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Tesla's Battery Gigafactory Will Achieve Nirvana: $100 Per Kilowatt-Hour, Report Says

Green Car Reports

'Many within the electric car industry believe that $100 per kilowatt-hour will be the tipping point for electric-car batteries. It is the point at which electric vehicles will be able to compete directly with internal combustion vehicles on price, and therefore a major step in boosting sales. According to investment pundits at The Motley Fool (via.

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KillaCycle Racing fastest at Bonneville, with 240 miles/hr electric motorcycle

National Green Transportation

'KillaCycle racing came away from this weeks Bonneville Motorcycle Time Trials not only setting a new land speed record on Thursday, but scoring the fastest time of everyone at the time trials. This is the first time in history.

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Will The Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan Target The Tesla Model S?

Green Car Reports

'Imagine a smooth, quiet, comfortable largish sedan that emits nothing, with a range of 250 miles or more--one that pegs its driver as a person in the vanguard of advanced technology vehicles. The Tesla Model S electric car, you say? No, no, no: That would be Toyota''s upcoming hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, on sale next year. DON''T MISS: Hydrogen.

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London to trial wireless recharging plug-in hybrid buses

Green Cars News

'Transport for London (TfL) has announced a new trial of plug-in hybrid buses which will see them wirelessly recharged while they wait at bus stands. Four range-extended diesel electric buses are set to take part in the trial which will launch next year in east London. The specially-built double-[.].

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Why Aren't Natural Gas-Powered Long-Haul Semi Trucks Selling Better?

Green Car Reports

'We will likely never see battery-electric trucks enter the long-haul freight mainstream, but other alternatives to diesel fuel exist today. One is natural gas, which comes with fewer packaging and range constraints than electric propulsion--and a ready and growing domestic supply of the fuel. So why aren''t natural gas-powered trucks selling.

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Suzuki reveals new Vitara compact SUV

Green Cars News

'Suzuki’s new Vitara will be one of the highlights of the fast approaching Paris Motor Show this October. The new compact SUV is based on the iV-4 concept first seen at the Frankfurt Motor Show and is set to launch in the UK next spring. When it does arrive it will be available with optional Al[.].

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Revealed: new Vauxhall Corsa

Green Cars News

'Vauxhall has revealed the first pictures of its new fourth-generation Corsa model. The new model looks quite different, with a new smoother, rounder looking profile inspired by the Adam model, although Vauxhall says it is almost identical in proportions to the outgoing model. Vauxhall also promi[.].

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Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan Price, Tesla Battery Cost, Lighter Cars: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

'Today we look, both directly and indirectly, at Tesla''s future. See why the Toyota hydrogen fuel-cell sedan could target the Model S, and how the electric-car maker''s battery "Gigafactory" could get prices down to $100 per kilowatt-hour. Meanwhile, the internal-combustion car still has some life in it, according to a survey of automotive engineers.

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BYD's Rising Electric-Car Sales Swamped By Falling Gas Models

Green Car Reports

'Chinese automaker BYD was the first car company in the world to put a plug-in hybrid passenger car into production, a couple of years before the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car hit the road. Despite several hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric product lines, however, the vast majority of BYD''s sales volume comes from selling.

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