Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Taking the average passenger car and making it more efficient is the combination of dozens of factors from engine technology to aerodynamics to more extreme measures like hybridization.
But some...
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Five Green Cars We Can't Wait To DriveThe green car scene has never had more variety than it does today. You could, if you wanted to, walk into a dealership today and buy regular gasoline and diesel cars, natural gas vehicles, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles and soon, hydrogen cars. And there are plenty more on the horizon...
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Small, Obscure, Green Cars At The 2014 Geneva Motor ShowMajor manufacturer launches are only one part of the annual Geneva Motor Show. Tear yourself away from the glitzy stands and the smiling girls who recline against the newest launches, and a host of smaller companies showing eco-friendly concepts is always present. This year, several companies stole...
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Quant Limousine Concept Pioneers Flow Cell Power Unit At GenevaThe change has been so gradual you'd hardly notice. Rather than huge multi-cylinder or turbocharged engines, the average wild concept car shown at the Geneva Motor Show is typically powered by fuel cells or batteries, these days. Making its debut at the show this year is La Vecchia's Quant...
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'New Fisker' Website Launches As Wanxiang Prepares To Restart Electric-Car MakerFisker Automotive is slowly returning. A new website isn't the be-all and end-all of a company back on the right track, but the new site is the first sign of stirring life within the company under its new owner, Wanxiang America, the U.S. arm of China's largest auto-parts firm. It's also slick...
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2014 BMW 2-Series Active Tourer: Live Photos From Geneva ShowLet's get any confusion out of the way: The new BMW 2-Series Active Tourer is completely unrelated to the new BMW 2-Series. BMW has chosen the name to differentiate the new front-wheel drive hatchback from the 1-Series sold overseas, and partly, we suspect, because 1.5 or 2.5 Series would sound...
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Let's get the bad news out the way first: The Volkswagen Golf GTE won't be coming to the U.S.
For whatever reason, VW has decided that American customers don't want a 200-horsepower plug-in hybrid...
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2015 Nissan Juke Unveiled In Geneva: Live Photo GalleryNissan spent most of last week teasing images of the 2015 Juke in a frustrating social media campaign. All we really wanted to know was whether the Juke had lost its characterful--if divisive--styling. The good news (or bad news, depending on how much you like the Juke) is that it's lost none of...
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Rinspeed XchangE: Tesla-Based Autonomous Car Live PhotosOne does not simply buy a Rinspeed car. They have no easily-accessible showrooms, and all of their vehicles are one-offs. Instead, they provide endless mirth at major auto shows like that ongoing in Geneva, with vehicles like the autonomously-driven XchangE. It is of course based on the Tesla Model...
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MINI Clubman Concept: Live Photos From Geneva Motor ShowMINI's existing Clubman model is an acquired taste, but the Clubman concept launched at Geneva may find a few more fans. It loses the abrupt wagon layout and unusual suicide-style side door, and in its place you get a proper four-door vehicle with better rear passenger space and a larger load area...
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Renault Twingo Live Photos: Smart Forfour Partner Launched At GenevaThe car you see here, the Renault Twingo, will not be sold in the U.S. A car like it will be, though--Smart's next Forfour, and indeed the two-seat Fortwo, have been co-developed with the French brand, so there'll be plenty of similarities between the two. Renault's version of the car is a...
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Next Mazda 2: Hazumi Concept Live Photos From Geneva ShowDon't be fooled by the title. It may well read "Mazda Hazumi concept", but Mazda has played this game before. Just as Minagi begat Mazda CX-5 and Takeri begat Mazda6, the Hazumi is essentially the next-generation Mazda2. As you can see from our live Geneva Motor Show photos, the Hazumi--and...
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Last year, Subaru used the Geneva Motor Show to launch the Viziv concept, a diesel-hybrid crossover with a sleek coupe silhouette.
This year, the Viziv is back--but Subaru has updated it with all-new...
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Hyundai Intrado Fuel Cell Concept: Live Photos From GenevaHyundai's Intrado concept--a fuel cell crossover unveiled at Geneva--is the first Hyundai to be designed under the watchful eye of Peter Schreyer, and it really shows. Schreyer was previously head of design at Kia, and transformed the maker's lineup. On the motor show stand, the Intrado really...
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Renault To Add Plug-In Hybrid To Electric Car Range?Some say that launching an electric car in today's market is still something of a risk. Launching four of them then, as French automaker Renault has done, could be considered suicidal. But Nissan's French partner has forged ahead nevertheless, and it now intends to add a plug-in hybrid model to its...
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Kandi Chinese Electric-Car Sharing Service Expands To Larger CitiesWho says electric cars aren't working in China? Certainly not Kandi, whose electric car-sharing service--that hires out electric vehicles from vending-machine like buildings--is proving profitable and moving into other Chinese cities. Kandi's service started off in the Chinese city of Hangzhou...
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More Details On Yamaha Motiv-E, Electric Smart Fortwo Rival For Asia?The Smart Fortwo is a car that heavily divides opinion. In the U.S, it's been less than successful. Sales have been much better in Europe, but even so other manufacturers have hardly rushed out to release competitors for the two-seat city car. Until now, that is. We revealed initial details of...
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2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Adds Grille Shutters To Cut Wind DragThe 2015 Ford Mustang has a tricky job to do. Not only must it impress fans of previous Mustangs, but as sales expand into Europe it must become more efficient too. To that end Ford has installed a four-cylinder engine for the first time in many years, but it's also worked on aerodynamics--such as...
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Electrification and hybridization are the buzzwords of passenger transportation right now, but debate in the trucking world focuses on two different alternative fuels.
As the industry seeks to clean...
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Georgia Advocates Ask Legislature To Keep Electric-Car Tax BenefitToday, Georgia is among the best places in the country to buy an electric vehicle. Its electric-vehicle tax credit of $5,000 is among the highest offered by any state, and makes buying a battery-electric vehicle much more affordable. But advocates for the bill are now appealing to Georgia...
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Gasoline Substitute Made From Plant Waste Developed By UC-DavisPlant-based diesel has been available for many years now but making a true gasoline-like hydrocarbon from plant oils has proven a lot more difficult. Chemists at the University of California, Davis think they've cracked it, though, using a new technique to make "biogasoline" from plant waste...
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Green Car Preview: 2014 Geneva Motor Show Concepts & Production ModelsThe 2014 Geneva Motor Show is almost upon us, and true to form there's much higher green car content than at other recent shows. Geneva has cultivated an image of forward-thinking vehicles and manufacturers are all too happy to oblige when the Swiss show rolls along. This year includes everything...
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MINI Clubman Concept: Four-Door MINI To Make Geneva DebutIf you like the MINI but want something a little more practical, then this could be the car for you. It's the MINI Clubman Concept and it's set to debut at the Geneva Motor Show next week. Though even a brief glance tells you there's little concept-like about the new car. In contrast to the...
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New Nissan Juke Teased Before Geneva Motor Show RevealNissan has released its first preview image of the new Nissan Juke, set to be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show next week. The new model is said to look even more striking than before, as well as offering greater efficiency and better refinement than the current model. The Juke was originally...
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