Green Cars News

APRIL 2, 2013

Tesla’s highly-anticipated second model has been named 2013 ‘World Green Car’ at the New York International Auto Show (NAIAS). The Model S-Tesla’s seven seat sedan model which went on sale late last year in the US-beat off competition from two other finalists; the Renault ZOE and the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2013

Next week is the annual Detroit Auto Show, one of the most important events on the automotive calendar and increasingly a place for car companies to show off new green technology.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 8, 2013

Next week is the annual Detroit Auto Show, one of the most important events on the automotive calendar and increasingly a place for car companies to show off new green technology.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 15, 2013

Tuesday 15 January 2013. The Green Piece Column. The North American International Auto Show 2013 (or the Detroit Auto Show as we like to call it) starts its second day of press previews today, before opening to the public for two weeks of motoring delights (January 14-27, 2013).

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 23, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: What owners want from the next-generation 2016 Chevrolet Volt, a ride in an ell-electric BYD K9 electric bus, and auto dealers try charm in their battle against Tesla Motors'' direct-sales model. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Tuesday 19 November, 2013. The Green Piece Column. Completely overshadowing the Los Angeles Auto Show, is the Tokyo Motor Show which, like its American counterpart, opens its doors for press previews from tomorrow (November 20,2013), and runs until December 1, 2013, for two weeks of motoring delig[.]. The Green Piece'

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The finalists for the 2013 Green Car of the Year have been revealed ahead of the reveal of the overall winner at the Los Angeles Auto Show next month. This year’s finalist line-up consists of Dodge Dart Aero, Ford C-MAX, Ford Fusion, Mazda CX-5 SkyACTIV and the Toyota Prius c, which are all in the [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 3, 2012

The all-new Ford Fusion has been crowned the 2013 Green Car of the Year at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Among the green cars making their debuts at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show this week is the 2012 Mazda CX-5. While it made its world debut back at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, we weren’t entirely sure what its specifications for the U.S. market would be.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 5, 2013

Tuesday, 5 March 2013. The Green Piece Column. The 83rd Geneva Motor Show opens today for two days of press previews (March 5 and 6, 2013) before opening to the rest of the auto industry and the general public for two weeks (March 7-17, 2013). As the doors open for the first big European motor [.].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Holden previewed the design direction of its coming VF Commodore range—to be launched mid-year—with a public reveal of the 2013 Calais V luxury sports concept. 2013 Calais V luxury sports concept. The new VF will also spearhead a new export campaign to the US in the form of the Chevrolet SS Sports Sedan. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2019

This marks the first time Hyundai has sold more than 1,000 hydrogen cars annually since 2013. The Nexo was awarded the highest rating in the Euro NCAP test, a European car safety assessment program, and the Nexo’s hydrogen fuel cell powertrain was included in the list of the 2019 Top 10 Engines by Ward’s Auto.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 8, 2012

The 2013 Dodge Dart is set to be one of 2012's most significant new releases. If you've been following our previous stories here at Green Car.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Mazda is planning its next-generation Skyactiv engines, the Nissan e-NV200 electric London taxi debuts, and we preview the green production cars and concepts set to debut at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Baua Electric

MAY 9, 2024

One possibility, Consumer Reports suggests, is adopting something like the smolder test instituted by California in 2013. The post Car flame retardants might make us sick—and be unnecessary in EVs appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2012

At the 2012 Detroit auto show, Honda has given us a first glimpse of the next-generation, 2013 Honda Accord—in Coupe form—as well as an outline of the technology and features that will debut in the next-generation of its best-selling Sedan and Coupe.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: we summarize our 2014 Detroit Auto Show coverage by looking at the important car and concept debuts, plug-in electric car sales in Canada rose 50 percent in 2013, and Toyota hybrid sales have now topped 6 million vehicles globally. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: The Toyota Prius C hybrid could get a convertible model in Japan, the Ford Edge could get a hybrid model with its next redesign, and we preview the green cars of the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 6, 2024

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 5, 2024. The Kia EV9 is Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2024. billion fine for emissions cheating , relating to 630,000 engines in 2013-2019 Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups. Which company faced a $1.7

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

BYD Auto BYD Auto is currently the top-selling EV manufacturer in the world, having overtaken Tesla in late 2023. It is also currently the best-selling car brand in China. Their first model, nicknamed the ‘wise bean,’ won a ‘Green Car of the Year’ award in 2013. The VinFast VF 8–now on sale in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Honda had introduced an earlier version, the FCEV concept, at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. Honda has deployed vehicles in the US and Japan, including the FCX Clarity, which was named the 2009 World Green Car. Earlier post.) The Honda FCV Concept features a low and wide aerodynamic body with clean character lines.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: The Quanta Corvette QHP770 is a real Corvette hybrid with 773 horsepower, Mitsubishi plans to make one fifth of the cars it sells plug-ins by 2020, and Honda will unveil a hydrogen fuel-cell concept car at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports, we''ve got more live photo galleries of the latest hybrid and electric car at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We''ve also got news from startups Elio Motors and VPG, plus a rather unusual MINI variant.

