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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

And yet it acknowledges that EV drivers shouldn’t be buying as many tires as they are. Michelin Uptis airless tire on French postal van There, executives confirmed to Green Car Reports that the company is pushing ahead on airless tire technology that may be smarter for robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles.

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Cheap Gas Will Cause Electric-Car Sales To Plummet: True Or False?

Green Car Reports

In this case, it''s the notion that electric car sales will plummet with the arrival of vastly lower gasoline prices. DON''T MISS: Green Car People: Who Buys Electric And Plug-In.' We''d suggest that perhaps this is not quite as much of a foregone conclusion as many pundits think.

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Infiniti tech, Chrysler Pacifica recall, Hyundai Kona electric, charging costs: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Faster charging is coming—but it won't come cheap. And we detail why the Hyundai Kona Electric is one of our three finalists for Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2019. All this and more on Green Car. Chrysler recalls Pacifica Hybrid plug-in minivans—again.

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White House Budget Asks For $10K Electric-Car Credit, Natural-Gas Cars Added

Green Car Reports

it appears the recently-unveiled White House budget includes a few measures to boost the adoption of green cars. President Barack Obama is once again attempting to spur sales of electric cars and alternative-fuel vehicles through increased incentives.

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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

Green Cars News

Here in the UK we’re so downtrodden by extortionate petrol prices that the prospect of driving fuel efficient green cars carries obvious appeal. However, what about our US neighbours where ‘gas’ prices are distinctly lower and so-called muscle cars are seen as almost iconic and part of the culture?

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Volkswagen offers free insurance with small models

Green Cars News

Buying a new car is never going to be cheap, but at least Volkswagen is offering free insurance on the smaller models in its range this summer; the up!, Polo and Beetle. That should help secure some orders from younger buyers, for whom insurance is always a major consideration. However some excl[.]. Volkswagen'

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Is the Prius the greenest car of all?

Green Cars News

The VCD has been rating 300 car models each year for the last 20 years and measures fuel used and the emissions released per kilometre driven. According to Gerd Lottsiepen, the spokesman of the German VCD Automobile Club, hybrid cars are proving cheap to run and very quiet. But what about the European car makers?

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