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Ford COO Mark Fields: electrified vehicles could be up to 25% of sales by 2020

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Ford, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, At Witz End I was fortunate to get one-on-one chats with two top GM technology leaders (John Lauckner and Larry Nitz) at this year's...

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Zap Jonway announces CN380 SUV, a new hybrid with CNG power

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Zap, Natural Gas, China Zap Jonway has added an alternative fuel vehicle to its lineup and describes it as a "New Energy Vehicle." That's a common term in China to...

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Relax, electric-drive vehicles play nice with pacemakers, defibrillators

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid For out there who's freaked out that the electromagnetic waves from a hybrid or plug-in vehicle will throw off pacemakers and cause heart attacks, go ahead and breathe...

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BMW's Herbert Diess: i3 plug-in launch is "revolutionizing," driving is "just...

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, BMW, AutoblogGreen Exclusive Just how hard is it to change direction in a BMW? While driving one of the company's vehicles, you'll find little disagreement that it can...

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Kia Optima Hybrid gets same updates as Hyundai cousin, slightly higher price

Filed under: Hybrid, Kia After a slight delay, we now bring you your regularly scheduled refresh of the 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid. As with the Hybrid Sonata Hybrid update, the reworked Optima gas-electric...

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BMW confirms i3 range extender "not intended for daily use"

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, BMW It's no secret that the BMW i3 has a spot in the powertrain bay reserved for a gasoline engine range extender. Given that the i3 city car is available as a pure...

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Mercedes accidentally reveals S-Class plug-in hybrid on the way

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid Putting a bank of batteries into the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is not a new idea - the S500 Vision Plug-in Hybrid concept was unveiled in Frankfurt in 2009, after all - but...

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Who should win 2013 World Green Car of the Year?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Volvo, Tesla Motors, Renault, New York Auto Show Which is best new green car in the world - the all-electric Renault Zoe, the all-electric Tesla Model S or the Volvo...

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BMW 3-cylinder prototype engine sits pretty in 1 Series, will be better in i8...

Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, BMW, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, New York Auto Show The fact that the brand-new prototype three-cylinder, 1.5-liter gasoline engine from BMW finds...

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A3 Sportback E-Tron plug-in hybrid confirmed for US

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Audi We got our first look at the new Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron concept at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show earlier this month. Today, Audi confirmed that a production version...

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Ford offering app developers $50k reward for achieving better fuel economy

Filed under: Hybrid, Ford, New York Auto Show Ford may be the first to open up both its hardware and software platforms to outsiders. Ford Motor Co., stung in recent months over complaints that some of...

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Fisker furloughs workers for one week, says it's 'common practice' in industry

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, Fisker The tea leaves are getting somewhat clearer over at Fisker Automotive with a new report saying the struggling automaker is furloughing its...

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Tesla Model S wins 2013 World Green Car of the Year

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Volvo, Tesla Motors, Renault, New York Auto Show The automotive journalist judges behind the World Green Car of the Year apparently with the overwhelming majority of...

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VW hints hyper-efficient, 260-mpg XL1 could come to US, but only to show off

Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, Volkswagen While the limited-production Volkswagen XL1 diesel-hybrid coupe is earmarked for Europe, a small number of the super-light vehicles may find their way to this...

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Hybrid sales up 32% so far this year, could hit 8% of market by 2020

Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, USA Hybrid vehicle sales jumped high in the first two months of 2013 - up 32 percent compared with the same period of 2012, according to Autodata Corp. A long-term forecast...

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Nissan Leaf has best sales month ever with 2,236, Chevy Volt steady at 1,478

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Nissan It's been a slow couple months for the Nissan Leaf, with sales hovering around 650 for each of the first two months of the year. Throughout the...

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Discovery of rare earth metals in ocean mud could help Japan

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Japan There might be a crack in China's domination of rare earth metals - a mud-filled crack, thanks to a discovery by Japanese scientists. Vast...

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March 2013: Flat numbers hide a turbulent story edition

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, MPG, USA Last month, sales of advanced-powertrain vehicles illustrated what appears to be a zero-sum gain situation: newer plug-in models and record sales of the Nissan...

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Hybrid repair costs drop even as standard vehicle fixes get more expensive

Filed under: Hybrid The average cost of repairing a hybrid vehicle is falling even while typical repairs on conventional vehicles get more expensive because of higher parts and labor costs, CarMD says....

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GM's Opel may add electric side to diesel engines

Filed under: Diesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, GM, Opel, Europe/EU General Motors' Opel division is confident that its slate of diesel engines will allow it to meet stricter European emissions standards set...

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