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Elio moves to make $6,800, 84-mpg three-wheeler more real
Filed under: MPG, On Two Wheels Tell a hip-hop fan you've got a vehicle with three-wheel motion and they'll think of low-riders, '64 Impalas and hydraulics. Michigan-based Elio Motors has another idea,...
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Maine votes to ban ethanol in gasoline, takes stand against E15
Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy If it can go in your gas tank, it's potentially controversial up in Maine. A few years ago, out-of-spec gas pumps were a problem. Today, the issue is the...
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North Carolina targets Tesla, considers banning direct-to-consumer sales
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, Legislation and Policy North Carolina is the latest state to line up against Tesla Motors by proposing a bill that would bar direct automaker-to-customer sales...
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Peugeot’s diesel-hybrid Onyx Concept will hit the road at UK’s Goodwood fest
Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, Peugeot Peugeot looks like it's ratcheting the good-old British-French rivalry up a notch by bringing its Onyx diesel-hybrid concept car at England's Goodwood Festival of...
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2013 Chevy Volt gets $4,000-off incentive, more if you’re leasing a...
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chevrolet, GM There was a time not too long ago when General Motors would've been happy with 1,500 Chevrolet Volt sales per month. Apparently, that time has passed. GM is...
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Drayson will shoot for FIA electric-vehicle land-speed record on June 25
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, UK, Racing It's pretty impressive when an automotive speed record stands for almost four decades, but UK-based Drayson Racing Technologies will take a shot at one next week....
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NYC says taxi drivers can choose hybrids over Nissan ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’
Filed under: Nissan, Legislation and Policy Right about now, Nissan must be wishing it had a baked-in a shorter development time for its NV200 hybrid. Nissan started production on the taxi version of...
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Congress may change, or even repeal, 2007 ethanol mandate
Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, USA The battle over selling a higher ethanol blend of gasoline in light-duty vehicle fuel is back in the headlines, as some members of Congress are now...
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BMW confirms production i3 will be revealed July 29
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, BMW BMW is apparently planning to market its first-ever mass-produced electric vehicle with a commercial that looks an awful lot like a Gap ad. The German...
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Tesla may be understating performance of 60-kWh Model S
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, Racing Under the "sign us up for that job" heading, the crew at Drag Times took it upon themselves to perform some straight-line road tests with a 60-kWh Tesla...
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Tesla Google Glass app can update charging info, find your car [w/video]
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors Today's version of future shock is brought to you buy a San Jose-based app developer that's making a Tesla app for the Google Glass...
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Honda, Fiat show dutiful compliance in EV game
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Honda, Legislation and Policy, Fiat Despite long waiting lists, neither Honda nor Fiat have any plans to boost production of their popular, low-volume...
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Gulf CEO says oil prices could halve by end of year, cause global instability...
Filed under: MPG, USA It's just one in a laundry list of factors, but more fuel-efficient cars could make a difference in lowering oil prices dramatically to half their present levels, plunging to $50...
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US to join EU in fighting Russian auto recycling fee as trade barrier
Filed under: Legislation and Policy, Europe/EU If they're not going to get you on the front end, they'll get you on the back end. That's what the European Union is accusing the Russian government of...
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Mitsubishi working on 500-horsepower hybrid Evo?
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi Until reality sets in, we'll settle for this report about Mitsubishi building what can only be described as one super plug-in hybrid. The Japanese automaker, per...
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Toyota begins testing Segway-like Winglet in Japan [w/video]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, Toyota, On Two Wheels, Japan Toyota has just now started testing a two-wheeled Segway-like vehicle that it first trumpeted almost five years ago,...
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Toyota Prius, Tesla Model S fans apparently like very different things
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Toyota, Tesla Motors Prius fans polled have above-average interest in yoga, sustainability and Apple. As for Model S fans? They're big on economics, Jim Beam, strip...
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Tesla’s 8.4% market share beats Audi A8, BMW 7 Series
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors If you visualize the US luxury-car market as a carton of a dozen eggs (some reporters perpetually have food on the brain), you can figure that one of the those...
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Tesla Model S scores five stars in NHTSA crash tests [w/video]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, Videos Tesla Motors is having a good week. Right after the California-based maker of the Model S electric vehicle reported better than expected earnings and...
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MIT: vehicle emissions cause 53,000 extra deaths a year
Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, MPG, USA 53,000 early deaths are attributed to exhaust from cars and trucks, annually. And now for some not-so-uplifting news for your Labor Day weekend, especially if it...
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