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Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

That’s roughly the same as Green Car Reports got in a week-long test for a Ford F-150 Lightning. The Silverado EV, in fact, is the electric reincarnation of the 2002-2013 Chevrolet Avalanche, an early four-door sport truck with that same integrated pickup bed. Over 100 miles of mixed traffic, we saw efficiencies of 2.0

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 18, 2010

The plant will be responsible for making the Nissan Leaf batteries, but with the investment more than doubling, the Sunderland factory will now produce the car in its entirety. The Nissan Leaf was a big feature of the Washington Auto Show last month, and the vehicle has been praised for its eco-friendly virtues.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 20, 2013

It was first introduced back in April at the Auto Shanghai 2013 event, and now the Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupe plug-in hybrid (pictured) has made its official European debut on home turf in Berlin. Latest News Green cars Hybrid cars Volkswagen'

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 19, 2013

Hybrid cars are starting to make a serious impact in the area where they are arguably most heavily backed: the US state of California. According to new statistics from California Auto Outlook, hybrid vehicle market share has reached seven per cent in 2013: that''s a rise from 6.2 Latest News Green cars Hybrid cars'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2010

With the "Green Car Challenge" segment of his soon-to-be-terminated 10 pm show, Jay Leno has been a frequent proponent of electric cars--among them the upcoming electric version of the Ford Focus. Now that car has a name, as Ford happened to mention during a 2010 Detroit Auto Show press event.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 18, 2013

OK we known we’ve been going on about the Detroit Auto Show a fair bit this week, but here is the perfect antidote-the Detroit Anti-Auto Show. Held by the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID), the show holds a one-night charity exhibition tonight (January 18, 2013), designed to reflect the Charity preview given at the [.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The Los Angeles Auto Show was the setting for Honda to unveil the 2013 Fit EV (electric vehicle), while also announcing plans to lease the vehicle from next summer. The Honda Fit EV will initially be made available to lease customers in the California and Oregon markets before expanding to the East Coast in 2013. [.].

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Covering all the green-car bases at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show , Volkswagen unveiled not only the E-Up electric city car concept but also the L1, a radical 170-mpg tandem two-seat diesel hybrid streamliner it says it will sell by 2013.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2013

Volkswagen brought the new CrossBlue Coupé plug-in hybrid sporty mid-size SUV show car, introduced in April at Auto Shanghai 2013 ( earlier post ), to a media event in Berlin for its European premiere. Engine compartment of the CrossBlue Coupé plug-in hybrid shows the transverse-mounted 3.0L Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2010

The BMW Group has declared that its new Megacity Vehicle will be launched in 2013. The announcement was made by Norbert Reithofer, the chairman of the board of management for BMW AG, ahead of the Auto China 2010 show in Beijing. The Megacity will be the first series production electric drive model on the market and is [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 16, 2009

Well, you might as well learn from the best - and that’s exactly what Mazda plans to do as it turns to green car leader Toyota to boost its development into the sector. The Nikkei states that under the alliance, Toyota will provide batteries, control units, motors, and other components made by group auto parts manufacturers.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

According to Olivier Francois, of Fiat, ugliness is the worst pollution of all – which is why the Italian carmaker has produced the “environmentally sexy” 2013 Fiat 500e (pictured).

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Green Cars News

APRIL 7, 2012

The New York International Auto Show has lived up to its reputation as a showcase of the vehicles of tomorrow: with Nissan unveiling its fifth generation Altima (pictured) at the event. The 2013 version of the Nissan Altima includes a four-cylinder, 2.5litre engine with a targeted fuel economy of 31mpg combined.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Honda has announced several initiatives under its new “Green Path” approach to reducing the total life-cycle environmental impact of its products and operations in North America. To expand the involvement of US Honda and Acura dealers in its “Green Dealer” program. Source: Honda North America. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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