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BMW i8 beats Mercedes S 500 PHEV, Golf GTE to win World Green Car award in New York

Green Car Congress

The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) was named the World Green Car at the World Car Awards in New York. Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing BMW. Since 2005, the World Car Awards have been presented annually at the start of the New York International Auto Show.

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2025 Mini Cooper S Hardtop Revealed in NYC

The Truth About Cars

The manufacturer is reviewing the model at the New York auto show this week and looks to have kept the car that’s slated for sale in North America quite close to its European counterpart — with a few exceptions. While the S variant will share the same turbocharged 2.0-liter

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

.& In case you were curious, in 1996 Guidestar worked in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia. Can you find an Oldsmobile for sale with Guidestar intact?

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2011 Scion iQ Minicar Coming to U.S. Next March

Green Car Reports

Sales of the Smart ForTwo minicar plummeted after gasoline came back down from $4 a gallon, but Toyota's Scion brand is readying its own minicar for sale in the U.S. The Scion iQ was first unveiled as a concept car at the 2009 New York Auto Show, and then shown in production.

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Coulomb Technologies to Provide 4,600 Free Home and Public Charging Stations Through ChargePoint America Program

Green Car Congress

ChargePoint America will provide 4,600 Level II (220 – 240 volts) public and private ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations by October 2011 to program participants in nine regions in the United States: Austin, Texas; Detroit, Michigan; Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Orlando, Fla.; Sacramento, Calif.;

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Mitsubishi Confirms i MiEV headed for US; Oregon and Portland General Electric Join Partnership Program

Green Car Congress

At the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), Mitsubishi Motors North America President and CEO Shinichi Kurihara confirmed that the company is developing the i MiEV for sale in world markets, including the United States. Fleet sales of the electric vehicle begin this July in Japan.

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At Home with Bob Lutz

Revenge of the Electric Car

Since we only had two days in Detroit, we weren’t able to do much more sightseeing, but we did meet Bishop Ellis, who heads Greater Grace Temple and famously held a “bailout” service for the auto industry in his mega-church with SUVs at the altar. Although our crew are mostly heathens, I think that we were all moved by Ellis’s words.

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