Electric Cars
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It may not be the fastest electric car around the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, but Audi’s R8 e-tron electric sports car, which goes on sale later this year, has set the fastest lap time around the famous German race track for a production-destined EV. The time set by the R8 e-tron was 8:09.099, which may not seem all that impressive next to gas-powered rivals but is still faster than some formidable performance cars like the Lexus IS F and Jaguar XKR. Behind the wheel of the Audi on its record run was racing driver Markus Winkelhock, who covered the full 12.92-mile distance of the...
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Saab’s New Owner Seeks Permission To Use Saab Name And Logo
Earlier this month it was revealed the remnants of bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab would be sold to National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS), a consortium made up of Chinese and Japanese interests that is focused on the development of new Saab-based electric cars. It has since been revealed that...
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New Details On Cadillac ELR Extended-Range Electric Car
Last August Cadillac confirmed for launch a new extended-range electric car based on the technology found in the Chevrolet Volt. That new electric car will be the 2014 Cadillac ELR, the production version of 2009’s Converj concept car, and will most likely be revealed for the first time in...
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Four-Seat Aventador, 2013 Cadillac ATS, Hybrid Bugatti: Today's Car News
Is Lamborghini working on a four-seat version of the Aventador? Maybe. We take a look at what that might entail. The 2013 Cadillac ATS is out of the gate fast, and on paper at least, looks to be completely ready for the Germans and Japanese. Bugatti may build a hybrid drivetrain for its Veyron...
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Mazda Rotary Ends Production, May Return As Hydrogen Range-Extender
The last rotary-powered car from Mazda rolled off its production line in Japan on Friday, a 2011 Mazda RX-8 Spirit R sold only in the Japanese domestic market. With no successor confirmed, we may never see a rotary engine in a production car ever again, though those at Mazda certainly don’t...
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Tesla To Launch One-Hour Fast Charger Within A Year
A new fast-charging system could mean Tesla Model S owners could top up their batteries in an hour.
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The first cars from BMW’s new i sub-brand are set to go on sale next year and in the lead up to their arrival BMW will be sending concept versions on a world tour to help further build awareness of the eco-friendly brand. The new tour is the BMW i Born Electric Tour, which has just kicked off in Rome, Italy, and will be traveling to six other major cities over the next 12 months. The other cities include Dusseldorf, Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, and Shanghai. The concepts being presented on the tour are the familiar i3 electric car and i8 plug-in hybrid sports car concepts that we...
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Watch The 2012 Tesla Model S Delivery Ceremony Live
The 2012 Tesla Model S is the car of the day, as the first retail production models are meeting their owners. To celebrate the occasion, Tesla is holding a live webcast of the event starting at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time (6:30 p.m. Eastern). You can watch the live webcast at the official site, and...
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2014 Porsche Macan Spy Video, 2013 MINI Countryman Coupe, 2012 Tesla Model S: Today's Car News
The 2014 Porsche Macan has been spied on video again, and we give you a good look (and listen) at what's coming to the world of crossovers. It looks surprisingly quick, sounds quite nice, and actually looks good--a bit like a compact Cayenne. The MINI Countryman Coupe should arrive sometime around...
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2013 BMW 4-Series Spy Video, J.D. Power IQS Highest Ever, Model S 89 MPGe: Car News Headlines
Today, we have new spy video of BMW's upcoming 2013 4-Series coupe. Of course, the two-door may yet be badged as a 3-Series, but whichever number it gets, it'll be the same car--and it will likely share its powertrain with the 3-Series sedans. The 2012 J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality...
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2012 Tesla Model S Gets EPA Certified 265-Mile Range, 89 MPGe Rating
If you're like us, you've been wondering--some of you may even have been doubting--whether Tesla Motors' claim of a 300-mile range in the largest-battery pack 2012 Model S would stand up to EPA testing. Wonder no more: it's close, securing a 265-mile range rating when equipped with the largest (85...
