GM’s Cadillac group is entering the so-called luxury electric car market with the introduction of the 2014 ELR plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, unveiled Tuesday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. This has been called the luxury Volt on which the Caddy is based. The ELR is based on Chevrolet’s environmentally friendly vehicle […]
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The Detroit Auto Show is not one of the greats but it is in the heart land of the established US auto industry. Tesla took the opportunity to show the old guard the future and displayed a concept interior for the Model X. Tesla themselves called this an ‘interior exploration’, but it gives us some
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Our very own Reuters UK mentions that the new Fiat 500e has achieved a MPG rating equivalent to 116 MPG from the US Environmental Protection Agency or EPA. The little Fiat will go on sale in the second quarter of 2013 in California. Fiat is of course the majority owner of Chrysler and has 25
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In its third year on the United States market, the updated 2013 Nissan Leaf will have a slightly longer range, a new and lower-priced base model, faster charging, and a more efficient cabin heater. The 2013 Leaf is scheduled to enter production at Nissan’s assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, this week. While the 2013 Leaf
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Tesla has been opening stores in shopping malls across the US. Most states have antiquated laws that prevents auto manufactures from selling direct to consumers thus enforcing that sales are made through an independent dealer. Of course dealers love this. After opening a store in Natick Mall, Massachusetts, Tesla Motors has been embroiled in a
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U.S. car buyers took home about 17,500 plug-in electric cars in 2011 Last year, the numbers got better. A lot better. In 2012, about 53,000 electric cars were likely sold–essentially triple the prior year’s number. Not bad, huh? We know that at least 50,000 sales of plug-in cars will have been reported by Chevrolet, Ford, Honda,
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Tesla Motors just has announced Euro pricing for the Model S for Europe that is set to go on sale over here early next year. Speaking on the Tesla Blog, Tesla vice president George Blankenship revealed that the company is using a transparent approach to European pricing, making no more profit per car than it
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If you want a Nissan Leaf then getting one before the start of January could net you a hefty cash-back offer right now. Some Nissan dealers are advertising a $9,775 cash-back offer direct from Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp (NMAC), Nissan’s car finance arm. The offer has been running since the start of December, and ends on January 2, 2013.
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Electric car sales reached a record in November for the fourth consecutive month as new models like the Ford C-Max Energi plug-in electric hybrid helped juice buyer interest. According to analyst Aaron Chew of the Maxim Group, dealers sold 7,600 electric cars in November, bringing total sales for 2012 to 47,500 to date. Chew expects
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Recently we were walking through the Bellevue shopping mall on the way to the Apple store when we came across a rather startling store. There amongst the shoes, clothing and watches of Washington was a Tesla store showing a bright white Model S.
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