Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Mitsubishi doesn't sell a pickup truck in the U.S, but elsewhere around the world its L200 model is a highly popular utility vehicle.
Typically powered by a 2.5-liter turbodiesel engine, the L200...
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Mitsubishi CA-MiEV Concept: Compact Electric Car At GenevaAs Mitsubishi rolls out its "global small" platform across the globe, it showed what could be the next generation of small car at the Geneva Motor Show. The Concept CA-MiEV is a full electric car with class-leading aerodynamics and high-density lithium-ion batteries, giving a driving range of up to...
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Volkswagen Wants 60 MPG Fleet Average In Europe By 2020The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) target of 54.5 mpg by 2025 has caused cheers from some people, and jeers from others. In reality, that target won't be as difficult to hit as the numbers suggest, as the average on EPA window stickers will be lower--closer to 40 mpg in reality. For some...
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Toyota i-Road Electric Microcar: Live Photos From GenevaThe annual Geneva Motor Show is a haven for weird and wonderful concept vehicles, and one of the strangest this year is the Toyota i-Road concept. The i-Road is described by Toyota as "a new form of transport", designed as an easy-to-maneuver, zero-emissions form of inner-city transport. We've...
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Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion: 70 MPG Hatchback... U.S. Won't GetIf you were to associate Volkswagen with one particular fuel-efficient technology, it'd probably be diesel. VW's range of diesels is expanding in the U.S, but it's massive in Europe--accommodating a market where over 50 percent of buyers choose diesel vehicles. As a result of Europe's love of...
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Honda Recycles Hybrid Battery Packs Into Rare-Earth Metals For New OnesA popular myth among detractors of hybrid and electric vehicles is that the energy and materials that go into making batteries far outweighs any good they do under ownership. Batteries aren't as damaging as many suspect though, since so many of a battery's components can be recycled. Honda is doing...
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It isn't unknown for car companies to make odd decisions, but Lexus choosing not to sell the hybrid version of its new IS sport sedan in the U.S. has to rank highly among such scenarios.
The reason...
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Subaru Viziv Concept: Diesel Hybrid Crossover From Geneva Motor ShowSubaru's last crossover was the slightly underwhelming XV Crosstrek, but its latest concept looks a lot more exciting. Unveiled today at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, the Viziv Concept is a diesel hybrid crossover, hinting at the looks and powertrain of some future Subaru models. Traditionally...
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Ferrari LaFerrari: New Hybrid Hypercar Revealed At GenevaAfter months of speculation, the latest Ferrari hypercar is finally here. You may wonder why we'd announce such a thing on Green Car Reports--after all, the Enzo, F50, F50 and 288 GTO hypercars were never that green. Usually very, very red, in fact. But as with many other current top-end supercars...
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Need To Pretend You're Not A Strong-Arm Ruler? Drive A Nissan LeafWhile state leaders have occasionally been known to appear at a photo call in some modest method of transport, official duties usually see them in something a little more substantial. President Obama, for example, rides around in a heavy-duty Cadillac nicknamed "The Beast". It's built on a truck...
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Kia Provo Hybrid Crossover Debuts At 2013 Geneva Motor ShowIn opening up a class for compact crossovers, the Nissan Juke has unwittingly made it a requirement that any competing vehicle must scare the average child at fifty paces. That's the best explanation we can come up with for the Kia Provo concept, due for unveiling at the Geneva Motor Show when it...
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Electric Cars To Aid Scottish Independence From England?England has been at war with many dozens of countries over the last few millenia, but its neighbor to the north has to be one of its most frequent rivals. Things are altogether calmer these days and aside from occasional differences (and jibes) over food, accents or formal dress, Scots and Brits...
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Diesel cars are quite appealing to some drivers, and it isn't hard to see why.
The current choice of diesel vehicles may not be that varied, but those available mix good performance with impressive...
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Second Obama Term: New Energy Secretary, New EPA HeadFollowing EPA head Lisa Jackson's resignation at the end of December, President Obama will nominate Gina McCarthy as her successor. McCarthy will become the Environmental Protection Agency's new administrator, following her role as head of the air and radiation office. A White House official has...
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Next Kind Of Electric Transport: Solar Electric Aircraft?In utopian visions of the future, we won't have to burn anything to get anywhere. No fossil fuels, no coal, no burning of any sort. For some, that future is already here--plenty of electric car owners run their cars using solar electricity generated from panels at their home or place of work. It's...
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Audi A3 g-tron: Natural Gas Compact Debuts At Geneva ShowNo, that's not a misprint--Audi really is launching an A3 g-tron next to its A3 e-tron at the Geneva Motor Show. While the e-tron is a plug-in hybrid using Audi's in-development electric vehicle technology, the g-tron uses a different alternative fuel--natural gas. The 2014 Audi A3 g-tron is set to...
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Clinton Told Better Place CEO: "Electric Cars Should Be Free"As any entrepreneur will tell you, starting a business isn't easy. Few know this more than Shai Agassi, founder of battery-swapping outfit Better Place. The company is making huge losses, has closed operations in some countries and even booted out Agassi himself as CEO. Still, Agassi is one of few...
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VOLAR-e Electric Supercar: 1,000 HP McLaren-BeaterOkay, so perhaps "McLaren-beater" is a bit of an exaggeration. The recently-unveiled McLaren P1 plug-in hybrid supercar has the looks, the heritage, the quality and indeed a full production run on the way--while the VOLAR-e from Spanish industrial design firm Applus Idiada is just a prototype. But...
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When journalists and buyers alike found they were struggling to hit Ford's gas mileage claims for the Fusion and C-Max hybrids, we knew it wouldn't take long for the situation to escalate.
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Iconic Land Rover Turned Into Electric Car Research VehicleThe Land Rover Defender is as much an automotive icon in Great Britain as the Jaguar E-Type, MGB or the Austin Mini. It's not as glamorous as any of them, but the car's chunky styling, go-anywhere ability and incredible longevity have resulted in the design barely changing since its introduction in...
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Hyundai Tucson Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle Enters ProductionFuel cell vehicles have been garnering more attention recently, with the high-profile agreements between Toyota and BMW, and Renault-Nissan, Daimler and Ford. Not yet ready for the mainstream, fuel cell vehicles have so far been restricted to limited-run production models like the Honda FCX...
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Oregon, Too, Wants To Tax Electric Cars (And 55-MPG-Plus Cars Too)Electric car-friendly Oregon may join the growing list of states imposing a dedicated tax on electric vehicles. Like other states looking to tax electric and fuel efficient cars, Oregon is pre-empting a rise in the number of electric vehicles on the roads and a subsequent fall in revenue from gas...
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Sbarro Hybrid Sports Car Debuts At Geneva Motor ShowRinspeed isn't the only unusual carmaker to originate from Switzerland. Fellow Swiss automaker Sbarro is another which periodically releases something weird and wonderful into auto show halls, and this year it's the turn of the Réact E.V. E.V. doesn't, as you might expect, stand for electric...
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McLaren P1 Hybrid Supercar: Production Version RevealedNo, seriously--it's a plug-in hybrid. It's not the most conventional of plug-in hybrids, of course. Unless we've missed something, Toyota's Prius Plug-In has no 903-horsepower version, nor does any Prius cost over a million dollars. But then, you can't expect something too conventional from...
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