Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Little fuels a passion for travel like a cross-country trip.
Perhaps "fuels" is the wrong word though, as it's not unusual to see people attempt U.S. crossings using electrons these days.
Terry...
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2014 BMW i3 Range Extender: Heavier, Less Electric Range, Less PerformanceElectric or range-extended electric? It's a choice that normally means selecting between entirely different cars, but when the 2014 BMW i3 debuts in the U.S. next Spring customers will be able to choose both options in the same car. The range-extended option marks out the i3 as a competitor for...
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Nickel-Zinc Replaces 12-Volt Lead-Acid Battery In Peugeot Start-Stop SystemSome of the most exciting hybrid technology isn't coming from Japan or the U.S. these days, but France. The PSA group, comprising Peugeot and Citroen, has already attracted plenty of attention for its hybrid-air technology. Now, it's looking for ways of improving the batteries in "micro hybrid"...
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2014 Ford F-150 Natural-Gas Readiness Package For Half-Ton PickupFord is the latest automaker to offer a natural gas fuel option for its best-selling pickup truck range. The 2014 Ford F-150 will be offered with a natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) preparation option aiding installation of a suitable fuel system at qualified third-party...
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One New York Cabbie Loves His Nissan Leaf Electric TaxiThere can be few tougher tests for a car than as a taxi in New York City. Tough roads and even tougher traffic makes the city a workout for any vehicle, but one cabby is enjoying the Nissan Leaf he's driving as part of the city's electric vehicle trials. In fact, driver Uppkar Singh Thind described...
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Want To Improve Manual Gas Mileage? Haptic Shift Knob Tech Could HelpThe humble automatic transmission has come along in leaps and bounds over the year, and modern systems are often more efficient than their manual equivalents. For the manual gearbox itself, economy is still very much down to "the nut behind the wheel", so anything that optimizes a driver's shift...
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Despite its pollution problems, China has never shown much interest in the electric car and sales have been a mere fraction of a fraction of the country's huge new car market.
Not that Tesla Motors...
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China Takes Air Pollution More Seriously: $280 Billion Worth, SupposedlyWe cover China's air pollution problems with depressing frequency on Green Car Reports, but the country's pollution problems have until now been far more than token schemes are able to deal with. That could change over the next few years, as the Chinese government pledges to invest $283 billion to...
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Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi To Install Charging Stations In JapanSeveral Japanese automakers have announced a joint project to install charging stations across their home country. Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi will work with each other and existing charging companies to drastically increase the number of regular and quick chargers across Japan, paving the...
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Prices For Used Hybrids, Small Cars Drop As New Car Sales BoomAs you've probably discovered when hunting in the classified adverts for a used fuel-efficient vehicle, the latest batch of hybrids and small cars holds its value quite well. With high gas prices and limited supply, that's not much of a surprise. But the situation is getting better, and it's thanks...
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Toyota Prius Vs. Ford C-Max Hybrid: Pros And ConsFor several years, Toyota had the hybrid market pretty much sewn up with its Prius. Okay, so it never reached the heady economy highs of the original Honda Insight, but it was far more practical and electric running made it the hybrid of choice in city driving. That's until the Ford C-Max Hybrid...
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Electric Utilities Now Fighting Home Solar As Threat To Their BusinessFor owners of electric vehicles, powering their homes and cars using solar panels mounted on the roof are a win-win scenario. Not only do they get to drive past every gas station, but home electricity bills are reduced or even eliminated. That's great news for the end user, but not so much for the...
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Japanese automakers may have cultivated a reputation for occasionally churning out dull, forgettable vehicles, but they certainly make up for it in other ways.
Take Nissan, for example. Its bread and...
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Acura NSX Hybrid Supercar To Make On-Track Debut At Mid-OhioHybrid supercars are officially in fashion. We've been positively inundated by the things over the last year or so, from BMW's upcoming i8 plug-in hybrid, to the exotic Ferrari LaFerrari, Porsche 918 and McLaren P1 trio, to this: The Acura NSX. Like its historical namesake, it's the Acura destined...
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MINI Vision Concept: Is This The 2014 MINI Cooper?The classic Mini wasn't the original gas-saving minicar, but it was certainly one of the most iconic, and modern owners BMW have turned the brand into a successful venture these days with a wide and not always endearing portfolio. It's still the basic hatchback which mirrors the original car...
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Tesla Trips Limousine Service Approved In Portland, Will Use Model S Sedans
Want to move around the city with minimal stress? If you live in Portland, you'll now be able to do so in the back of a Tesla Model S, thanks to Tesla Trips. The company, which normally organizes road trips around Oregon in the cars, applied back in April for a license to serve Portland as an...
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Yo-Auto Natural-Gas Hybrid Update: Production Now In 2015?With Teslas and BMW i3s dominating the green car headlines, it's easy to forget that plenty of other automakers are creating their own low-emission vehicles. In Russia, that company is Yo-Avto. The automaker has promised a natural gas hybrid vehicle for some time--and that time could now be 2015...
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Entrant In World Solar Car Challenge Is 'Family Sedan,' Sort OfWe're always interested in following the progress of competitors in the World Solar Challenge--a solar-powered race across Australia--but as our readers regularly point out, not immediately useful for the average electric car buyer on the street. Solar Team Eindhoven, from the Eindhoven University...
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Whatever you think of hydrogen-powered vehicles, recent technology-sharing deals have shown the automakers themselves are beginning to push towards fuel cell vehicles.
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2014 BMW i3 Electric Car Revealed In Leaked ImagesBMW's long-awaited i3 electric car and range-extended electric car aren't officially unveiled until next Monday--but leaked images finally reveal the production car's form. Unsurprisingly, the pictures of the production i3, spotted by Autocar, show a car that doesn't differ too greatly from the...
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Certified Used Nissan Leaf Program Details Out--But Only In JapanBuying used cars is always a little bit of a risk--you can never quite be sure what condition the previous owner has left the car in. That's where manufacturer-certified used car programs come in, and Nissan is launching just such a thing for used examples of its Leaf electric car. While we still...
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New Hybrids Enter List Of Cars With Highest Gas Mileage EverBack in 2010, we asked why so few of today's cars were among the most fuel efficient ever. Look down the list of the most fuel-efficient vehicles sold in the U.S, and only a small handful had been built in the previous decade--cars such as the familiar Prius, and the all-too-brief but brilliant...
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100,000 Electric Cars Sold By Nissan, Renault...And CountingAs more electric cars hit the roads it's only natural a few milestones will fall here and there--and the latest is for the Franco-Japanese duo Renault-Nissan. The companies have now sold over 100,000 electric vehicles between them--the milestone car a Nissan Leaf, sold to American grad student...
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Volvo V40 Diesel: Quick Drive Of Europe-Only Audi A3 TDI RivalThere's currently a significant gap in the Volvo range between the sporty C30 hatchback and sleek S60 sedan. That gap used to be filled by the S40 sedan. It's a car Volvo no longer sells in the U.S, but for European buyers its role is now occupied by the V40. Not only that, but the V40 comes with a...
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