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What a concept! The future will be here before you know it, and so will some of the concept cars manufacturers have been showing at auto shows around the world. Every carmaker spends millions on R&D, and concepts are an important preview of what’s down the road for design and technology, arriving in our driveways
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If you thought electric vehicles and PHEVd are just for commuter cars, you haven’t been plugged in to some of the biggest news in electrification. EVs are being super-sized, with up to 1,000 horsepower and 300 miles or more on a single battery charge. Tesla made news recently with the introduction of a huge Semi
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If there’s still any doubt in your mind about the potential of electric vehicles, let’s bust some myths about EVs: That they don’t work in extreme cold, can’t go fast, and that they won’t grow up to be heavy-duty vans or big trucks. As EVs drive into the mainstream, it’s time to shatter those misconceptions
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It makes sense that an automaker known for producing fuel efficient, eco-friendly vehicles would have a program to help its dealers operate with similar energy efficiency. That’s exactly the idea of the Honda-Acura Green Dealer Program. Since it launched in 2012, the program has saved dealerships more than $7.5 million in energy costs, not to
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The Lucid Air wants to be the next EV game-changer. With a standard 400hp motor that can launch the vehicle 0-60 in a racetrack-like 2.5 seconds, a top speed of 200+ mph, and a range of up to 400 miles between charges, it has more power and more features than the Tesla S, and it
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Because of the momentous decision by President Trump to leave the Paris Accord climate change agreement signed by nearly 200 countries, we are publishing this round-up of recent stories here on ecoXplorer featuring how countries and companies are fighting climate change, one green, eco-friendly project at a time. SEE ALSO Best green hotels in USA,
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BMW is charging up US national parks, landmarks and historic sites with up to 100 electric vehicle stations. Appropriately, the first is at Thomas Edison National Historic Park, the laboratory and home of of the man most associated with electricity. BMW has partnered with the National Park Foundation, National Park Service and Department of Energy
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It’s not often a car maker launches three eco-friendly new models at the same time. Hyundai has done just with the all-new Ioniq sedan, available as an electric, full hybrid, or plug-in hybrid. All three get the best fuel economy in their class, and all three are priced between $22,200 and $29,500, making them a
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The road to the future is paved with concept cars, an important glimpse of the technology and design we’ll be driving one day soon. Concepts from Jaguar, Mitsubishi, Chrysler, VW and Toyota are being showcased at current auto shows. Some concepts are just for show, while others are really pre-production models, giving the R&D team
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While Volkswagen continues to suffer falling sales and negative headlines from its diesel emissions tampering scandal, it’s getting positive buzz from the Budd-e Concept, the 21st century version of the iconic 1960s microbus. International auto shows, from Detroit to Dubai, are an important way for manufacturers to tease the future, by introducing so-called concept cars
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