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South Korea is trying a new way to turn public transport green by using a technology popular in electric toothbrushes and razors to power buses and cars.
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- Electric vehicle maker Think North America has just named Elkhart, Indiana as the location for its first U.S. manufacturing facility.
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- While hybrid and all-electric cars are about five years away from becoming commonplace, 2010 will be a crucial year in determining how an electric car is designed, built, fueled, and used.
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- Toyota Motor will begin selling "affordable" plug-in hybrid cars in 2011, upping the ante on General Motors and Nissan Motor as they aim to take the lead in the field of rechargeable cars.
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- It's another test flight for Solar Impulse, the Swiss-made aircraft that will attempt to fly around the world on solar power.
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- General Motors Co. will start selling its Chevrolet Volt electric car in California late next year as the largest U.S. automaker challenges Toyota Motor Corp.’s Prius.
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- U.S. electric-car maker Tesla Motors plans to go public soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, amid growing interest in green technology and battery-powered vehicles.
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- California Amtrak engines that shuttle commuters between San Jose and Sacramento every day has announced a retrofitted passenger train that will produce 50 percent less diesel exhaust.
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 Houston, nicknamed the Petro Metro for the profusion of oil and gas companies that dot its skyline, is an unlikely host for an electric-car revolution. But try telling them that. |
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 A small airplane crashed and killed three Tesla Motors employees in Northern California on Wednesday, the electric car maker's chief executive said. |
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 Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest in a string of recalls that has consumers questioning the world's largest car company's long-held commitment to quality. |
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 President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding $8 billion in economic stimulus funding to states to develop America's first nationwide program of high-speed intercity passenger rail service. |
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 After announcing the largest auto recall in US history last fall to fix sudden acceleration problems, Toyota late Thursday announced an additional recall of some 2.3 million vehicles. |
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 Already a leader of compact efficiency, the Prius may get a little brother after the unveiling of the FT-CH hybrid concept car Monday at the North American International Auto Show. |
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 Volkswagen on Monday rolled out a hybrid concept car called the New Compact Coupe at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. |
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