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Both General Motors subcompact crossovers received the IIHS Top Safety Pick rating.
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Quant F Electric Luxury Limo With Flow Cell Battery: Geneva Show PreviewThe Quant F is an updated version of the Quant e-Sportlimousine that debuted in Geneva last year.
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Testing Hydrogen Vs Electric Cars, Infiniti QX30 Concept Teased, Audi Buys Fuel-Cell Patents: Today's Car NewsAudi and Infiniti make headlines today.
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How To Test Hydrogen Vs Electric Cars: A Challenge To Automakers (In Our Dreams)The amount of animus between some proponents of plug-in electric cars and those who support hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles is remarkable, and sometimes disturbing. Each side marshals studies of everything from wells-to-wheels carbon footprint (electric cars win) to "refueling time" to full range...
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Audi Buys Patents For Fuel-Cell Technology From Ballard SystemsAudi buys fuel-cell patents and plans to share them with other VW Group brands.
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Wintry Michigan: Not The Best Place To Drive An Electric Car?One man's experience driving a Volkswagen e-Golf in a Michigan winter.
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The field of luxury compact crossover utility vehicles will get a little more crowded next year, when Infiniti launches its QX30--the Japanese brand's smallest SUV yet. Now Infiniti has released a teaser photo of the QX30 Concept it will unveil at next month's Geneva Motor Show. The production version of the Infiniti QX30, expected to arrive in the U.S. next year, will be built at Nissan's Sunderland plant in the U.K. starting in December. DON'T MISS: Infiniti QX30 Crossover To Be Built Alongside Q30 Hatch At U.K. Plant (Jul 2014) That assembly line is now ramping up to start production of...
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Tesla Vs Franchised Car Dealers In Texas, Arizona: Battles ContinueDebate over Tesla direct sales is re-sparked in Arizona and Texas.
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VW To Spend $10 Million On Electric-Car Charging Sites, Asks Governments To Step Up TooA Volkswagen official calls for increased government assistance in promoting electric cars.
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Honda N-Truck Kei Concept: World's Tiniest Travel Trailer, Too Cute For WordsSometimes there are cars that just make you grin. So how can you not love a tiny Japanese kei car, their minier-than-minicar class, converted into a pickup truck with its own matched travel trailer behind it? DON'T MISS: Japan's Government Clamps Down On Tiny Kei Cars, Fearing Irrelevance Kei cars...
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Tesla Model S P85D Buying, Electric Fiat 500X, 2016 Kia Optima Teased: Today's Car NewsFiat, Kia, and Tesla make headlines today.
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Why I Had To Trade My Tesla Model S For A Brand-New P85DLast October, Tesla announced an all-wheel-drive version of the Model S electric car, with up to a mind-boggling 691 horsepower, and said deliveries would start as early as December—only a two month wait. The performance specifications of the new P85D version promised supercar numbers on the...
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A concept previewing the next-generation Kia Optima will debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show.
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Is The Next Chrysler Compliance Car An Electric Fiat 500X?For those not familiar with the term, a "compliance car" is a zero-emission vehicle built in small numbers and sold largely or exclusively in California. Its sole purpose is to keep an automaker in compliance with the state's requirement that its six highest-selling carmakers sell or lease a...
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Will U.S. Get Honda Fit Sedan To Join Hatchback, HR-V? Test Car SpiedA Honda City is spotted roaming the streets of Torrance, California.
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CA Electric Utility Applies To Build 25,000 Electric-Car Charging StationsPacific Gas & Electric hopes to build 25,000 charging stations in five years.
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Tesla Model X Delay, 2017 Chevy Spark Leaked, Victory Charger Trademarked: Today's Car NewsChevrolet, Tesla, and Victory make headlines today.
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2017 Chevrolet Spark: Photos Of Updated Minicar Leaked In KoreaThe Chevrolet Spark minicar, among the smallest five-door hatchbacks sold in North America, has been an unexpected success for General Motors. The company has boosted imports a couple of times, and managed to sell almost 40,000 of them last year--and 34,000 the year before. Now, the first spy shots...
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French officials want drivers to swap the dirtiest diesels for electric cars.
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Why Tesla Model X Electric SUV Is Late: Range, Towing, 'Falcon Doors'Electric-car fans and Tesla owners alike are eagerly awaiting the debut of the Tesla Model X electric SUV, now scheduled to go into production roughly six months from now. Like every Tesla, the Model X has been delayed a number of times--but there's been little speculation about the reasons for the...
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Zillion-Dollar Super-Luxury 270-Foot Mega-Yachts Now Run Hybrid TooThe Savannah is a massive new yacht with a diesel-electric hybrid system.
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Bolt Production, Little Jeep Driven, Chrysler's Secret Diesel? The Week In Reverse (Video)What story did the Reuters news service break that set the electric-car world buzzing? And which carmaker's service was rated best by Consumer Reports? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, February 6, 2015. At the end of...
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2017 Chevy Bolt Production Start, 2016 Toyota Mirai Details, Tougher EU Testing Rules: Today's Car NewsChevrolet and Toyota make headlines today.
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Breaking: 2017 Chevrolet Bolt 200-Mile Electric Car To Start Production In Oct 2016The Chevrolet Bolt, a subcompact electric car with 200 miles of range, is to go into production earlier than expected, just 20 months from now. According to a breaking news story early this morning, the Bolt will start production in October 2016--possibly as a 2017 model. DON'T MISS: Chevrolet Bolt...
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