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2015 Volkswagen Golf: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2015

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Our Best Car To Buy award can go one of several ways here on Green Car Reports. Sometimes it goes to a moonshot car, like the first Nissan Leaf (in 2011) or the Tesla Model S (in 2013). Those are cars that radically redefined what green transportation could be, changing the auto industry forever.

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2015 Kia Soul EV Electric Car Unveiled At Chicago Auto Show

Green Car Reports

Call it electric Soul: Kia took the wraps off its first electric car to be sold in the U.S. this morning, officially launching the 2015 Kia Soul EV at the Chicago Auto Show. The Soul EV was one of three Kia vehicles featured at the Chicago show.

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Scotiabank forecasts 4% growth in global auto market in 2015 to 74M units, led by China

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2015 forecast share by region. In its latest Global Auto Report , Scotiabank forecasts record global car sales in 2015, with the total market advancing 4% over 2014, reaching more than 74 million units. Global growth will mainly be driven by China, where Scotiabank expects auto demand to grow 7% in 2015 to 19.36

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Li Auto to build charging stations at 'NIO pace', report says

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Li Auto is aiming to build about 300 super-fast charging stations this year, and NIO also plans to add 10,000 new charging piles this year, according to local media. LI.US | 2015.HK All of Li Auto's current models are extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs), which are essentially plug-in hybrids.

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2015 Volkswagen E-Golf Electric Car Shown Before LA Auto Show

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This morning, we got all the details on the new Volkswagen e-Golf electric car, ahead of its debut next week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. next spring as a 2015 model. The E-Golf is a battery-electric version of the all-new seventh-generation VW Golf, which will go on sale in the U.S.

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PwC’s Strategy&: Auto supplier M&A activity likely to hit record $48B transaction value globally in 2015

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The study shows that for the fifth consecutive year, North American suppliers are the strongest consolidators in 2015 as nine out of the top ten consolidators are North American suppliers. —Dietmar Ostermann, PwC Strategy&’s Global Automotive Advisory Leader. “In

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2015 Honda Fit: Full Details From 2015 Detroit Auto Show

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The all-new 2015 Honda Fit was unveiled this afternoon at the Detroit Auto Show--one of very few cars that could conceivably be deemed "green" at an event dominated by the huge new 2015 Ford F-150 full-size pickup truck.

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