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2014 Honda Accord Hybrid will get 49 mpg city in US, starts at $37,260 in Japan
Two bits of news about the upcoming 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid have been released, but still not enough to have…
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Toyota will show Auris Hybrid production, Tweet by Tweet
Think of it as a 325-step process in 140 characters or less. Toyota is going the social-media route to publicize…
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Global annual plug-in sales will reach 3 million by 2020
Every single plug-in vehicle sold today represents about 15 by the end of the decade. That’s essentially the calculation that…
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Watch Porsche’s 918 Spyder break a sweat while hot weather testing
With five months left until the 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder enters production, Porsche engineers are still putting the hybrid sports…
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Mt. Washington Auto Road Alt Energy Summit piques our interest
What better place to hold a summit than at an actual summit? Perhaps none. But that’s not exactly why the…
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Internal documents show Fisker lost $35,000 on each Karma
Anyone looking for a chilling plug-in vehicle warning tale should check out this detailed Reuters article, which digs into the…
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Ford says its regenerative brakes have saved 100 million gallons of gas
Ford is taking the time to trumpet technology that’s let drivers go further by stopping gradually. Specifically, the Blue Oval…
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Honda reveals next-gen Fit Hybrid
Psst! Remember late last month when we showed you those Japanese magazine scans purporting to show the next Honda Fit?…
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Akerson calls for GM tech to stymie Tesla
Electric vehicle maker Tesla has had some good days lately as sales of the Model S have exceeded expectations as…
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Lincoln poised to double MKZ Hybrid production
The Lincoln MKZ Hybrid has been something of a hit for Ford since the beginning, exceeding the company’s modest projected…
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Ford hybrids getting update to improve fuel economy
Ford has announced that it is introducing “calibration updates designed to improve on-road fuel economy for owners of the 2013…
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Volvo Pure Tension concept folds solar charging pavilion into trunk
Even by the ‘anything-goes’ standards of concept cars, this one is a head-spinner: the “Pure Tension” Volvo V60 Pavilion, commissioned…
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More Peugeot 208 FE details emerge, including estimated 135 MPGe
We knew the Peugeot 208 Hybrid FE concept shun slurping gas, but we admit we’re impressed that the previous mention…
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Yo-Auto will cut Yo-Mobile hybrid annual production in half
Yo-Auto, the Mikhail Prokhorov-owned automaker that’s been making plans to build the first Russia-made hybrid car, will scale down production…
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Average new-car fuel economy figures continue record pace
Manufacturers are making more efficient cars and trucks; we’ve known that to be true for some time. Nearly every new…