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0Featured: Wall Street loves Tesla's Elon Musk, values the brand higher than Fiat 1368892800
Tesla's value on the stock market far exceeds the number of vehicles it contributes to the automotive market. According to a report from Automotive News, Tesla is currently valued at US$8.8 billion. Almost unbelievably, though we've never claimed to have a firm grasp on the inner workings of the ...
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First Drive: 2013 Nissan Leaf [w/video] 1368720000
If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It Look at the 2013 Nissan Leaf – even one parked next to a 2012 model – and you'll be hard-pressed to spot the differences. Changes and updates have been made, but you have to know the details to tell. It's sort of like listening to a hipster tell you ...
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Video: Toyota truck climbs tree, while cop car prefers pole in separate crashes 1368717300
The driver of a small Nissan pickup truck has some explaining to do after getting stuck... in a tree. Most versatile off-road trucks are found stuck in deep mud or snow, but this utilitarian beast was found stuck in an evergreen grove. Police responded to reports of the tree-climbing truck ...
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Report: Fisker-based Destino V8 still in the works, hundreds of Karma owners seek conversion 1367847900
Wards Auto reports the VL Productions Destino is still moving forward. As you may recall, that machine takes a Fisker Karma hybrid, guts the drivetrain and replaces it with a honking 556 horsepower V8 from General Motors. Bob Lutz, while speaking with Wards, confirmed that VL Productions had ...
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Video: Volvo testing F1-style KERS system, cites 25 per cent fuel economy bump [w/video] 1367798400
Volvo has been experimenting with flywheel propulsion systems since the eighties, but only recently has technology caught up with the possibility of real-world applications. In 2011, the Swedish carmaker was granted 6.57 million Swedish kronor (about $1M) by the Swedish Energy Agency to work on ...
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Official: 2013 Honda Civic Hybrid not coming to Canada, stuck with 2012 model 1367256600
After receiving an urgent and substantial refresh after just one year on the market, the 2013 Honda Civic seems to have successfully replaced last year's highly criticized ninth-generation of the popular compact (which was dropped from the Consumer Reports 'Recommended' list). But after going to ...
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Report: Nissan Leaf all-electric taxis start pilot program in NYC [w/video] 1367164800
When New York City picked the Nissan NV200 as its Taxi of Tomorrow, many were surprised that the vehicle wasn't electric, or even a hybrid for that matter. With NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg on hand, Nissan celebrated Earth Day on Monday by unveiling a pilot program of electric taxis for the city ...
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Video: Is NASCAR green? New ad makes the case [w/video] 1367107200
If you're a motorsports fan you've probably come across stories on the efforts Formula One has made to reduce its carbon footprint (KERS anyone?), but you might not have heard about what's being done in the world of NASCAR. Turns out it's pretty intense. In 2008, NASCAR chairman Brian France got ...
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Report: Honda boss says Chinese drivers don't want green cars 1367078400
According to The Wall Street Journal, Honda CEO Takanobu Ito believes that China's nascent car-buying demographic isn't all that interested in hybrid cars – at least not yet. The emissions story doesn't resonate with them, and certainly not for the higher purchase premium such models ...
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Featured: Mazda6 Skyactiv-D racecar gets first win at Road Atlanta 1366730100
Mazda has a long motorsports history, and one that is peppered with fascinating cars. The latest chapter in Mazda's racing story has just been written, as Joel Miller and Andrew Carbonell have driven the Visit Florida Racing Mazda6 Skyactiv-D to the car's first ever victory at the Rolex Grand-Am ...
