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Used-car sales: Tesla Model 3, Toyota RAV4 Hybrid most affected into pandemic slowdown

Green Car Reports

The two top-selling green cars in the United States saw the greatest sales slowdown leading into the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study from iSeeCars. million used cars listed for sale between February 1 and March 18, 2020, and noted what percentage of a given model sold within a month of being listed.

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Opel P1 376-MPG Record-Holder Still For Sale, At $425,000

Green Car Reports

Do you rarely hear the words "green car" and "collectible" used in the same sentence? The car is still for sale, now via James Edition website--which bills itself as "The World''s Luxury.'

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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. The BMW i8 was also one of the finalists in the category World Luxury Car at the World Car Awards. Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing BMW.

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Tesla Model 3 for sale, Norway taxing electric cars, Paris axes gas and diesel: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today, it's your chance to buy a Tesla Model 3 (for three times its list price), Nissan gets the A-OK to expand its Tennessee battery plant, and Paris is ready to kick internal combustion engines to the curb. Bosch showed off its new 48-volt battery ready for us in mild-hybrid vehicles.

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Actual vehicle MPG improvement has stagnated since 2008

Green Car Reports

Though vehicles for sale today are more efficient than they've ever been, the average fuel economy of America's operating fleet has remained relatively stagnant since George W. Researcher Michael Sivak, writing at Green Car Congress, puts the focus on the miles driven by registered vehicles in the United States.

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Mazda gets California approval for CX-5 diesel

Green Car Reports

Dedicated Green Car Reports readers keep us going. market, reader sent in evidence that the diesel has just been certified for sale (PDF) in California starting Apr. In response to our story earlier this month about why Mazda's promised diesel engine for the CX-5 still hasn't made it to the U.S.

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Tesla price cut: Model Y undercuts Model 3 by $5,000 with tax credit

Baua Electric

The first quarter of 2024 was Tesla’s worst for sales since pandemic shutdowns. Note: Green Car Reports always includes mandatory fees when possible, and from here on it’s including Tesla’s $250 “order fee”—for lack of a reasonable way to avoid the fee.