Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Sometimes, it's nice to have a shiny new car sitting in your garage, knowing that you own it.
At others, it's preferable to pay a modest amount for it each month knowing that, in two or three years,...
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Electric Car Prices: Less Important Than Buyer Awareness They Exist?Back in December, we covered a survey by Navigant Research that suggested most car buyers were hoping to spend $25,000 or less on their next vehicle--a figure that many modern electric cars find themselves on the wrong side of. It led us to wonder whether, with many consumers setting themselves...
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Will 'Charge Rage' Join 'Range Anxiety' As Electric-Car Owner Emotion?"Range anxiety" is the term attributed to the fear of running out of charge in an electric vehicle before you've reached your destination. In reality, the feeling fades once you've got used to your vehicle and daily usage patterns--in as little as a few weeks, in many cases. Now, there's a new...
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Land Rover Plans Smaller Urban SUV, Could Carry 'Landy' NameWant the looks of an SUV but not the size or running costs? You're probably in the market for one of the new, ever-expanding breed of subcompact and compact crossovers. Hot on the heels of Ford's announcement that it could bring the new EcoSport to U.S. shores, Land Rover has trademarked a new name...
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Nissan Micra Minicar: Now Available In Canada, U.S. Still DeniedCompared to Europe and Asia, the U.S. market for subcompacts and minicars is tiny, with dozens of models available elsewhere that will never hit U.S. shores. One of those is the Nissan Micra, slotting below the Versa Note in Nissan's range. Versions of the Micra have sold for decades in other...
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New Data Shows Electric Cars Won't Be A Problem For UtilitiesOne of the popular criticisms of electric cars is that, as more of them roam our roads and are charged in garages at night, electrical grids will struggle and fail under the pressure. It's popular because it seems plausible--while we're all used to having electrical goods in our houses, few use...
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We've got used to seeing electric cars with temptingly low lease prices, in a generally successful effort to draw in buyers otherwise deterred by high purchase costs.
For two of the newest kids on...
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Did Elon Musk Make A Mistake In Calling Out The NHTSA On Tesla Recall?Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] had an up-and-down 2013, and 2014 looks to be no different on initial assessment. While 2013 was a year of rave reviews, high sales and the occasional lows of fire-related incidents, 2014 has started with a charging adapter recall for the startup automaker--one that CEO...
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Ford EcoSport Subcompact Crossover Coming To U.S., CEO SaysFord has taken a little while to get to the subcompact crossover party. Its EcoSport, launched at the end of 2013, is hitting the European market a full three to four years after rivals like the Nissan Juke, and drops into a now highly-competitive market segment. Better late than never, as they...
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Nissan Celebrates 99,999...100,000 Leaf Electric Car SalesThere's a curious joy in watching your car's odometer tick over to some significant number. 11,111 miles perhaps, or a palindromic number. Or, of course, the big hundred-thousand. Nissan is experiencing that very same joy with sales of its Leaf electric car, as it sells the 99,999th and 100,000th...
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Nissan Electric Cars To Be Split Into Three Different Types: Design DirectorFed up of waiting for a cheaper, smaller electric car from Nissan, or something a bit more interesting and sportier than the Leaf? You may not have to wait much longer. In an interview with Motor Authority, Nissan's global design chief Shiro Nakamura says Nissan's electric car plans will take three...
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Hybrids, Electrics Not Needed To Reach 54.5 MPG In 2025: Industry ExecFor some companies in the auto industry, building cars to hit a target of 54.5 mpg by 2025 may seem like a near-impossible task. But to others, the EPA's Corporate Average Fuel Economy targets agreed in 2011 aren't simply achievable by that date, but could be reached today--and with today's...
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Audi has announced pricing for the first two variants of its all-new 2015 A3 sedan, on sale soon.
With the base engine, a 1.8-liter, four-cylinder turbocharged unit badged TFSI, you'll pay $29,900...
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Which Is Greener: Flying Or Driving To Your Destination?Few transport methods are truly green, requiring the input of fuel at some point in the process to generate the energy required to move. Flying is often derided as one of the worst, given the spectacular amounts of fuel aircraft can burn through. But are they any worse than cars? Indeed, could they...
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2015 Ford F-150: Full Details, Live Photos & VideoFord has released full details on the new 2015 F-150 pickup, and with a host of new technologies and engines, it may be the most advanced full-size truck ever. The company says it's tougher, smarter, and more capable than ever before--and looking at the styling, it's hard to argue on the first...
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Electric Cars: Long-Term Thinking Vs Short-Term AnalysisAre electric cars a risk? Not mechanically, or electrically, or if you're intending to drive a long distance, that is. But from the eyes of a financial trader, looking for a safe place to put their money, the answer is often a cautious "yes". But should it be? One investor writing for The Globe And...
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Audi R8 e-Tron Electric Supercar Nearly Ready For ProductionLast summer, Green Car Reports got the chance to drive a rather special model from Audi's portfolio--one of the handful of R8 e-tron electric supercars Audi had produced to demonstrate its electric car abilities. While spectacular to drive, it was hard not to feel a bit hollow, since Audi had just...
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VL Automotive Resurrects Fisker Sunset With Destino Red ConceptWhile Fisker and its administrators dig through the paperwork and bids relating to its bankruptcy, one company is hard at work turning its products into something else entirely. That company is VL Automotive, co-founded by ex-GM man Bob Lutz and responsible for giving Fisker Karmas an alternative...
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Cars described as "ahead of their time" are usually regarded fondly, but often commercially unsuccessful--the resulting vehicles often too unusual for many consumers.
Daimler's Smart brand and the...
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2014 Detroit Auto Show: Audi Allroad Shooting Brake Full DetailsAudi has a plug-in hybrid concept vehicle for most months of the year, and January's, on show at the Detroit Auto Show, is the Audi Allroad Shooting Brake concept. From the car's moniker alone you can deduce most of it's key attributes. "Allroad" means it has pseudo-off road crossover styling cues...
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UPDATE: Green Car Preview: 2014 Detroit Auto Show Concepts & Production ModelsThe important global auto shows tend to go in waves, and this year's Detroit Auto Show isn't looking particularly notable for its green cars. Barring surprises, there will be no global debuts of new plug-in electric cars, hybrids, or even new diesel vehicles. Instead, the most popular introductions...
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Peugeot-Citroen Sells 50,000th Diesel Hybrid Car In EuropeFrench automobile maker PSA, responsible for the Peugeot and Citroen brands, has just sold the 50,000th example of a drivetrain we've not yet seen in the U.S.--diesel hybrids. PSA launched its diesel-hybrid system at the beginning of 2012. It's used in four different models on sale throughout...
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Elio Takes Another Step Toward Building 3-Wheeler In Ex-GM PlantMany in the green car industry are watching startup automaker Elio Motors with interest. The company has big plans for its small three-wheeled car, as well as thousands of fans on social media networks and plenty of names on the order list. Now, Elio also has a place to build its car, finally...
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Hamburg, Germany, Aims For Car-Less Streets In 20 YearsUrban centers are very different in the U.S. to those in Europe, its more recent history and greater expanses of space allowing wide, open and sprawling spaces to develop--a far cry from the older and more tightly-packed cities of Europe. It's this difference that makes cities free of cars a much...
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