Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Chevrolet is definitely going green--or at least, its customers are, as GM announces best-ever monthly sales of its four most gas-sipping models.
Helping to reach sales 10 percent greater than those...
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Europe's Ford Fusion Gets 1.0 EcoBoost: How Small Is Too Small?We've driven it in the Focus. We're going to get it in the Fiesta. We've even seen it attacking one of the world's meanest race tracks. It is of course Ford's 1.0-liter, three-cylinder EcoBoost engine, a tiny turbocharged unit aiming to match the performance of a naturally-aspirated 1.6-liter, with...
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2014 Ford Fiesta Gets Facelift, Debuts At Paris Auto ShowFord's Fiesta is proof that moving down to a smaller car doesn't involve sacrificing all the features you'd normally get in a larger car. It's fun to drive, refined, has good gas mileage and feels more substantial than it looks--and it's getting a facelift for the 2014 model year, unveiled at this...
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2014 Volkswagen Golf Revealed In Full Before Paris ShowVolkswagen has sold over 29 million Golfs since its original European launch in 1974. That gives you some idea of how important a new model is to the company--and the buying public. The all-new 2014 Volkswagen Golf will be launched at this month's Paris Auto Show, and though it looks little...
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Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid, More Details And PhotosMitsubishi was one of the first to market with a production electric vehicle with its 'i' city car, and a new plug-in hybrid is set to join it at the Paris Motor Show this month. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is based on the all-new Outlander that debuted at the Moscow Auto Show in July. The...
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Electric Cars Now Owners' Primary Vehicles In CaliforniaWe often read statistics to show that the average American drives only a short distance each day, suggesting that even an electric car with a relatively short range would be suitable for most journeys. A new survey seems to indicate that owners think so too--as households with electric cars are...
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If a race car powered by a 1.0-liter, three-cylinder engine sounds like a cure for insomnia to you, then think again.
When the tiny engine in question is Ford's high-tech 1.0-liter EcoBoost, and when...
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India: 6 Million Electric Vehicles By 2020, Why It May WorkWith most electric cars currently selling in no more than four-figure sums each month, a time when they're selling by the million looks an awfully long way away. In India, that time might arrive a whole lot quicker. The country's National Council for Electric Mobility (NCEM) has approved a $4.1...
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Eaton Working On Smaller, Long-Lasting Hybrid BatteryHybrid and electric cars live and die by the performance of their battery packs, so battery development is an ongoing process to improve these vehicles. Eaton Corporation has announced it is currently working on a cost-effective power control system for hybrid vehicle batteries, designed to reduce...
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NEVS Completes Saab Deal, Electric Cars On The WaySwedish carmaker Saab endeared itself to many throughout its history, with a reputation for unique design and technological innovation across several decades. That made watching its slow death last year excruciating for fans of the marque, and as the company closed its doors, the future for Saab...
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Next-Generation Smart ForTwo Caught Testing In Spy ShotsThe next generation of Smart's ForTwo minicar can't come along too soon. The current model is out of its depth in the U.S. and even getting a little long-in-the-tooth in its European homelands, so the 2015 model, expected to go on sale in 2014, is eagerly anticipated. Caught here in spy shots by...
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Want A Racy New Electric Car? Why Not Print One? (Video)3-D printing is perhaps one of the most exciting new technological developments of recent years. It could completely revolutionize the way products are made, allowing them to be printed at source in any color or shape you can think of. Areion's 3-D printed race car has been constructed using...
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Electric cars are only as green as the means by which they get their power.
While producing zero local emissions and propelled using efficient electric motors, ideally that electricity would be from...
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Lada Joins Electric Car Ranks, But Is It A Leaf-Beater?...Remember the Yugo? It was a small, cheap econobox, based on 1970s Fiat underpinnings and imported to the U.S. from its home country of Serbia. They actually sold over 100,000 in the U.S. between 1985 and 1992, but the model is derided as slow, unreliable and thoroughly undesirable. The image of...
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Fun Cars With Good Gas Mileage To Suit Every BudgetIt's not difficult to find cars with high gas mileage these days. Car manufacturers have made a stirling effort in recent years to push economy up, without sacrificing performance or equipment. So if you're in the market for a new green car, but want a little fun every time you drive it, what are...
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August Set To Be Best Month Yet For Chevy Volt SalesAt the start of each month we report sales figures on each electric car currently on sale in the U.S. Over the last few years, the highest electric sales have been a two-horse race between the 2012 Nissan Leaf and 2012 Chevrolet Volt. And for several months now, the Volt has been leading. That...
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2013 Buick Encore: 28 MPG Combined, Best U.S. CrossoverGM has released details of the 2013 Buick Encore's official EPA fuel economy. Set to become one of the most efficient cars in its class, the Encore will managed a combined 28 mpg, with 25 mpg city and 33 mpg highway from its 1.4-liter, turbocharged gasoline engine. That, says Buick, is enough to...
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2013 Lexus CT 200h Compact Hybrid: If It Ain't Broke...By dropping the Toyota Prius's well-proven running gear into a compact, sporty body, Lexus has produced a desirable and talented little car. There wasn't a lot wrong with the CT 200h, but Lexus has updated it for the 2013 model year with some small changes to ensure it remains competitive. If it...
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Yesterday, we revealed the news that the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for 2025 have been confirmed after a long political battle.
Essentially, the standards will require a...
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NXR Electric Car To Replace Infamous G-WizIf there's a more vilified electric car than the Reva G-Wiz, we're not aware of it. The Indian electric quadricycle has been the butt of jokes for years, with everything from its poor performance, circus clown car looks and concerns over safety coming in for criticism. Nothing lasts forever, and...
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Jaguar XJ_e: 60 MPG Luxury Plug-In Enters Future Car ChallengeThe greenest Jaguar we've driven here on GreenCarReports is the European-market XF 2.2D, but the smooth, economical diesel certainly isn't the limit of what Jaguar can achieve. Despite cutting a significantly larger figure on the road, the Jaguar XJ_e plug-in hybrid makes the fuel-sipping XF look...
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2012 Tesla Model S Electric Sedan: 238 Miles Of Range, Says Motor TrendWhether you drive gas, electric or anything else, there are dozens of different factors that affect your car's efficiency. That's why, even though Tesla Motors claims a range of 265 miles for its 85 kWh Model S, we've been eager to see how far it can go in realistic day-to-day driving. Thanks to...
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World's Fastest Taxi Driver Tackles The 'Ring In Electric CarWe've all experienced taxi drivers who think they're race car drivers, but Sabine Schmitz actually is. German racer and TV personality Sabine only recently hung up her 'Ring Taxi' driving gloves, a job that involved taking paying customers for the ride of their lives around the infamous...
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Lexus Hybrid Coupe Concept To Wow Australian Motor ShowReady to challenge Infiniti's Emerg-E and the Acura NSX, Lexus is set to unveil a new hybrid coupe concept at the upcoming 2012 Australian International Motor Show. The car has been confirmed by Lexus chief executive Tony Cramb, and promises to be "an absolutely stunning vehicle... one of the...
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