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Averting a showdown between 17 states and the federal government may take priority over industry-friendly fuel-economy targets. At least, that's what they're saying. Reports leading up to a May 11 meeting between leaders of America's automotive industry and President Donald Trump indicate that automakers may lobby the federal government to scale back attempts to unravel the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard set in previous administrations. General Motors CEO Mary Barra wrote a letter to GM employees May 8 posted on LinkedIn saying the automaker wouldn't quit making low-emissions...
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Canadian electric-carmaker Electra Meccanica delivers first vehicle to U.S.We haven't heard much news about new all-electric models, especially from independent carmakers in a while. Now tiny Canadian startup automaker Electra Meccanica has announced that their tiny electric 3-wheeler has been certified for sale in the United States, and the first one has been delivered...
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7 things we learned in 9 years, and where green cars are headedMore than four years ago, this site looked back at its first five years of coverage to assess what had changed—and what we'd learned. Now, we're repeating the exercise. By February 2014, Green Car Reports had published about 9,800 news articles. The number is now up to more than 16,800. Much...
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Toyota may let mechanics repair faulty recall inverters on older PriusToyota may supply independent mechanics with parts and instructions for repairing, but not replacing, potentially faulty inverters on certain 2014 Prius models, Green Car Reports has learned. According to Automotive Career Development Center founder Craig Van Batenberg, Toyota for the first time...
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A Tesla with a candy dish? Musk plans new confectioneryRunning Tesla, Space X, the Boring Company, and others apparently isn't enough. Elon Musk, the famed CEO of Tesla who says he hasn't had time to shower while ramping up production of the company's critical Model 3, now says he plans to start another company. In a war of words with fellow...
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Elio update: Overstock gives 84-mpg automaker a shot, with a cryptocurrency twistFledgling automaker Elio Motors said it has good news this week for its three-wheeled car, which has been delayed for several years. KTBS in Shreveport, Louisiana, reported last week that the company's founder, Paul Elio, would offer an update on the company's promises to build a small car that...
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Just when it looked like sales might take off for a variety of electric cars, a global battery shortage has put a damper on sales of models from Hyundai. We got a heads up from a Canadian reader that customer orders for the Ioniq Electric in Canada have been put on hold due to a global shortage of battery supply. We confirmed the memo with Hyundai Canada. In a memo entitled "18My Ioniq EV Short-Term Production Shortage," which the reader provided to GCR, Hyundai Canada informed dealers that: "Due to a temporary global battery supply shortage, the sold order entry system for 18MY Ioniq EV will...
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Tesla reportedly locks out contractors in midst of Model 3 ramp upLast Wednesday, during Tesla's earnings call, we learned that CEO Elon Musk planned to restructure the company and to cut the number of contractors used at Tesla's factories. That day came suddenly this morning. Electrek reported this morning that it had obtained an internal memo from Musk noting...
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Conservative conference shows disagreement over purchase incentives for electric carsYou can’t always make assumptions about where people stand on any issue based on their political affiliation. You can tell a lot more by following the dollars that flow into their wallets. This fact burst into raw display at last month’s Spring Policy Summit of the secretive American...
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1912 electric truck: Take that, Tesla Semi!Commercial Truck company of Philadelphia built 5-ton electric trucks as far back as 1912. We know because two of these C-T Model A 10 trucks showed up for sale on simultaneously on Hemmings Motor News last month.
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Plug-in electric car sales for April: Leaf sales lag, spendy Porsches take offThe landscape for plug-in electric and hybrid cars appears to be little changed.
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Winnebago builds electric campers—to tow your electric carWinnebago is selling zero emissions versions of its 33-foot and 38-foot Class A motorhomes from its custom Commercial Shell division.
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Just as most automakers gear up to announce their 2019 models, the 2018 Nissan Rogue Hybrid is arriving in showrooms scattered across select markets in the U.S. To mark the new year (is it still new?), the Rogue Hybrid's price is up about $800 over last year to $27,995 for the base SV trim level, including a mandatory destination charge. That figure helps account for an updated infotainment system with standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto plus a motion-activated power tailgate. READ MORE: 2017 Nissan Rogue Hybrid: gas mileage review All-wheel drive adds $1,350. Those seeking a few upgrades...
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Kia Niro electric car debuts in KoreaBased on the Niro hybrid and plug in hybrid already sold stateside, the Niro EV takes the concept one step further by dispensing with the gas engine altogether.
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Budweiser-maker taps Nikola for up to 800 hydrogen-powered semi trucksAnheuser-Busch bet big on hydrogen fuel for its semitrailer trucks Thursday. The Budweiser beermaker announced it would buy up to 800 big rigs from Nikola Motor Company by 2025 and nearly replace its entire dedicated corporate fleet with trucks powered by renewable energy. The agreement is largely...
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Clipper Creek offers certified pre-owned charging stationsClipperCreek is offering two types of certified pre-owned models, the LCS, which delivers up to 24 amps of power, for $300, and the HCS, which can deliver up to 80 amps, for $400.
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Tesla earnings, cash-burn up; Model 3 production, barelyThe company has not reached its goal of producing 5,000 Model 3 cars a week, reporting a maximum production of 2,270 cars a week the week before it shut down the line the third week in April, which it said was to remove production bottlenecks.
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Outlanders Inbound: Plug-in Electric Car Sales In Canada, March 2018Altogether, Canadians bought 2,157 plug-in cars in Canada in April, 40 percent off March's pace of 3,563 sales, but 50 percent more than January, and a couple hundred more than February.
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This Chicopee location consisted of four parking slots being served by four charging units.
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FedEx and UPS burn less gas to deliver boxesThe biggest news comes from FedEx, which pressed its first hydrogen fuel-cell delivery truck into service on the East Coast, outside of Albany, N.Y.
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California and 16 states sue EPA over emissions rulesCalifornia, along with 16 other states and the District of Columbia, have formally launched a long-anticipated lawsuit against EPA over its proposed rollback of emissions rules for 2022 through 2025.
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Jay Leno says Toyota Prius will someday be collectibleCar collectors also gravitate towards car that represented turning points in automotive technology or design, and the Prius does that in spades.
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Subaru admits cheating on fuel-economy and emissions testsJapan began investigating the company last year for falsifying fuel-economy and emissions reports at its two factories in the country, and Subaru has now confirmed that final testing data was manipulated on more than 900 cars going back to 2002.
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Teslas will start paying to drive in L.A.'s "Lexus lanes"By a 10-to-1 vote last week, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to eliminate free access to the lanes by so-called "sticker cars,"
Eric C. Evarts