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Tesla Releases Final 2012 Model S Production Video Ahead Of Friday Deliveries
While there's already at least one 2012 Tesla Model S in the wild, the official start of deliveries is this Friday, June 22. To show off its all-electric luxury sedan before it starts pulling into owner garages, Tesla Motors has released a final production video of the car, showing the complete...
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The 2013 Volkswagen Golf MkVII has been spied on video, and we bring you everything we expect from the redesigned model. The 2013 GMC Terrain Denali is here, and we have a full video road test--check it out, and learn all you really need to know about the new crossover. And the four-cylinder engine has displaced the V-6 and the V-8 as the most popular car engine on the market today--more than half of new cars and trucks use a four-banger, the highest ratio of fours on the market in the last 14 years. You'll find all of the details on these stories and more in the day's car news headlines...
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Ferrari F70 Spied, Cadillac Hands-Off SuperCruising, Audi At Le Mans: Car News Headlines
The 2013 Ferrari F70, the code-named successor to the Enzo, has been spied yet again. Though the heavy camouflage makes it look quite funky, the statistics sound brilliant. Will the F70 be the new king of the super cars? Cadillac says it will bring its hands-off "SuperCruise" cruise control--a...
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Working Infiniti Emerg-E Prototype Heading To 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed
After first showing it as a concept at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, Infiniti has turned the stunning Emerg-E into a fully working prototype and plans to drive in front of a public audience at this month’s 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed. As we found out recently, the Emerg-E is based on the...
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Tesla Presentation Slide Reveals Plans For Second Crossover
The last we heard, Tesla was planning to launch several new models after the Model S sedan, including the Model X crossover, a small sports sedan to rival the Fisker Atlantic and BMW 3-Series, and a successor for the company’s original Roadster. While the Model X is slated to share much in...
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Battery Maker A123 Systems Announces New Li-Ion Battery Technology
When it comes to building battery packs for electric cars, temperature extremes are the enemy of battery range. To deliver optimum results, electric car batteries need to be kept within a fairly narrow band of ideal operating temperatures. To get around this, thermal conditioning is used to...
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Saab's new owners revealed; What happens next?
Saab is dead; long live Saab. If that sounds contradictory, it isn’t, since the quirky-but-competent brand most of us have come to know and love is gone. The Phoenix (no pun intended) that will rise from the ashes is an entirely new entity, purchased by National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB...
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BMW has opened the first of several new retail outlets focused on its i division and its associated electrified vehicles. Called the BMW i Store, the first is located on London’s trendy Park Lane and will be followed by additional stores in other locations in the not too distant future. To coincide with the opening of the new BMW i Store, BMW also unveiled an updated version of its i3 electric city concept that better reflects the production version due out next year. Based on the original i3 concept unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, the updated concept gets a new interior built...
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Watch The 2012 Tesla Model S Roll Down The Paint Line: Video
"As exciting as watching paint dry." In this case, it's actually somewhat exciting, as it forebodes the arrival of the 2012 Tesla Model S electric sedan. While the first delivery has already taken place, the official start of their arrival in owner garages kicks off ten days from now, on June 22...
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Fisker Teams Up With Penske Auto To Sell Karma Luxury Sedan
Dealer group Penske Automotive will help sell Fisker Karmas through a new dealership in Scottsdale, Arizona .
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2013 Audi R8 e-tron Spy Video
Audi’s first e-tron electric car, the high-performance R8 e-tron, is in the final stages of development ahead of its sales debut towards the end of the year. Here we have an exclusive spy video of a prototype conducting some high-speed runs at Germany’s Nürburgring race track. Audi...
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2012 Tesla Model S Hits The Road Early: Video
The official date for the first deliveries of the eagerly awaited 2012 Tesla Model S electric sedan isn't until Friday, June 22. But as Green Car Reports noted early this morning, a production Model S has already been photographed in the wild--complete with personalized California license plate...
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Audi And BMW Scaling Back Electric Car Plans: Report
A few years ago, fears of rising fuel prices and strict emissions regulations saw a number of major automakers ambitiously announce plans for the launch of electric cars. Two automakers with some of the most ambitious plans were Audi and BMW, which not only promised to launch electric cars but also...
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