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According to an article in the August edition of  Car and Driver magazine, the future of cars or at least the near future of cars will be electric.  Coming from a magazine who routinely crowns the victor of many comparison tests as the one with the most horsepower, or the one with the best...

Earlier today the President announced 480 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will received $2.4 billion in U.S. funds under a new act called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The projects were selected through a competitive process and hand picked by the Department...

Just when you thought the Nissan LEAF mania was beginning to subside, the Green Car Advisor team posted this video of a test drive of the LEAF's powertrain. The drive took place at the automaker's track in Oppama, Japan last week. Apparently, GCA's wily auto journalists convinced Fernando Menezes...

Never let it be said US car buyers don't know a good deal when they see one. The Toyota Prius has become the fourth-most popular car purchased under the first 80,000 Cash-for-Clunkers vouchers processed by the US Department of Transportation. In fact, Toyota sold 19,173 Priuses during July, almost...

Manufacturer can't keep up with expanding demand

Who knew? Turns out Americans just needed a little nudge to visit their car dealers, but the promise of an extra $3,500 or more in incentives was enough to push car buyers over the hump and get them to trade in their clunkers. And how. As we reported Friday on our sister site TheCarConnection.com...

Like many European brands that rely on diesels, BMW has been late to the party in introducing electric-drive cars. That's a risky strategy for North America, where it has had to add incentives on diesels and try to tie them to the Cash-for-Clunkers program. Now it's making up for lost time, not...

The Nissan LEAF is the Japanese automaker's mass market global electric car that will go on sale in selected markets in US, Japan, and Europe in 2010. Nissan plans for the car to be affordable and designed it to showcase the fact that it runs on electricity. What's true for the car's exterior in...

The world's leading producer of hybrid vehicles has found another way to make the process of building and delivering vehicles cleaner and greener. Toyota has installed 328 solar panels on the Auriga Leader, a large car carrying vessel that transports Toyota products from Japan to the U.S. The...

With the unveiling of the Nissan LEAF just days ago, many Americans are wondering just when can they get one.  The introduction into the U.S. market is expected to occur in late 2010.  But those interested in outright buying one may have to wait even longer. It's unclear at this time if Nissan...

A lot has changed since a group of forward thinking Canadians set up shop at SEMA in 2006 to raise money for the electric super car of the future. First off, their company's former moniker, Fuel Vapor Technologies, has been appropriately revised to Future Vehicle Technologies. Secondly, the...

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The 135 pages of Cash-for-Clunkers regulations rules require the dealer who sells you your new, more fuel-efficient car to 'disable' the engine of your traded-in clunker. But how do those dealers actually destroy the engine? Three words: sodium silicate solution. It's a combination of water...

Nissan Adds Their Take to the Electric Car Market

With the Frankfurt Auto Show just over a month away, tips, rumors, and other ramblings are coming in about expectations for this years show.  The focus of many talks surrounding auto shows recently centers on advanced technology vehicles.  Electric, hybrid, fuel cells and other types of vehicles...

So we have now seen the 2011 Nissan LEAF all electric car. It is unique and interesting in appearance, setting itself aside from gas cars not only in function but form. As interesting as it looks and as well as it drives, and even more importantly as well as it avoids using gas, there is still one...

Nissan commits to major battery production for the Leaf

Years back Lexus became the first luxury make to offer hybrid versions of its own products.  Some of the vehicles have been well received, but the latest hybrid offering from Lexus has not been praised, rather it has been hit hard by reviews stating that the Lexus HS250h is little more than an...

Recently rumors surfaced surrounding the Volt's ability to seamlessly transition between it's different power modes, now additional rumors are flying regarding GM's reluctance to release any aerodynamic figures for the Volt.  According to GM, the aerodynamic numbers of the Volt would best most...

Sometimes we wonder what's in a name.  Why name a vehicle a Prius rather than an Insight, or why a Focus over a Rabbit.  Most name choices make little sense, but Nissan wanted a name for their new EV that had significance.  They wanted a single name that accurately portrayed the mission of the...