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XL Hybrids strap-on plug-in hybrid powertrain can lower the fuel costs for your van or truck
XL Hybrids, the powertrain-electrification company founded in 2009 by graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will start selling a…
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Acura NSX owners receive custom short teaser movies of their personal car
In a neat bit of fan service for those who’ve ordered Acura’s new NSX halo car, the company will make…
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Toyota opening up hybrid tech, could sell powertrains to rivals
Toyota is no stranger to licensing its hybrid technology, most notably to Nissan. But now, the company has announced that…
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Kia Niro sets Guinness World Record | Autoblog Minute
The 2017 Kia Niro officially received a Guinness World Record title for the lowest fuel consumption driving across the USA…
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Kia Niro sets arbitrary Guinness World Record for fuel mileage and nobody cares
For an individual, setting or breaking a Guinness World Record is something worth bragging about at the pub. For a…
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The Plug-In Hybrid Chrysler Pacifica | Translogic 212
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that minivans have a bit of a rep for being…
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Toyota Yuko is a hybrid car sharing program for Europe
Toyota will launch a pilot car sharing program for its hybrid vehicles in two European cities. The Japanese automaker is…
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Automatically efficient | 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid Quick Spin
Automakers are stuck between a rock and hard place with hybrid vehicles. On one hand, efficient hybrids are a necessary…
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Mercedes may produce batteries in China for a new plug-in platform
Mercedes-Benz may produce batteries for its plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles in China, Reuters says, citing comments from Daimler AG…
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Conan O’Brien goes 140 mph in a BMW i8, and later putts around in a Trabant
Comedian and Taurus SHO owner Conan O’Brien recently took a trip to Germany. Among his many Teutonic adventures were a…
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Refreshed 2017 Toyota Prius C adds standard safety features
Safety first, sales to follow. That’s what Toyota is hoping for after releasing details about the safety features it’s including…
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Chrysler touts Pacifica Plug-in minivan’s lower emissions
Put the words “Chrysler” and “minivan” together, and the concept of lower greenhouse-gas emissions may not immediately come to mind…
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2016 marked the third-straight year of no MPG growth
The only thing we can all count on is death, taxes, and a US fleetwide light-duty fuel economy average of…
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Green car sales might be preparing for liftoff in 2017
2016 was the third straight year Americans bought fewer hybrids, plug-ins, and diesels than the year before. Yet all signs…
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America was the unexpected theme at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show thanks to Trump
President-elect Donald Trump was not in attendance at this year’s Detroit Auto Show, but it sure seemed like he was…