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Honda Insight nixed, Niro EV refreshed, Tesla Boombox redux, California sees 35% EVs by 2026: Today’s Car News

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Honda confirms a Civic Hybrid. And California sets its rules for more EVs. California this morning officially posted its Proposed Regulation for Advanced Clean Cars II rulemaking. Tesla gets a “do-over” on fixing its Boombox. The Leaf and Niro lineups get refreshed. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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2019 Honda Insight review, Tesla Autopilot Buddy ban, and Colorado joins CA emissions states: Today's Car News

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We review the 2019 Honda Insight and put the manufacturer's fuel-economy claims to the test. Colorado plans to join the 13 California emissions states. And we take another look at the 2019 Insight with our video review of the hybrid sedan. The NHTSA has banned Autopilot Buddy. All of this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Honda Fans Can Visit the Automaker's New Museum at Its California HQ

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.& The American Honda Collection Hall will house several historic models during the exhibition, including the 1070 Honda N600 Coupe, the first Honda sold in the United States, and a 1986 Acura Legend, the car that launched the brand in this country.

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Tesla Model 3 sales, Honda Insight recall, Mazda electric lineup and California goes its own way: Today's Car News

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California overrules the EPA's emissions freeze. Honda recalls the 2019 Insight. The Tesla Model 3 is the fifth best-selling car in the United States. Mazda announces its electric lineup with a familiar engine acting as a range extender. And Kia scraps plans for the Sorento diesel in the U.S. The Tesla.

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Tesla Model 3 Performance awd built, 2019 Honda Insight, 2018 Kia Niro hybrid, another state joins California: The Week in Reverse

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Which state added its name to the list of those following California's tighter emissions regulations? What hybrid car aced the battery of crash tests inflicted by the IIHS? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 22, 2018.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

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As I was contemplating the first Sprint ER I've seen in at least a couple of decades, the Air Force Thunderbirds screamed overhead as they practiced for the California Capital Airshow. Versions of this generation of Cultus were sold everywhere , thanks to the long reach of the GM Empire 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER in California junkyard.

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Zipcar introduces Honda Fit EV into UC Davis West Village fleet

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Zipcar has introduced a 2014 Honda Fit battery electric vehicle (EV) at The University of California, Davis’ (UC Davis) West Village , the largest planned zero net energy community in the United States. In the course of a year, the community is designed to generate as much energy as it consumes.

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