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General Motors is finally answering the question of pricing for its first mass-market electric vehicle - the Chevrolet Volt. The electric vehicle will have a sticker price starting at $41,000 when it hits showrooms later this year.
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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 ca...
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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-spe...
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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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- 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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FedEx Corp. will add the first all-electric parcel delivery trucks to its U.S. fleet in June. FedEx has more than 1,800 alternative-fueled vehicles and equipment in service in the U.S. and internationally. |
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 Nissan announce this week that its new electric vehicle (EV), the Leaf, will have a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $32,780 for the standard model. |
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 Top Japanese carmakers Toyota and Nissan helped set up a group to standardize fast-charge stations for electric cars on Monday in a bid to promote the spread of the zero-emission vehicles. |
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 The 80th Geneva International Motor Show opened to the public this week and featured new hybrids and plug-in electric vehicles from such high-powered automakers as Porsche, Ferrari, and Lotus. |
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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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 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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