th press event of the morning, almost three hours after media days...
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2017 Chevy Volt: what GM is doing differently this timeBy virtually all accounts, the second-generation Chevrolet Volt is a handsome, enjoyable, efficient, and comfortable plug-in hybrid hatchback. This site named it our Best Car To Buy for 2016, and it's won plaudits from reviewers across the spectrum. But as we wrote last summer, "We worry most about...
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Geneva Debuts: Subaru XV, Audi Q2, Rimac Concept S: Today's Car NewsWe have news from Audi, Subaru, and Rimac today.
Stephen Edelstein