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Toyota’s ‘green bond’ an industry first, quickly rises to $1.75 billion
Toyota is greasing the skids for more green car purchases with the announcement of a $1.75-billion bond designed to finance…
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Wanxiang officially acquires Fisker Delaware plant for $18 million
Perhaps Wanxiang is serious about finally, actually re-starting plug-in hybird Fisker production. One of the first big official steps that…
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New Cadillac ELR ad more educational, less controversial than ‘Poolside’
Cadillac’s first TV commercial for its ELR plug-in hybrid, Poolside, was a smash hit, in that a lot of people…
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Toyota-BMW sports car to gain all-wheel drive, supercapacitors?
Sales of salt are skyrocketing following the latest rumor of the planned joint-venture sports car from Toyota and BMW. The…
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BYD Qin is best-selling EV in China so far in 2014
2014 and 2015 are shaping up to be China’s time to shine in the plug-in vehicle spotlight. The Tesla Model…
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AAA warns cold weather kills EV range, ignores effect on gas cars
The AAA sent out a new press release today warning about the effects of extreme temperatures on electric vehicle range.…
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Did Katy Perry really just buy five Fisker Karma PHEVs for her employees?
We’ll admit it, this is a strange little story. California Gurls singer Katy Perry was apparently so smitten by the…
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Jay Leno’s Garage goes eco with Ricardo HyBoost
“Now before you turn away, this is not another boring hybrid car thing…” Despite the slightly defensive introduction from Jay,…
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GM executive chief EV engineer says reducing cost of plug-in vehicles is ‘huge priority’
As we know, another major automaker investing heavily in electrified vehicles is General Motors, and it’s doing things much differently…
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How more EV sales in America is hurting China’s environment
One of the bigger knocks against hybrid and electric vehicles is that while they don’t directly produce much in the…
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Audi may add plug-in hybrid A6, A8 and Q7 to range [w/poll]
Audi could be getting even more diverse with its powertrains for the A6, A8 and Q7, moving beyond offering just…
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BMW i3 will come with unusual ‘OwnersChoice’ non-lease option
In case you were interested in driving a BMW i3 but were afraid of getting into a traditional lease, there’s…
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Porsche Cayenne shows a bit more face, plug-in spotted
Porsche was first rumored to be working on a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of the Cayenne over a year ago.…
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2015 McLaren P1 [w/video]
We have already raved about the Porsche 918 Spyder, and all indications suggest we’ll be moved to dispense flowery Italian…
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Hybrid Tech just made $65 million from bankrupt Fisker loan
We can now see at least one possible reason for why Hybrid Tech Holdings LLC bought the US Department of…