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Mazda plans new dedicated electric car

Green Car Reports

Mazda may not have shown an electric car at last week's LA auto show, but it is poised to join the electric-car revolution. A new report in British Autocar magazine notes that the zoom-zoom automaker will introduce a new electric model in 2020 that won't be shared with other gas cars in Mazda's lineup.

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Tesla trifecta dominates Consumer Reports’ list of most satisfying cars on the market

Teslarati

The idea behind the magazine’s survey was simple: would car owners buy their current vehicles again if given the chance? The all-electric midsize sedan is followed by the larger, gas-guzzling Kia Telluride, but the Tesla Model S is right at the ICE SUV’s heels in third place.

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Norway leads the world in moving to EVs

EV Info

Norway has offered strong incentives for motorists to switch to Electric Vehicles with strong tax incentives for electric vehicles. ICE vehicles are subject to a significant tax, and electric vehicles are exempt from that tax. As a result, you can get a much better EV, at any price, compared to price-competitive gas cars.

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When They Electrified Christmas

Cars That Think

Johnson, vice president of the Edison Electric Light Co., debuted electric Christmas lights when he lit up 80 hand-wired bulbs on a tree in the parlor of his New York City home. He also created a fire "burning" in the fireplace; in reality, it was colored paper illuminated from below by electric lights. began advertising.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform.

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