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2015 Audi A3 TDI Diesel: Best Car To Buy 2015 Nominee

Green Car Reports

The first of our five nominees for Green Car Reports'' 2015 Best Car To Buy award is the new 2015 Audi A3 TDI, the diesel version of Audi''s new compact luxury sedan.

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Follow-up: In the end, I bought a Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid

Green Car Reports

In an article last fall, I reached out the GCR readers for a suggestion for what plug-in vehicle I should buy to complement my 84-mile range 2015 Nissan LEAF. Readers.

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October Electric-Car Sales, 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf Range, 2015 Kia Soul EV: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today we have the first plug-in electric car sales figures for October, the EPA range and efficiency figures for the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf, and the fourth of our five 2015 Best Car To Buy nominees, the 2015 Kia Soul EV. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Conversion supporters petitioning Obama Administration to extend tax incentives to plug-in conversions

Green Car Congress

Entrepreneurs and advocates for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles conversions have taken advantage of the platform to create a petition urging the Administration to extend the Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicles (IRC 30D) tax incentives, currently granted for new plug-in vehicles, to plug-in conversions.

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2015 Kia Soul EV Electric Car Rated: 93 Miles Range, 105 MPGe

Green Car Reports

The very first 2015 Kia Soul EV electric cars are now being sold in California, adding a 19th plug-in vehicle to that state''s market. And its final EPA range and efficiency ratings may drive buyers in other states to demand that they get the chance to buy it too.

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

Green Car Congress

2015 target: 130 g CO 2 /km. AFV are alternative fuel vehicles: electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles. The average CO 2 emissions level of a new car sold in 2013 was 127 g CO 2 /km; the target for 2015 was 130 g/km. Around 31,000 plug-in hybrid cars were registered in 2013. Source: EEA.

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Honda launches first plug-in hydrogen fuel cell EV

Baua Electric

Total EPA-rated range is 270 miles, and it can also plugged into a Level 2 charger and run on electricity for a 29 miles in EV mode. Californians can drive the upcoming 2025 model via lease-only, and Honda is dubbing the new setup the less-than-catchy CR-V e:FCEV. Why California?

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