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Tesla CEO Visits Texas, Talks About Electric Truck
Tesla CEO Elon Musk spent the day in Texas advocating that the electric car maker be allowed to sell its products directly to the public. Current Texas law prohibits vehicles from being sold directly...
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BMW i3 Spied Testing as it Gets Closer to Production
As the BMW i3 gets closer to production form, the German automaker has been spied testing its compact electric car out on the roads. The i3 is expected to hit dealerships this year and the automaker...
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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Production Still Halted
Mitsubishi will continue its production and shipment stoppage of its Outlander plug-in hybrid variant since the automaker still hasn’t found a cause for an overheating lithium-ion battery in one of...
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Electric Car Range Suffers in the Cold: Why it Happens and What’s Being Done...
Recently the New York Times and American electric car maker Tesla got in a highly publicized war of words over a review of the Model S electric car. Amongst other contentious issues, the range of the...
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Sub-370Z Sports Car Confirmed for Tokyo Motor Show
Nissan will bring a sports car that sits below the current 370Z in some form to the Tokyo Motor Show in November. Whether it will be a concept car or production vehicle is still unclear, but it’s been...
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BMW ActiveE Drivers Get Digital Tool, Goofy Name
Translated into english, Russians call their space explorers “cosmonauts.” Today, the world learned that Germans – or at least BMW – call people who drive ActiveE vehicles “Electronauts.” BMW is...
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Fiat 500e Priced From $32,500 or $199 Monthly Lease
Fiat has announced pricing for the 2013 500e, with MSRP set at $32,500 while leasing is available at just $199 a month for 36 months with $999 due at signing. The electric Fiat will launch in...
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BMW Launching Chinese EV Brand Called Zinoro
BMW is launching a new Chinese brand called Zinoro in conjunction with its Chinese partner Brilliance Auto, specifically to develop and sell EVs. The first vehicle to launch will likely be a...
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2014 Fisker Karma Tweaks Leaked on Forum
Niche luxury automaker Fisker laid off most of its workforce almost two weeks ago, but there could be updates on tap if the brand lasts into the 2014 model year. A leaked series of images on AutoGuide...
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BMW i3 Offers Gas-Powered Alternative Car, Follows Fiat
To fight the scourge of range anxiety, BMW will include the use of a gasoline powered car to buyers of its upcoming i3 EV, as well as other perks to draw buyers in the the showrooms. Buyers of the i3...
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Chrysler Will Lose $10K per Fiat 500e: CEO Says
Last last year Fiat unveiled its electric 500e during the L.A. Auto Show, a car that Chrysler will take a $10,000 bath on every time it sells according to CEO Sergio Marchionne. Fiat won’t sell the...
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Texas Tesla Store Favored by Residents: Poll Shows
Residents in Austin, Texas are overwhelmingly in favor of electric vehicle maker Tesla being allowed to sell its Model S sedan according to a web poll by the Austin Business Journal. “We hope that...
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Detroit Electric SP:01 Debuts in Shanghai
Detroit Electric debuted its SP:01 electric sports car over the weekend in Shanghai, calling it the world’s fastest pure-electric production sports car. It can run from 0-62 mph in 3.7 seconds and...
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Nissan Leaf New York Taxis Celebrate Earth Day
Nissan and New York City are celebrating Earth Day together by launching a pilot program to use the Leaf electric car as a taxi. “Following the selection of Nissan NV200 as New York City’s Taxi of...
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West Coast Cities Have the Most Green Car Shoppers
California is home to the most green car shoppers in the nation, with eight of the top 10 cities actually located on the west coast. The San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose area was the top city amongst...
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Volvo C30 EV Can Fully Charge in Record Time
Volvo is preparing the C30 EV for launch in Europe, and the brand announced today that thanks to its quick charger, the car can be fully juiced up in just 1.5 hours. Developed in partnership with...
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Tesla Dealer License Denied in Virginia
Tesla Motors Inc. has 33 days to appeal a ruling issued Monday denying the electric car maker a dealer license in Virginia. Virginia DMV Commissioner Richard Holcomb turned down the request, saying he...
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Toyota Me.We Concept is Personal Transportation With a Global Conscience
It doesn’t just look unique, the philosophy behind Toyota’s new Me.We concept car brings an innovative approach to the automobile, looking to harmonize concepts of personal transportation and the...
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Chevrolet Spark EV EPA Rated with 82-Mile Range
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released official fuel consumption and range ratings for the Chevrolet Spark EV today. According to the EPA Chevrolet’s little electric car is capable of...
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Improved EV Charging Offered by Honda Smart Home
Honda, in partnership with the University of California, Davis, broke ground today on a “Zero Net Energy” concept home that will offer more efficient electric vehicle charging. Honda’s concept home...
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