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Top 10 Green Cars revealed

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Green cars are definitely the in-thing in the auto industry and now consumer website kbb.com (part of the Kelley Blue Book) has named its Top 10 Green Cars for 2010. Now before you wonder where the likes of the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt are on the list – they are not yet available and [.].

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Cadillac to follow Chevy Volt’s lead

Green Cars News

The concept car originally made its debut earlier this year at the North American International Auto Show. Commenting on the vehicle’s introduction, Rebecca Lindland, the director of auto industry research at IHS Global Insight in Lexington, Massachusetts, said that Cadillac sales have fallen by 39.2

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Li-ion Manufacturer Boston-Power Names Former GM Senior Executive Bob Purcell to Board; Expansion Into Transportation With a Focus on PHEVs and BEVs

Green Car Congress

Boston-Power is bringing to the transportation industry a game-changing lithium-ion battery that delivers unmatched levels of high energy density, safety, low cost, fast charge and environmental sustainability. We’re thrilled to add him to our team. —Bob Purcell.

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Sales of hybrid cars increase in US

Green Cars News

After months of doom and gloom for the auto industry in the USA, there is finally a ray of hope courtesy of hybrid cars. This was led by the success of the new Honda Insight with 2,079 units sold. Reported sales of hybrids in the US increased by 5.2 Honda: Total hybrid sales hit 3,662 units for American Honda, up 34.5

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars. China overtook the US last year as the largest auto market in the world. Chinese green-car subsidies on hold.

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The Race to Plug-In Hybrids Is On

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A powerful roster of key industry players in the rapidly evolving electric vehicle arena will come together at Infocast’s Opportunities in Grid-Connected Mobility in San Francisco, California. A key goal of the Obama administration is to have one million ‘PHEVs’ or a fully electric vehicle on the road by 2015.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I still strongly believe this is the best practical and affordable strategy for the cleanest and most efficient propulsion, while keeping the "car" as familiar to the general public as possible. JUST TRYING TO MILK and Suck as much from the fall of the Auto industry as possible. Its a damn shame. it is over, the media!,

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