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Audi Electric SUV, 2016 Toyota Prius Spy Video, Tesla Stock Sale: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, Audi confirms the battery suppliers for its electric SUV, Tesla announces a stock sale, and the 2016 Toyota Prius gets caught testing on public roads once again. Audi's Tesla-targeting electric SUV will use battery cells from LG Chem and Samsung. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Is Toyota RAV4 Hybrid SUV hurting Prius V wagon sales?

Green Car Reports

The 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid is the sole mass-market crossover SUV that offers a hybrid powertrain and all-wheel drive. DON'T MISS: 2016. That was a market pioneered by the Ford Escape Hybrid, in 2004, and one that Ford walked away from for 2013.

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Another Defunct Hybrid: 2016 Volkswagen Touareg SUV Loses Hybrid Option

Green Car Reports

Gas prices are down, the fuel economy of other vehicles is rising steadily, and the aged Toyota Prius is now six years old and on the verge of replacement. The 2016 Volkswagen Touareg, the German. So perhaps it's not surprising that one maker quietly withdraws a hybrid from its lineup--and a low-volume one at that.

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Toyota introduces second C-HR concept at Frankfurt; based on TNGA

Green Car Congress

Toyota introduced a new C-HR Concept (its proportions place it between the B-SUV and C-SUV segments) at the 2015 Frankfurt motor show. Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) Platform. Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has also become the company’s skill centre for perceived quality and vehicle dynamics.

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Chevy Bolt At CES, 2016 Toyota Prius Driven, EV Cord-Cutting: The Week In Reverse (Video)

Green Car Reports

GM's all-electric car Bolts to Vegas, we drive the new Prius and a plug-in hybrid Audi SUV, and look at EV cord-cutting. This is The Week In Reverse, for Friday, November 20, 2015, right here at Green Car Reports.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

for 2016, followed by the Model X. Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. The Prius Prime becomes Toyota’s leader with a plug.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

The plan calls for 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for light trucks and SUVs by 2016; no automaker lawsuits; and California subscribes to the national program through 2016. Energy Secretary Chu’s decision to defund hydrogen fuel cell vehicle programs was an unexpected and welcome decision. But their dreams haven’t yet been sunk.

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