Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Toyota has given a small selection of journalists their first taste of prototypes of its long-awaited hydrogen fuel-cell production car--and driving impressions are beginning to surface.
The Japanese...
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Will NYC Taxis End Up The Same Mix Of Hybrids As Any Other City?So what will New York City's next taxi be? As little as a week ago, you might have assumed that Nissan's NV200 'Taxi of Tomorrow' would become the dominant cab in NYC. That plan has now been curtailed, at least to some degree, by a state Supreme Court ruling that the city's plan to standardize its...
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Got A Blink Charging Station? ChargePoint Offers Up To $2,200 For You To SwitchLast month, Ecotality became the latest green company to fall foul of the tricky emerging market when it filed for bankruptcy. It leaves customers of its Blink network of charging stations--and indeed, owners of businesses who had them installed--unsure as to what their next step should be. For the...
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Is $35,000 Or Less The Threshold Price For Volume Electric Cars?The recent $5,000 price cut for the 2014 Chevrolet Volt has dropped the range-extended electric car into a significant price bracket. That group is the "$35,000 and under" club--occupied by every plug-in car on sale right now except for the Tesla Model S and the Toyota RAV4 EV. It makes us wonder...
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2013 Frankfurt Auto Show Preview: Green Cars & Concepts (UPDATE)The 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show is soon upon us, and it's set to be another big one for green vehicles. It's a big show in general, spread throughout several buildings in the manner of a small town. Most are occupied by huge displays of the German automakers' collective might, and those German firms...
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Detroit Electric To Build Electric Sports Cars In...Holland ?!?!?Detroit Electric's first sports car will be a little less Detroit than first intended, it seems. The company has announced that the first of its SP:01 electric sports cars will be built not in Southeast Michigan, but in a factory in Holland, owing to delays in its plans to start production in Wayne...
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Located in the Irish sea between Great Britain and Ireland, the Isle of Man plays host to one of the racing world's most famous circuits--the Isle of Man TT course.
Every year thousands of...
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All-New Honda Fit On Sale Today (In Japan), Including Fit HybridHonda's all-new Fit launches today in its home country of Japan, and with it comes the latest version of the Fit Hybrid--with Honda's completely new hybrid drivetrain technology. Where once the Honda Fit Hybrid sold in Japan and Europe used the same mild hybrid Integrated Motor Assist (IMA)...
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Elon Musk's Tesla Electric Car Cross-Country Road Trip FinalizedEarlier this year, Tesla Motors founder and CEO announced his intentions for a cross-country Tesla Model S road trip. In the past, such a trip would have been the work of much planning, countless hours charging and multiple stops along the way. But in these days of Model S electric cars and free...
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Who's All Excited About Quick Charging? That'd Be The U.S. MilitaryIn theory, the silence of electric vehicles makes them perfect for military use. What better for covert operations than a vehicle that generates very little noise? The Canadian military would probably agree. Silent vehicles aren't quite as critical on military bases, but that's where the cost...
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Smart FourJoy Concept For Frankfurt, Previews Next ForFourFans of the Smart Fortwo--and they are out there, if not necessarily in the United States--have been patiently waiting for what seems like an eternity for the next-generation car. But, like an enormous candy bar dangled just out of reach of a child, the company has instead churned out concept after...
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Not For Us: Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R Concept Fully Revealed For FrankfurtToyota has released more official images of its Yaris Hybrid-R Concept, a hotted-up hybrid Yaris due at the Frankfurt Auto Show next week. While it looks more or less like a Yaris, the powertrain is far removed from that you'll find in any existing Yaris--and indeed any existing Toyota hybrid...
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UK government proposals could extend current tax benefits for electric cars to the end of the decade, with further plans for a full market of ultra-low emission vehicles by 2050.
Ministers have...
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Lexus LF-NX Compact Crossover Concept Previews Production 2015 Lexus NX Hybrid ModelToyota has promised an ever greater range of hybrids over the next few years, to add to its already significant range of 23 hybrid models worldwide. One of those will be the 2015 Lexus NX, a compact crossover showing off the latest in the company's L-finesse design language. This concept, the...
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PlugShare Launches PlugScore, So Electric-Car Drivers Can Rate Charging StationsWhile the quality of gasoline can vary slightly from station to station, you're always pretty sure of the experience you'll get. There's a gas station in most towns, you pump some fuel into your tank, and you're generally there for no more than ten minutes. There's a bit more emphasis on a quality...
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Audi Sport Quattro Concept: Yet Another Plug-In Hybrid For FrankfurtThe rumors were correct--Audi's Sport Quattro Concept, due at the Frankfurt Auto Show next week, isn't just a gas-guzzling V-8 but a plug-in hybrid concept. Okay, it's actually both--at the heart of Audi's latest concept, you'll find a four-liter, twin-turbocharged gasoline V-8, with cylinder...
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Tesla Battery Demand, Norway's Electric Haven & 'Vette Hybrids: Today's Car News
Today on Green Car Reports: We ask whether Tesla Motors alone can double demand for the battery cells it uses, we look forward to a Corvette hybrid, and examine whether Norway can maintain its rate of electric car adoption. All this and more in today's car news, right here on Green CarReports...
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BMW i8 Plug-In Sports Car Edges Closer With New Teaser VideoOne of the most exciting launches at this month's Frankfurt Auto Show will be BMW's new plug-in hybrid sports car, the i8. The German automaker has released a teaser video of the new car ahead of its official debut on September 10, where it'll join the existing i3 electric city car on BMW's...
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Just last week, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] opened its first Supercharger fast-charge stations outside the U.S.--in the Scandinavian country of Norway.
With just six stations and 46 charging points, 90...
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Toyota FCV-R Fuel Cell Concept Updated, Previews 2015 Production CarToyota says it's still on course for launching its first production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle by 2015, and has updated its FCV-R fuel cell concept for the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show to publicize the fact. Since the concept debuted in 2011, the FCV-R's setup has changed, reflecting Toyota's new take...
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Europe's First Six Tesla Superchargers Now Live In NorwayThe first Tesla Supercharger fast-charging stations are now up and running in Europe's capital for electric cars, Norway. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] announced via its Twitter feed that 90 percent of Norwegians now live within 200 miles of a Supercharger station--well within the 265-mile range of a...
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Nissan ZEOD RC Electric Race Car Dresses For The Track (Video)Last week, Nissan announced it had chosen a development driver for its ZEOD RC electric race car project, Spanish gamer-turned-racer, Lucas Ordóñez. This week, the automaker and its motorsport arm Nismo has allowed us a little insight into the car itself, starting with the strong...
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Are Smaller, Better Sensors The Key To Cutting Electric-Car Battery Cost?Electronic sensors don't occupy a huge amount of space in electric car battery packs, but conversely, making sensors smaller could make the packs themselves much more compact. According to the MIT Technology Review, the U.S. government’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E)...
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Going For A Walk? Don't Give Up And Use Your Car Instead...The American author Bill Bryson one wrote that "the fact is that [Britain] is still the best place in the world for most things...to go for a walk...or stand on a hillside and take in a view." Sadly, it seems fewer and fewer Britons are doing so these days--with a new report suggesting that one in...
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