Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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BMW has revealed full pricing and options details for its plug-in hybrid sports car, the i8.
It's the first glimpse we've had of pricing beyond the i8's regular base price, and what BMW's 'World'...
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Plug-In Electric Car Sales In June: Leaf's Best-Ever June, Volt Up On May (FINAL UPDATE)
It hasn't reached the heady heights of May's record-breaking sales tally, but Nissan still has the highest-selling mainstream electric vehicle on the market. Nissan rounds off the month's sales having moved 2,347 Leafs. That's 770 fewer than May's best-ever Leaf sales total, but it's still a record...
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Supreme Court: California Cleaner-Fuels Plan OK, Oil Companies Lose Appeal
In an action sure to appease fans of a greener transportation future, the U.S. Supreme Court has chosen to decline oil and ethanol companies' appeal to a decision to uphold California's Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS). That means the LCFS now has one fewer obstacle in its aim to encourage the...
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Toyota Needs Safety Rule Exemption To Sell Fuel-Cell Car In U.S.
Cars sold in the U.S. have to meet certain safety regulations in order to ensure their legality on U.S. roads. Unfortunately for Toyota, one of those safety regulations for electric vehicles would prevent its upcoming fuel-cell sedan from driving after even a small fender-bender--so the company is...
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Tesla In China: Discovering Local Quirks And Fixing Issues
China is a tricky but potentially lucrative market to conquer. Automotive brands all around the world want a piece of the action given the potential rewards, but the market is still quite different to others around the globe. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is one such automaker giving the Chinese market...
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Volkswagen XL1 Hybrid Deliveries Begin In UK, And It Ain't Cheap...
We always knew the Volkswagen XL1 wouldn't be cheap. It's a limited-run, carbon-fiber bodied, plug-in hybrid, gull-winged low-slung eco supercar. None of that sounds cheap. And as Volkswagen UK reveals pricing for the light-weight plug-in hybrid, we now know just how not-cheap it actually is...
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Toyota might not be convinced by battery electric vehicles but that hasn't stopped the company testing its i-Road urban electric vehicle.
Its latest round of testing takes place in Europe, where a...
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Will European Fuel-Efficiency Tests Get More Realistic Under New Rules?
When we report on European market cars, we'll often advise you to take their official fuel consumption ratings with a pinch of salt. The current New European Drive Cycle (NEDC) test simply isn't very real-world relevant, unrealistically inflating a car's economy potential. That may change in the...
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Tesla's Smaller Electric Sedan To Have 'Realistic' Pricing Next To BMW, Audi
Tesla might have abandoned its trademark to the 'Model E' name for its planned smaller electric sedan, but the car itself is still very much on Tesla's radar. It's likely to be on buyers' radars too when it makes its expected debut in late 2016, priced to compete with conventional rivals like BMW's...
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Mercedes Economy, Workplace Charging, Prius Delays: Today's Car News
Today on Green Car Reports: A Mercedes does over 1,000 miles on a tank of diesel, why workplace charging could be a way to sell more electric cars, and the next-gen Prius faces delays. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We all know hybrids and diesels are economical, but it's still impressive...
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2016 Toyota Prius Launch Pushed Back Six Months: Report
Toyota's next-generation Prius is one of the most eagerly-awaited green cars of the moment, but potential buyers may have to wait a little longer to get their hands on the car. According to Automotive News, Toyota has pushed the next-gen Prius's production date back by six months, from next Spring...
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Why Workplace Charging Is Important: It Sells Electric Cars
Human beings are creatures of convenience. Our ancestors built tools to make jobs easier and more efficient, and we like things that make our lives easier today too. Workplace charging is one of those conveniences for electric car drivers, and could be instrumental in helping sell more electric...
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Range is often discussed when the subject of electric cars comes up, but it's also relevant in the world of internal combustion.
Driving the most economical car in the world would still be a pain if...
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Will Your Car One Day Capture All Its Carbon Emissions?
Producing carbon dioxide is an unavoidable part of burning fuel in cars. The problem with this of course is that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. And the more cars there are on the road, the more sources of this greenhouse gas there are. The concept of carbon dioxide capturing has been theorized...
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Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Goes Rallying In Asia
Believe it or not, off-roading isn't the sole preserve of lifted Jeeps or mud-splattered Land Rovers. Mitsubishi has chosen to enter its Outlander Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) in this year's Asia Cross Country Rally--a grueling event that runs from Thailand to Cambodia over mountains, through forests...
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Carice Electric Sports Car Is Tiny, Beautiful, Kinda Expensive
Electric sports cars are not a major priority for automakers right now. Traditionally, sports cars of any sort don't sell in huge numbers (Mazda's Miata is still shy of a million units and it's a quarter century old now) so electric ones are even more of a niche. That means it's up to companies...
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Ford Fiesta 3-Cyl Boosted To 140 HP: Forbidden Fruit Quick Drive
At 123 horsepower, Ford's 1.0-liter Ecoboost Fiesta already develops an impressive output for its diminutive size. That it does so while delivering entertaining handling and perhaps most importantly, a 36 mpg combined rating (31 mpg city, 43 mpg highway) is even better. But Ford's powertrain...
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Cheapest MPG You Can Buy: What Cars Give Lowest-Cost Mileage?
There are some pretty efficient cars on sale these days, but it's fair to say that to benefit from the technology, you often have to spend a little more to start with. What if you want to spend as little as possible on fuel, but spend as little as possible on the car itself too? That's where...
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Depending on who you speak to, electric power is either the death-knell for motor sport or the best thing since sliced bread
Racing cars, some people will tell you, need to make a noise. They simply...
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Battery Maker Boston Power Gets $250 Million Investment From China
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's announcement that the firm is planning to build a battery 'gigafactory' confirmed something we all knew would happen eventually--more electric cars means greater demand for batteries. U.S.-founded battery firm Boston-Power knows this too, and plans to expand its own operations...
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2014 BMW i3 Electric Car: Likes And Dislikes From An Early Owner
Many of us have experienced the highs and lows that come with getting behind the wheel of a new vehicle for the first time. In some respects, your new vehicle will be much better than the one you had before. In others, it may leave you wanting for more. BMW's i3 electric car is about as new as new...
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What Improvements Do Owners Want From Next-Gen 2016 Chevrolet Volt?
Ask an electric car owner what improvements they'd like to see in the next generation of the model they own, and nine times out of ten you'll get the same responses. "More range", they'll probably say. "A lower price" is the other--even if you can afford an electric car, who wouldn't want to pay a...
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Hybrid & Hydrogen, Or Electric? Toyota, Nissan Battle Over Future Green-Car Tech
Japanese automakers Toyota and Nissan have always done things a little differently. But when it comes to company strategies for meeting future transportation needs, each firm's approach couldn't be more different. Nissan is resolute on its decision to go electric. Toyota, on the other hand...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Car Configurator Now Live
Remember when every new electric car that launched was surrounded by a fanfare? Now, it takes something really special to create the same buzz. And that's not a bad thing--it means enough electric cars are hitting the market that we can accept them as we might any other vehicle. The 2015...
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