Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Toyota is serious about hydrogen fuel cell cars, and to prove it the company will unveil a new fuel cell concept at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show.
Called the FCV, Toyota's new concept is the clearest...
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Have You Driven A Diesel Lately? If So, You're In The MinorityIf you've been considering diesel power for your next car, you can count yourself among a small proportion of Americans who have. Unlike Europe, where half of all vehicles sold are diesels and at least one diesel is on most consumers' shopping lists, the U.S. market still reels from repuations of...
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BMW, Toyota Decide On Hybrid Supercar ProjectWe've known for some time that BMW and Toyota were planning to develop a hybrid sports car together, but until now it hasn't been clear what market that sports car would be aimed at. Now we know, and the news isn't great for anyone expecting the companies to develop something affordable. Instead...
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Will Next Mitsubishi i-MiEV Be Shared By Nissan Too?Six degrees of separation: The theory that every person on the planet is connected to every other person in six steps or fewer--Elon Musk perhaps, or his polar opposite, Jeremy Clarkson. The automotive world is similar. A new technology partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Mitsubishi...
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Will Europe Too Write Rules To Make Quiet Electric Cars Noisier?This one just isn't going to go away, is it? A member of the UK parliament is set to raise concerns that electric cars are "a new threat" to pedestrians due to their low levels of noise. Mary Glindon, Labour Party constituent in North Tyneside, cites statistics from the Guide Dogs charity that from...
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Yes, A Tesla Model S Can Hit 132 MPH On The Autobahn (Video)A few weeks back at the opening of a Tesla Motors service center in Munich, Elon Musk told a room full of fans and journalists that Tesla would offer a special tuning package for high-speed Model S driving. It makes a lot of sense--sections of Germany's Autobahn network are among the few roads on...
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Will it be third time lucky for the Smart Fortwo minicar?
That's what Smart's parent company Daimler must be wondering, as disguised versions of the third-generation Smart undergo final testing out...
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Fiat 500 To Match MINI Cooper, Offer Endless Variants In Growing Range?While basing a selection of models on the same platform is nothing new these days, only MINI has managed to spin a whole range of cars off a minicar designed in the 1950s. If Fiat gets its way over the next few years, MINI won't be alone for long. According to Autocar, Fiat's global head of design...
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Lexus RC 300h Hybrid Coupe To Debut At Tokyo Motor ShowThe next few weeks are going to be busy ones for car fans, with both the Los Angeles International Auto Show and Tokyo Motor Show happening simultaneously. The latter is set to play host to the usual throng of unusual Japan-only concepts, but among the kei-cars and crazy metal, Lexus will...
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Mercedes-Benz To Do More Projects With Tesla, Countering BMW i3?Look closely enough at the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive, and there's probably a little 'Tesla Motors' sticker hiding within its drivetrain. Likewise, eagle-eyed car-buyers may spot the occasional Mercedes-Benz interior component in the Tesla Model S. This curious cross-pollination is a result of...
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Ford To Recall Focus Electrics For Potential Power Loss IssueFord has announced that it's to recall 2,600 Focus Electric models to rectify a fault that could lead to a loss of power while driving. According to The Detroit News, the fault is caused by a software flaw in the powertrain control module. This fault can result in a loss of power to the wheels...
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Elon Musk's Hyperloop Concept Becomes A CompanyGround may already have been broken for California's high speed rail network, but Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk's competing Hyperloop transport system has moved a step closer to reality. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) is the new company aimed at turning Musk's pneumatic pod system into...
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In case you hadn't noticed, it's Halloween. So how could we not comment on an article whose byline reads Gore and Blood?
Their topic may be slightly esoteric, but it has big implications for our...
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BMW's 'i' Electric Car Brand Shrugs Off SUV OptionBMW surprised its traditionalist owners when releasing the X5 SUV back in 1999, but there's no risk of the same happening in its new electric brand. The automaker has confirmed that the cleaner, greener side of the its range, BMW i, won't get an SUV option, even though a range of other vehicles is...
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Audi Joins The Juke Set: Q1 Crossover Due In 2016?The world loves its SUVs, but SUVs aren't best known for loving the world back. These big hulking behemoths are often accused of being a catalyst for climate change, and it's true that efficiency isn't the SUV's strong point. But people like them regardless. So what to do? If you're Audi, you join...
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When Will The Last Gasoline Car Be Built? 2070, Shell Oil SaysThe disappearance of internal-combustion engines is far from inevitable today, but several groups and governments are now predicting when the last gasoline vehicles will be sold. The latest prediction comes from a particularly unlikely source: Shell Oil Company, one of the largest petroleum...
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Panasonic Will Expand Battery Cell Supply For Tesla's Rising ProductionTesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] and technology company Panasonic have been working together for several years now, and that relationship is set to expand as Tesla seeks to meet its future battery needs. The two companies have reached an agreement for future automotive-grade lithium-ion battery supply...
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Biodiesel Makers Beg EPA To Notice: We're Not Ethanol!One way to make vehicle fuels greener is to grow them--and it appears that biodiesel may have plenty of potential. Like the feedstocks for ethanol, the plant oils refined into biodiesel are grown, rather than extracted from the ground. But being lumped into the same bucket as ethanol is worrying...
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Receiving a 'Recommended' rating from the journalists at Consumer Reports isn't the only automotive accolade to aim for, but it's certainly one of the biggest.
Losing that Recommended rating is...
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A Million Electrified Cars In Germany By 2020? Achievable, Says VWLike many countries, Germany has set itself some pretty tough targets for encouraging electric vehicles. The government aims to have a million plug-in electric vehicles on the country's roads by 2020. While electric-vehicle sales in Europe are increasing, that's quite some work to do by the end of...
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Want A 2014 Scion iQ? Buy One Now; It May Die Next YearScion's slow-selling iQ minicar might not be long for this world, and the news has come from an unusual source. Aston Martin chief Ulrich Bez has revealed to Autocar that the Cygnet was canned because Toyota itself is stopping production of the iQ--sold in most markets under the Toyota brand, but...
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2014 Ford Fiesta EcoBoost Priced, 45 MPG Highway TooEver since Mitsubishi revealed its gas-sipping Mirage was capable of 40 mpg combined, we've awaited the figures for Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost Fiesta with interest. That wait is now at an end, with Ford's customer website and the EPA's FuelEconomy.gov website both confirming the three-cylinder...
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Orders For 261-MPG Volkswagen XL1 Exceed Production of 200Volkswagen's XL1 might be one of the most exciting and unusual green vehicles of recent years, but it's certainly not one of the most accessible. Pricing around the $150,000 mark, based on the German price of 111,000 Euros, puts it in the same league as high-end sports cars. But as we've come to...
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Where Are Electric-Car Charging Stations? Infographic Shows It AllMake no mistake, the market for electric cars might be growing slowly, but it's still growing, and it seems like almost every day there's a new car to buy or concept on the horizon. It's getting easier to charge your electric car while out and about too, as charging points spring up across the...
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