Kurt Ernst, Contributor
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If you drive an electric car and call London’s Heathrow your home airport, we’ve got good news and bad news for you.
The good news is that the electricity to charge your electric vehicle...
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GM Takes Heat For 'Stop Pedaling, Start Driving' College Ads
To promote its college discount, GM recently ran ads advising students to 'stop pedaling and start driving,' which raised the ire of the League of American Bicyclists.
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Daimler And BYD To Birth Electric-Car Love Child This Spring
The electric car being jointly developed by Daimler and BYD for the Chinese market is expected to debut in prototype form next April.
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Fisker Planning Midsize Plug-In Crossover: Report
Fisker is planning to build a midsize crossover on its Nina platform, and the vehicle will be positioned against the upcoming Tesla Model X.
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GM, BMW Partner To Boost Fuel Efficiency: Report
GM and BMW are said to be working on an agreement to share fuel-saving technologies. GM would benefit from BMW's gas and diesel engine design, while BMW would gain access to GM's series hybrid designs.
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Metropolia Electric RaceAbout Sets Nürburgring Electric Car Record
The Finnish-built Metropolia Electric RaceAbout has cut 25 seconds off its Nordschleife lap time, setting a new record for road-legal electric cars in the process.
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The secret to keeping a market-leading product atop the sales charts is contained with the Hippocratic oath: in regards to redesigns or refreshes, first, do no harm.
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2012 Infiniti M35h Is The World's Quickest Full Hybrid
Kicking off the car's launch in Europe, Guinness World Records has certified the Infiniti M35h hybrid as the "world's fastest accelerating full hybrid."
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EcoBoost Gets Smaller: Ford Shows Its Three-Cylinder In Frankfurt
Ford is showing off the latest addition to its EcoBoost family, using the Frankfurt Auto Show to highlight the technology behind its 1.0-liter, three-cylinder EcoBoost engine.
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Mercedes-Benz Hoping To Revive Smart Brand With TV Ads
Mercedes Benz is hoping a targeted television advertising campaign, accompanied by low-interest financing, is all it will need to reignite U.S. interest in the Smart brand.
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Will Infiniti Build The First Mainstream Electric Sports Car?
Infiniti has confirmed that they're working on a two seat electric sports car with a mid-motor, rear drive layout. The car will be featured at next year's Geneva Motor Show.
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Land Rover Bringing Diesel Engines To The U.S.
Land Rover has announced that future U.S. models will include a diesel engine option, necessary for the company to meet stricter CAFE requirements in the United States.
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In the days before airbags, crumple zones, high strength steel and electronic stability control, many American drivers equated “safe” with “large.” While a 1975 Chevy Vega may...
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U.S.-Bound 2013 Chevy Spark To Get Design Updates
The Chevy Spark minicar, bound for the U.S. in 2012, will get minor front end changes required to meet U.S. safety standards.
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Small Is The New Big: Mercedes Bringing B-Class, A-Class To U.S.
Mercedes-Benz is betting the time is right for a new range of compact and subcompact vehicles in the U.S. market. Expect to see the first of these, the B-Class wagon, in 2013.
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Mercedes-Benz B-Class E-Cell Plus Extended Range Electric Vehicle
Mercedes will soon join General Motors and Fisker in offering an extended range electric vehicle. Shown as a concept in Frankfurt, the B-Class E-Cell Plus will see production in the near future.
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Mahindra's Diesel Pickups About To Lose EPA Approval
The Mahindra TR20 and TR40 compact diesel pickups were supposed to launch in the U.S. in 2008, then 2010, then 2011. With EPA approval set to expire at the end of 2011, the future of the compact diesel pickup on these shores looks bleak.
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Mercedes-Benz F125 Plug-In Hybrid: The Future Of The Luxury Car
Mercedes-Benz's F125 plug-in hybrid concept is officially called a "research vehicle," but the hydrogen fuel cell sedan could quite possibly represent the future of the luxury automobile.
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When the original Lexus GS 450h debuted in 2007, it entered the market as the world’s first hybrid luxury sport sedan.
Time moves on quickly in the automotive world, and today the Lexus GS 450h...
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Compact, Fuel-Efficient Cars Grab Frankfurt Spotlight
Instead of outdoing each other with more mass and more horsepower, the focus at teh upcoming Frankfurt Auto Show seems to be on better fuel economy and more technology for the dollar.
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For Better Gas Mileage, Ram Shrinks The Van To European Size
To compete with Ford's Transit Connect, Fiat will import the Doblo commercial van under the Ram brand for 2013.
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Ford Transit Connect Hits NYC And LA Taxi Fleets
The Ford Transit Connect, in both gasoline and CNG versions, has begun deployment for taxi duty from coast to coast.
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The Bamby P50: How Small Is Too Small?
Bamby Cars Limited has begun building a replica of the world's smallest production car, the Peel P50. You can park it anywhere, but there isn't much room for luggage.
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Volkswagen Brings Fuel Shut-Off To The Four Cylinder Engine
Cylinder deactivation has been used with great success on V-6 and V-8 engines for years, but now Volkswagen is bringing the technology to their four-cylinder, 1.4-liter TSI engine.
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