Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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As an electric car owner, you're probably used to the accusatory look people give you when they inquire as to where your electricity comes from.
The answer they're looking for is power stations, of...
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Toyota Announces Recall For 2010-2014 Prius To Update ElectronicsSeven hundred thousand 2010 to 2014 Toyota Prius models are among nearly a million Toyota vehicles to be recalled over electronic issues in the U.S. The Japanese automaker has advising the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that it's to recall affected Prius models to rectify...
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Boeing Seeks To Certify Biodiesel For Jet Fuel Around The WorldTens of thousands of flights carry millions of passengers around the globe on a daily basis. Needless to say, the environmental impact of this is fairly large--but both airlines and aircraft makers are keen to reduce that impact and lower their own costs, too. Biofuel is the current buzzword in the...
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Electric-Car Fast-Charging Networks: Nissan CHAdeMO Vs Tesla SuperchargerIt's easy to forget how young the current electric vehicle market is. Of the cars on sale today, none were launched before 2010. It's easy too to forget how at that time, a unified fast-charging standard was far from being agreed upon. Today, there are over 3,500 CHAdeMO fast-chargers worldwide...
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BMW Plans Slimmed-Down Range For Next-Gen MINI ModelsThe third-generation MINI has only just been launched, but that hasn't stopped parent company BMW commenting on what the next generation might hold. Details of the models themselves are unlikely to arrive for many years--the current car has a whole lifecycle, including a mid-life refresh ahead of...
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Audi Quattro Hybrid System, Aero-Efficient Wheels Revealed In PatentsAudi is launching a technological offensive over the next few years, and among its innovations are a new hybrid powertrain and a wheel design featuring active aerodynamics. The details were revealed in patent drawings, and were spotted by Autocar. Most complex, though perhaps most interesting, is...
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First came range anxiety.
Then, we had charger rage.
Now, people are noticing another condition unique to plug-in car owners: Charger fixation.
It's what happens when you plug in your electric car at...
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Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid: Ultimate Guide, What You Need To KnowWhere are you hedging your bets when it comes to the future of automobile propulsion? Maybe you're sticking with hybrids. Maybe you've already gone all the way to an electric car, or are rolling around in a range-extended Chevrolet Volt. For some, the latest version of the Toyota Prius with plug-in...
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BMW Advertises i3 And i8 Electric Cars On Olympics BroadcastsThe 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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August Electric Vehicle Meet In CA: Batteries Only (No Volts Allowed)This August, a group of electric vehicle drivers will travel from Mexico to Canada up the West Coast as part of the BC2BC annual all-electric vehicle rally. To celebrate, the meet will bring together electric vehicles in Long Beach, California, to form the world's largest electric vehicle...
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Citroen's Clever Cactus Compact Cuts Mass, EmissionsCitroen hasn't been seen on U.S. shores for many years now, but if its latest production vehicle is anything to go by, that's something of a pity. Called the C4 Cactus, it's Citroen's latest take on the compact crossover hatchback. Most comment will go to its unusual name and even more unusual...
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Mahindra Reva Halo: Indian Electric Sports Car Debuts In DelhiPerhaps understandably, most automakers producing electric vehicles have concentrated on fairly humble, practical vehicles--compact hatchbacks, sedans, city cars. Those wanting something a little more exciting have been left in the cold, though--unless they're prepared to pay more for Tesla's...
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Yes, they're still selling these things with hamsters.
If you can get over the rodent-based adverts, Kia's new electric Soul, the 2015 Soul EV, is quite an interesting vehicle, and it's the first...
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Nissan, Cummins Present Frontier Diesel Project At Chicago Auto ShowMore and more automakers are slotting diesel engines into pickup trucks, and at this year's Chicago Auto Show Nissan and Cummins have made one of the most compact yet, the Frontier Diesel Runner. Based on the Frontier Desert Runner 4x2, Nissan has dropped a 2.8-liter Cummins turbodiesel engine into...
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Cross-Country Tesla Trip? Done! How About Texas To Panama?It was only a matter of time. Produce an electric car with enough range, and the journeys it can realistically achieve become almost limitless. There have been a flurry of coast-to-coast trips recently as Tesla opens up its countrywide Supercharger network, but perhaps the most impressive trip...
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Kia Niro: Subcompact Hybrid Urban Concept At Chicago Auto ShowKia's Niro concept, a subcompact-sized urban hybrid, is making its U.S. debut at the Chicago Auto Show today. First unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show, the Niro points the way to possible future models for Kia, a potential rival for models like the Nissan Juke and upcoming Honda Fit-based...
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Electric Honda Fit EV Goes Ice-Racing Against Old Two-Stroke SaabGiven the recent cold snap, spending a day deliberately driving around on ice might not seem that appealing. Others, such as those from the Adirondack Motor Enthusiast Club, like nothing more than to take to a frozen lake in their cars. But this past weekend they got to compete against a sort of...
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2015 Chevrolet City Express Small Van Launched At Chicago Auto ShowChevrolet has announced full details of its 2015 City Express van, launched at this year's Chicago Auto Show. Basically a rebadged version of Nissan's NV200 van--best-known in its more fenestrated guise as New York City's "Taxi of Tomorrow"--the City Express promises greater fuel efficiency than...
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Electric cars may be suffering from the January blues, but if one analyst is correct that lull in sales won't last very long.
Ben Scott, an analyst for IHS Automotive, predicts that global production...
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Renault Fluence ZE Electric Car, Built For Better Place, DiscontinuedAu revoir, Renault Fluence Z.E. You were among the first electric cars on the market, and you've lived through Better Place's bankruptcy, but now you're gone. Gas2 reports that Renault has quietly discontinued its electric sedan, which has sold little more than 3,500 units since going on sale in...
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Tesla Already Among Top 10 Car Brands In Consumer Reports SurveyImage is vitally important to car brands. It's what makes people want your vehicles. A strong image leads to healthy brand perception, and that spreads. It even allows people to overlook the odd fault here and there, easing your company through rough patches. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has done much...
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Targeting Tesla Model X: 2017 Audi Q8 e-tron All-Electric Crossover UtilityFor the most part, the selection of truly practical electric vehicles--or even hybrids, for that matter--has been relatively poor. In terms of all-electric crossovers, there's the Toyota RAV4 EV and... well, the Toyota RAV4 EV. That'll change when Tesla launches its Model X crossover and now German...
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2014 Jeep Cherokee To Be Offered With Diesel Engine--In EuropeJeep will use the Geneva Motor Show in March to launch the latest addition to its Cherokee range--the Cherokee Diesel. Hurrah! The bad news is that there are no intentions to bring this model to the U.S, where the most efficient Cherokee currently utilizes a 2.4-liter, four-cylinder gasoline...
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Glucose-Based Battery Has 10 Times Energy Of Lithium: ResearchersHumans and batteries--and indeed most other things in the natural world, operate on largely similar principals. Energy is generated somehow, stored, and expended for work. It's only the details that separate these processes, but the gap might shrink with the advent of biobatteries. As ExtremeTech...
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