Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Last November, Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia found themselves in hot, and rather deep water.
An EPA investigation found each manufacturer had overstated its gas mileage window stickers on 13...
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Toyota i-Road Concept: Urban Electric Car Appears In GenevaUnusual urban microcars have been a staple of Japanese auto shows for years, but as electric propulsion becomes more realistic and city landscapes change, most big carmakers have now developed some kind of tiny urban electric vehicle. Latest to debut is Toyota's i-Road concept, due at next week's...
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ZF Develops 9-Speed Auto Transmission For Improved EfficiencyYou probably started driving in a car with three, four, maybe five speeds to choose between. Manual transmissions led the way for a while with gears--five and six became commonplace, while the average auto might only have had four gears. Since then, an increasing quest for efficiency has seen that...
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NHTSA To Probe 2004-2009 Toyota Prius For Steering IssueThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking into possible defects with 2004-2009 Toyota Prius steering shafts. No official recall has yet been announced, and will only follow if the NHTSA grants a defect petition claiming the steering column linkage was improperly...
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Diesels In Cold Weather: Think Before You BuyChances are, somebody reading this lives in a fairly cold climate. You also probably want to save money on fuel, and may have considered diesel. But have you considered the effect that cold weather might have on a diesel vehicle? One tale from The Car Guide shows why diesel vehicles may not be your...
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Will Nissan's 2014 Le Mans Race Entry Be A Full Electric Car?Every year, the organizers of the 24 Heures du Mans--the world's most famous and prestigious endurance race--set aside a special garage for a car that pushes technological boundaries. Garage 56, as it's known, has hosted some spectacular vehicles. This year will see a hydrogen vehicle occupy Garage...
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The Geneva Motor Show is almost upon us.
Physically small in size next to many international shows, there's nevertheless plenty to look at, particularly if you're interested in green transport and...
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Driverless Nissan Leaf: Oxford University Wants To Reduce System's CostIt's early days for both electric vehicles and autonomous cars, but the technology for the two seems to go hand-in-hand. After all, what better way to be whizzed home after a hard day at work than in a smooth, quiet, green, and entirely autonomous electric car? It'd be like living in the future...
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Diesel Car Owners Won't Like Virginia's Road Tax Plan EitherLast month, Virginia governor Bob McDonnell proposed dropping the state's tax on gasoline, the revenue from which has become stagnant in recent years. To make up for axing the state's gas tax, revenue would have to come from elsewhere--extra sales tax, new car registration fees, and a new $100...
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Chreos Luxury Electric Car: '621-Mile Range'... SupposedlyThere's a train of thought that goes thus: If you're going to launch an electric concept car, you may as well give it outrageous performance and range statistics as it'll never see the light of day anyway, and nobody can prove you wrong. Someone at Silex Power clearly thinks along similar lines, as...
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Volkswagen Up Minicar To Get XL1's Ultra-Frugal Drivetrain?The Volkswagen Up is one of our favorite 'forbidden fruit' cars. Sold in Europe, it's a rival to vehicles like the Chevrolet Spark in the 'A' segment. It's lightweight, simple, economical and inexpensive to buy--everything a small car should be. Some of those parameters could be about to change, as...
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BMW i3 Electric Car, i8 Plug-In Hybrid: First Rides For JournalistsTwo of the most exciting electric vehicles due over the next few years both originate from German automaker, BMW. The i3 city car and i8 sports car are both clean-sheet designs, developed from the ground up as plug-in vehicles. With carbon-fiber chassis, purpose-designed interiors and unique...
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Plenty of supercar makers are getting in on the electric car act, these days.
Porsche, Ferrari and McLaren all have hybrids and plug-in hybrids on the way--McLaren's was revealed just the other day.
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Zero Will Now Sell You, Too, An All-Electric Cop MotorcycleImagine, for a second, you're doing some dodgy criminal dealings, and the cops are onto your hideout location. You still have time though--you've heard no sirens, no vehicle pulling up outside the warehouse. And that would be your final mistake--just because you've not heard anything, doesn't mean...
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Japan's Electric Taxis Falling Out Of Favor With DriversAll is not well with Japan's electric taxi drivers. Two years ago, in February 2011, the city of Osaka introduced a fleet of fifty Nissan Leaf taxis. The deal was a cooperative arrangement between Nissan, 30 taxi firms, and the government--each was being subsidized to the tune of 1,780,000...
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BMW To Use Geniuses Like Apple--To Sell i3 Electric CarsIf you've ever bought a car, you might have experienced the frustration that comes with a sales person who doesn't really know about the car they're selling. That's not an experience you'll have had in an Apple retail store though, where the Genius Bar program provides product experts to hand out...
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GM Electric Cars Carry Stars To Pre-Oscars Green Carpet EventStars and green cars are nothing new--several have admitted to owning Toyota Prius in the past, while others have been spotted in Tesla Roadsters or Fisker Karmas. At Global Green USA's 10th Pre-Oscar party on Wednesday, a host more stars were caught alongside two electric vehicles--the 2013...
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Ford EcoBoost: Turbo Gasoline Engines The Near Green Future?The main benefits of Ford's Ecoboost line of engines may be fuel efficiency and performance, but their popularity is resulting in another positive outcome. Ford has sold more than 530,000 Ecoboost vehicles since the line's introduction three and a half years ago, and the automaker is ready to...
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The Geneva Motor Show always provides us with some spectacular green vehicles, but this year looks like being the best yet.
Audi has now revealed its most production-ready electric vehicle yet, in...
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261 MPG Volkswagen XL1 Production Confirmed, Debuts GenevaVolkswagen has toyed with the idea of cigar-shaped ultra-eco cars for some time now, but a production car is finally on the way. The Volkswagen XL1 is a plug-in diesel hybrid with a body seemingly beamed in from a future time. It's the physical representation of the benefits of reducing weight and...
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2013 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Updates Include More Electric RangeHyundai has announced full details for its updated 2013 Sonata Hybrid. With pricing starting from $25,650, $200 lower than the outgoing 2012 Sonata Hybrid, the new model also gets up to 6 percent better gas mileage and a increased driving in electric-only mode. All Sonata Hybrids use a 2.4-liter...
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2013 Toyota Camry Hybrid Gains Interior, Tech UpgradesThe Toyota Camry and Toyota Camry Hybrid have been granted a host of interior and technology upgrades for the 2013 model year. Launched in its current format in the 2012 model year, Camry LE models gain a new soft-touch material on the front door panels, replacing a harder plastic. Interior arm...
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Europeans Get Interested In Hybrids Just As U.S. Looks To DieselsTraditionally, the U.S. has been a market where gasoline vehicles have dominated, while hybrids have seen increasing success and diesels have really only sold in relatively small numbers. In contrast, low diesel fuel prices in Europe have seen its popularity increase over the past few decades...
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Volkswagen e-Golf Details, Images Leaked Ahead of Geneva ShowGerman automaker Volkswagen has been teasing electric versions of its Golf for a while now (several decades, in fact) but images of a production model have now been leaked. Czech website AutoForum.cz shows images of the latest e-Golf, based on the brand new Mk7-generation car. The car will be...
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