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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

Green Car Congress

Three European brands, Audi, BMW, and Mini, round out the top 10. Audi and BMW both declined from last year. While the Chrysler 300 improves to “Average,” the Pacifica minivan falls to “Below-Average.” But the usually reliable Fusion drops to “Below-Average”, mainly because of problems with the Sync 3 infotainment system screen.

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LA show displays green car ‘glimpse into the future’

Green Cars News

The show, based at the Los Angeles Convention Center will host more than 30 significant world and North American debuts and feature more than 900 vehicles from sports cars and sedans to crossovers and minivans. The green car rundown: • Audi A3 TDI. Audi Q7 TDI. Audi e-Tron. • Ford Fusion Hybrid. Chevrolet Volt.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Thankfully, since parts of the powertrain in the Circuit are also used in other Chrysler ENVI vehicles - like the all-electric USPS minivan that was unveiled earlier today - work that is done on one model can be applied to others. For now, if you want to keep moving, you need to keep pressing go. No coasting available.