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It's not uncommon for small cars to get 40 mpg these days, or hybrids to hit 50 mpg. But vehicles doing more than that are conspicuous by their absence. Elio Motors claims its three-wheeled car does 84 mpg on the highway, far exceeding that of any car on sale. ALSO SEE: Why Tesla's Elon Musk Must Sell 6 Million Electric Cars To Make History Now, Yahoo's Daily Ticker show has driven the car--something few outside the company have so far been able to do. While there's no definitive verdict just yet, and the car tested is still a prototype--you'll note a lack of seatbelts in the video--it looks...
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Watch The BMW i3 Electric Car Park Itself, As Owner Reacts (Video)
Parking is one of those maneuvers that we all screw up now and then, no matter how experienced we are at driving. And there's nothing worse than having an audience just as you're trying to squeeze into a space. Even professional athletes can't experience that much pressure, surely? But what if your...
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2015 Subaru Legacy Video Road Test: 30 MPG, All-Wheel-Drive Mid-Size Sedan
The new 2015 Subaru Legacy is a stealth car: Other drivers may not pay it much attention, but it's sneaking up on the high-volume vehicles in the ultra-competitive mid-size sedan segment. The latest Legacy, redesigned and re-equipped for 2015, is the most competitive Subaru sedan yet--and it also...
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2014 Honda Accord Hybrid: Video Road Test
Honda was the first car company to sell a hybrid in the U.S. by a few months, but it hasn't done nearly as well with its hybrids as Toyota has done with its Prius. Its first two-seat Insight wasn't close enough to the mainstream--and the first Honda Accord Hybrid in 2004 didn't post gas-mileage...
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What Is It Like To Drive A Turbine Electric Truck? (Video)
Common advertising practice tends to show you how your life can be made better by a product--easier, perhaps, or more fun, or bringing friends and family closer together. If you're advertising a commercial truck, you might show it hauling heavy loads, or maneuvering with ease around a city. MUST...
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How Quiet Are Electric Cars? This Nissan Leaf Shows You
If you've ever lived on a street where one of your neighbors has a noisy car, you'll have been made very aware of its presence every morning as they started it up and went to work. ALSO SEE: Do The BMW i3 And i8 Electric Cars Pose A Threat To Tesla? Unfortunately, these people never seem to go to...
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Few things make electric-car advocates as cranky as criticism of their vehicles. But when the criticism is factually wrong, and comes from a carmaker that has resolutely said it doesn't think plug-in electric cars are "ready for prime time," the howling gets harsher. Perhaps Toyota's Lexus luxury brand, then, ought to have been a little more careful in a recent two-and-a-half-minute video that's front and center on its main Lexus Hybrid website. It starts, "Some advances in alt-fuel technology actually hold you back." As ChargedEVs points out, the video shows "an image of a public charger ...
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Nissan Leaf Vs The Volcano: The Silent Ascent
A Nissan Leaf puts its regenerative brakes to good use traversing Hawaii's Haleakala volcano.
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Ford Parodies Divisive Cadillac ELR Ad With 'Upside' C-Max Video
Why do we work so hard? Because hard work means "anything is possible"--and maybe you'll get a nice pool and a fancy car out of it. At least, that's the answer if Cadillac's "Poolside" ad for its ELR range-extended electric luxury coupe was to be believed. MUST SEE: Tesla Model S To Get Titanium...
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Cadillac ELR Wasn't Originally Used In 'Provocative' Ad
In general, getting people talking about your ad is a good way to get people talking about your car. In the case of "Poolside"--an ad for the 2014 Cadillac ELR range-extended electric luxury coupe aired during the Oscars and the Sochi Olympics--however, not all the talk has been favorable. MORE...
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2015 Kia Soul EV: 'Recharge Your Soul' Video Kicks Off Marketing
The first 2015 Kia Soul EV electric cars won't reach U.S. dealers until sometime between July and September, and then only in selected regions (for which read "California"). But the company has already started some lowkey marketing, with yesterday's release of a YouTube video titled, "Recharge Your...
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2015 Ford Focus To Offer Fuel-Efficient 1.0 EcoBoost Option In U.S.
Ford's global 'One Ford' policy means that fewer and fewer cars in the manufacturer's range are sold in just one market--they need to be viable worldwide to be viable as a whole. That's why you can buy Fiestas in the U.S, while Fusions and Mustangs will soon be on sale in Europe. It's also why the...
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The latest film in Honda's Environmental Short Film series focuses on the company's response to 1970s California air pollution.
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2014 Cadillac ELR Ad: What Does It Say About Who Buys Electric Cars? (Video)
Well, if this is the guy who's actually going to buy a 2014 Cadillac ELR, there may be some interesting conversations to come with Nissan Leaf owners. This ELR driver is a hard-charging, self-assured, contemptuous-of-vacations, modern-home-owning middle-aged white male, as portrayed in a recent...
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BMW Advertises i3 And i8 Electric Cars On Olympics Broadcasts
The Winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia, are now underway, and official partner BMW is using the games to promote its two plug-in offerings, the i3 and i8. Three different commercials will be broadcast during NBC's coverage of the games, focusing on different aspects of the BMW-i lineup. One...
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Tesla Model S Drag Races: Noisy Or Very Quiet, Your Choice (Videos)
See a drag race between a Tesla Model S P85 and a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51, or one between a Model S... and another Model S.
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Temple Priest Reflects On Owning Nissan Leaf Electric Car: Video
One of the first Nissan Leaf owners was a Japanese priest, and three years later he still enjoys it.
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2015 Honda Fit: Video Summary From Detroit Auto Show
Undoubtedly the most important green car at a rather scattered Detroit Auto Show, the 2015 Honda Fit promises to be a strong entry in the subcompact segment when it arrives this spring. MORE: 2015 Honda Fit: Full Details From 2014 Detroit Auto Show The latest generation of the most flexible and...
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Launching early next year, the 2015 BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe is the second stage in BMW's i-car program, dedicated to vehicles with electric drivetrains. While it isn't a full battery-electric vehicle (or range-extended EV) like the i3 city car, electric power is still an important part of the i8--in its performance as much as its efficiency. That much is clear with BMW's latest video, following on from the laser headlight demonstration we covered yesterday. BMW says that the i8 will be a proper driver's car not despite the hybrid element, but because of it--and given the touted...
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Ad Turns Electric Car Into Slot Car, With The Help Of CGI
Two Renault Zoe "slot cars" race through London in a new ad.
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2014 BMW i3 On The Track: Maker Releases First Hot-Lap Video
A race track is not the typical environment for an electric city car with narrow tires and upright styling. Nevertheless, that's exactly where the 2014 BMW i3 finds itself in BMW's latest video, displaying its handling prowess on a closed circuit. It's a place few actual i3 owners will ever...
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Etiquette Tips For Electric-Car Charging: New Video Explains It All
The modern wave of electric cars has brought with it many benefits, but also a few downsides. Aside from obvious factors like the issue of range anxiety for some users or spending a little more to buy a plug-in car in the first place, one of the biggest problems faced by actual electric car users...
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2015 Volkswagen e-Golf Electric Car: Los Angeles Auto Show Video
Walking through the Volkswagen stand at the Los Angeles Auto Show, you would have seen quite a few 2015 Volkswagen Golf models. But a blue one over in the corner was more special than it may have looked: It was the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf, the battery-electric version of the all-new seventh...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive: Teaser Video Emerges From Company
The Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive is expected to hit U.S. showrooms in Spring 2014.
Stephen Edelstein