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Best Car To Buy 2015 Poll, 2016 Chevy Volt Range Extender, Tesla Model S Taxi: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Also, get the first details on the 2016 Chevrolet Volt''s four-cylinder range-extending gasoline engine, and see which city can now boast Tesla Model S taxis. We revealed the full list of 2015 Best Car To Buy nominees yesterday, and today you can vote for your favorite in our poll. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Nissan Taxi Of Tomorrow debuting on eve of New York International Auto Show

Green Car Congress

The 2014 Nissan NV200 Taxi, New York’s Taxi of Tomorrow, will make its global debut tonight at a special event in SoHo with Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn and New York City Mayor Michael R. The new taxi is powered by a proven 2.0L The new taxi is powered by a proven 2.0L Earlier post.).

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2016 Chevy Volt Availability, 2016 Volvo XC90 Driven, NYC 'Taxi Of Tomorrow': Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, General Motors says the 2016 Chevrolet Volt will only available in a handful of states, we drive the 2016 Volvo XC90 luxury SUV, and New York City finally standardizes the Nissan NV200 "Taxi of Tomorrow." All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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“Insanely frightening and incredibly cool”: What it is really like to catch a self-driving robo-taxi

EV Central

I have an almost disturbing and possibly dangerous love of speed – skiing, driving, roller coasters; the faster it is the more alive I feel – so it came as a slightly embarrassing surprise to find myself properly, squealingly scared at the sedate pace of 30km/h in my self-driving robo-taxi. Because America.

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Washington State: Home To A 100% Plug-in Taxi Firm

Green Car Reports

You probably know that places like New York City and San Francisco are known for their high numbers of hybrid taxis, but a small taxi firm in Washington state has gone one step further, turning Nissan Leafs and Chevrolet Volts into taxis.

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New York City adding 70 electric vehicles to fleet; launches EV educational push

Green Car Congress

Chevy Volt and Navistar E-star are visible in the background. New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. The Chevrolet Volt is the first electric car being used by the NYPD.

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Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles unveils 5 battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles; I.D. BUZZ CARGO

Green Car Congress

A DC/DC converter supplies the on-board electronics with 12 volts. Now the brand is connecting the best-selling vehicle’s drive system with electricity in a world premiere of a taxi concept: the ABT e-Transporter1. The flow of high-voltage energy between the motor and the battery is controlled by the power electronics.