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Honda details 2012 Insight refinements, MPG improvements ahead of Frankfurt
Honda is set to unveil a lightly revised version of the European Honda Insight at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show.…
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Ownership costs for plug-in vehicles to drop significantly by 2030
A UK analysis of total ownership costs for the cars of tomorrow found that low-carbon vehicles will make substantial progress…
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2012 Honda Insight gets nicer
The Honda Insight is a hatchback with its spirit in the right place, but everything else about it has practically…
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Fisker Surf shooting brake wows Frankfurt Show
Ahead of its official unveiling at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Fisker Automotive bosses had us up to a studio…
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Fisker Surf shooting brake gets revealed in Frankfurt
Fisker has peeled back the sheets to unveil its Surf, a wagon-like derivative of the plug-in Karma sedan. The Surf…
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Brabus rocks EV, hybrid Mercedes-Benz conversions in Frankfurt
Don’t get your EV lust receptors too excited. Brabus is indeed bringing two mean-looking Mercedes-Benz concepts to the 2011 Frankfurt…
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Lexus CT 200h F Sport makes European debut at Frankfurt
Japanese automaker Lexus has given its CT 200h F Sport its first-ever official European debut by peeling back the sheets…
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Lexus debuts GS450h ahead of Frankfurt
With three different variants of the 2013 Lexus GS in the pipeline, Lexus is taking to the Frankfurt Motor Show…
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Wild bear test drives Toyota Prius, tears the bleep out of it
It was a late August morning on Lake Tahoe’s western shoreline when a wild bear slid behind the wheel of…
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Nitty-gritty debate: how many electric motors should hybrids use?
One motor good… two motors better? The Toyota Prius and other hybrid models from the Big-T use that company’s Hybrid…
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DOE funds 16 projects to speed adoption of plug-in vehicles with $14.9 million
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced its selection of 16 projects in 24 states supporting activities designed to accelerate…
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Sales of big electrified trucks to exceed 100,000 a year by 2017
As the global economy takes steps toward recovery, truck manufacturers are looking to technologies that can mitigate the rising cost…
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2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid could be imported from Japan
A slew of recent reports, most with a headline that reads something like this: “Toyota to stop importing Camry models…
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Flywheel hybrid test vehicle nets 22.4% improvement in fuel economy
Improvements in fuel economy of up to 22.4 percent on the ARTEMIS test cycle (pdf), which represents typical real-world usage,…
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Brahms plug-in hybrid hearse transports greenies to the grave
Smooth, quiet and fuel-efficient, the Brahms plug-in hybrid hearse is fit for the dead. Revealed in the UK, Brahms unique…