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Tata Is Planning To Hybridize Its Nano Offering

Ford might need to upsize their trophy case for all the awards the new Fusion is winning. Just two weeks ago, the Fusion was awarded Motor Trend's golden calipers as the 2010 Car of the Year, beating out the Honda Insight, the Lexus HS 250h, and the Toyota Prius, among numerous others. Now Car and...

Is the diminutive Tata Nano Hybrid coming to America? According to a report in The Maeil Business Newspaper out of Korea, Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Motors, says the Indian automaker could sell the gas-sipping four-seater in more established markets like those of the U.S. and Europe. Tata was...

We're gearing up for the Los Angeles Auto Show here at GreenCarReports, and the press releases are flying across the desk. Most of them don't apply to green car buyers and fans, but here's one worth watching. At the show, Capstone Turbine Corp. will unveil its CMT-380 concept, an extended-range...

The latest production prototype 2011 Chevrolet Volt  features these unusual door panels -A sort of screen-printed psychedelic motif depicting vaguely science-ey,  geometric forms swooping along on curved lines of force (no doubt the winds of change). According to chief Volt engineer,  Andrew...

In another life, Tony Posawatz could be a politician. He's outgoing, upbeat, a man who deftly juggles discussions of technology, green concerns, and the realities of carmaking while seeming to know everyone in the world of electric vehicles by name. Posawatz is vehicle line director for the 2011...

The Business of Plugging in Expo presented all types of information pertinent to electrically motivated vehicles.  Speakers covered numerous topics and hundreds of industry experts were on hand.  The expo, considered the largest of its type, grow each and every year as electric vehicles become a...

According to a report from Automotive News, the future all electric vehicle from Nissan's luxury brand Infiniti will focus on the performance image that the company itself has portrayed over the last few years. As Infiniti Business Unit Vice President Ben Poore said, " You can really turn up the...

Indianapolis-based battery maker EnerDel is tied closely to the Th!nk electric car company  and to other automakers moving into the EV and PHEV field such as Nissan.   But it seems that the company is now expanding it's activities beyond automotive power units and into the area of the larger...

Popular In Japan, But Would They Be Here In the U.S.?

Mazda Hasn’t Been On the Forefront Of the EV Industry, But They Are Catching Up

For the first time ever, U.S. automakers are getting ready to sell small cars that go beyond adequate to potentially great. Certainly the styling, specification, and safety equipment of upcoming compacts and subcompacts is a giant step above their predecessors. The latest example is the 2011...

Nissan is considering production of electric vehicles in China.  The company believes that China's fast growing car market will demand EVs and they hope that production within the nation will allow them to produce and sell electric vehicles at a competitive price within the country. Nissan is...

Though Toyota has not confirmed anything officially, Japan's Best Car magazine is reporting that the company plans to reintroduce the Toyota MR2 as a hybrid model called the MR-S to compete with Honda's upcoming CR-Z hybrid. As Best Car reports, the vehicle will go on sale sometime after the CR-Z...

The German environmental ministry has awarded Daimler a $13.46 million grant to help subsidize the development of an all electric Sprinter commercial delivery van.  Daimler hopes to start delivery of the vans next year with intentions of using the EV powertrain in other van models in the companies...

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