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The only new battery-electric concept car from a major automaker was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show today, from a company that hasn't had a lot of new product lately. The Mitsubishi eX Electric Crossover Concept is just what its name would indicate: a concept version of a compact crossover utility vehicle powered entirely by electricity. DON'T MISS: Mitsubishi eX All-Electric SUV Concept To Debut At Tokyo Motor Show The company had given out many of the details, along with preview photos, a couple of weeks ago--and we didn't hear a lot more that was new today. As before, a 45-kilowatt-hour...
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Lexus LF-FC Concept, Electric London Taxi, Big Rig KERS: Today's Car NewsWe've got a fuel-cell luxury sedan, electric taxi, and hybrid big rigs today.
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Lexus Fuel Cell Car Likely To Be Based on New LS Luxury Sedan
The Lexus LF-FC concept could preview a future fuel-cell Lexus luxury sedan.
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London's Black Cabs To Be Range-Extended Electrics, With Chinese Help
The London Taxi Company debuts a new extended-range electric model.
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Recovered Energy And Ultracapacitors Could Cut Big-Rig Fuel Use
A startup plans to adapt KERS technology for heavy-duty trucks.
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Life With Tesla Model S: Extended Warranty, 'Tricky' Owners & More Updates
I've had my 2013 Tesla Model S for two and a half years now, and I've reported on the entire process, from ordering through delivery. After an update on my battery capacity--which lost slightly more than average, but not worrisomely so--it's time for a roundup of other items I've faced as I reach...
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Tesla may build the Model 3 in China to meet local demand, Elon Musk says.
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Honda Plug-In Hybrid, 2017 Acura NSX, Tesla Model 3 In China: Today's Car News
Acura, Honda, and Tesla make headlines today.
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2017 Acura NSX: Sexy, Powerful Hybrid Supercar Specs Released
The 2017 Acura NSX will have a total system output of 573 horsepower.
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2018 Honda Plug-In Hybrid To Offer 40-Mile Range, Use Fuel-Cell Vehicle's Platform
The upcoming Honda dedicated plug-in hybrid will share a platform with the company's fuel-cell vehicle.
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Tesla Battery Degradation, Honda FCV, Nissan Concept Teased: Today's Car News
Honda, Nissan, and Tesla make headlines today.
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U.S. Emission Tests Are Unrealistic, But European Testing Is Far Worse
European testing standards allow greater opportunities for cheating.
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As we head out to the Tokyo Motor Show, the teaser photos and previews are starting to come in thick and fast. One from late last week was a shadowy image issued by Nissan of an autonomous electric concept car, which is scheduled to debut Tuesday night at 8 pm Eastern (or 9 am the next day in Tokyo). At least one report suggests the concept will be a preview of the next Nissan Leaf electric car, scheduled to launch as a 2017 model. DON'T MISS: Battery Breakthrough To Boost Nissan Electric Cars To One In 10 Sales Around 2020, Exec Says But we're not so sure. That report, from the British...
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Honda Clarity Fuel Cell May Be Its Electric Car And Plug-In Hybrid Too
Honda officially revealed the production version of its hydrogen fuel-cell sedan at the Tokyo Motor Show. The company released two photos late last month that show the car and its interior--which it said at the show will be called the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell--after released FCEV and FCV Concepts...
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Both Electric And Gas Cars Lose Range In The Cold; Electrics Just Lose More
Fleet data shows that electric cars have greater range loss in cold weather than their gasoline counterparts.
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Cars To Vanish From Downtown Oslo Before 2020
A new plan by Oslo's city council would permanently eliminate cars from the Norwegian capital's downtown.
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Life With Tesla Model S: Battery Degradation Update
Last summer, I wrote in this space about an apparent loss of battery capacity in my 2013 Tesla Model S after a three-month Supercharging binge. I wondered whether, despite assurances from Tesla Motors, the two events might have been related. My doubts had started when I noticed that, after a...
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Tesla Model S Saves Woman, Child In Landslide
A Tesla Model S protects a woman and child during a landslide.
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Why does Nissan think it can boost electric-car sales by a factor of 10 in just five years? And, what did VW say about electric cars as it prepared to launch its so-called "clean diesels"--which we now know weren't clean at all? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, October 23, 2015. Friday, we wrote about a Nissan executive who said a battery breakthrough enabling 200-mile range will let the company boost its electric-car sales by as much as a factor of 10. The Leaf electric car was 1 percent of last year's overall...
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Tesla Take Two, Nissan Electric Goals, No VW Reprieve In U.S.: Today's Car News
We've got lots of stories on infrastructure today.
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Battery Breakthrough To Boost Nissan Electric Cars To One In 10 Sales Around 2020, Exec Says
Back in November 2009, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said 20 percent of his company's sales would be electric cars by 2020--and that electric cars would make up 10 percent of global sales. But Ghosn was widely pillored for his projections just a few years later, when Nissan Leaf sales proved slower than...
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VW: Newest Diesel Engines Had No 'Defeat' Software, Legal In Europe
One of the many complications of the VW diesel emission scandal is that the 482,000 affected cars in the U.S. encompass three different types of engine and emission-control system. In Germany, Volkswagen has investigated its newest generation of 2.0-liter diesel engines to find out if they too...
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Younger Car Buyers In U.K. Want Electric Cars Far More Than Older
U.K. teenagers are enthusiastic about electric cars, a new study finds.
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Hot Pizza: Domino's DXP $25K Chevy Spark Includes Warming Oven
Domino's is converting Chevrolet Spark hatchbacks into pizza-delivery vehicles.
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