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Honda has cheaper hybrid in the works
Honda, the first automaker to sell gasoline-electric cars in the U.S., plans to unveil a new low-cost hybrid next month that revives the Insight name. The 5-passenger hatchback will be shown Oct. 2 at the Paris auto show and go on sale in the U.S. next year, Honda said. President Takeo Fukui has said...
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Methanol: Renewable energy could power tomorrow’s cars
For those fed up with the stark reality of high gas prices, the idea of powering a car on fuel made from cheap, abundantly available and completely renewable sources like municipal garbage or even seaweed must seem a pipe dream. But according to Frank Markus, technical director for Motor Trend magazine, the notion of...
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Green supercars offer high performance with clean conscience
As America scrambles to pay for ever-more expensive gas and abandons buying new SUV guzzlers in favor of smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles, automakers are scrambling even harder to produce the high-mileage, lower-emissions vehicles they think people will buy. But how are the makers of supercars, whose engines environmental experts say emit about three times...
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Electric Cars at the Paris Auto Show
If Barack Obama and John McCain are as serious as they say they are about ending U.S. dependence on foreign oil, they might want to dispatch a trusted aide or two to the Paris Auto Show, a biennial global industry extravaganza that opened last week. In the vast exhibition halls in southern Paris one...
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GM Hopes To Jolt Car Sales With Volt
General Motors Unveils New Electric Car That Will Be Available In 2010 (CBS) General Motors has created a new plug-in car, the Chevrolet Volt, and there’s a lot of money and expectation riding on it. Twelve years ago, GM introduced the first modern electric car, the EV-1, which was featured in the documentary “Who...
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The Race For The Electric Car
(CBS) The price of oil is up, gas guzzling cars are out, and a race for a fuel-free, practical electric car is on. It includes the usual suspects: Detroit, Japan, and Germany. But as correspondent Lesley Stahl reports, a surprising newcomer with no experience at building cars has entered the race: Silicon Valley. The...
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