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GM CEO wants Volt production costs cut by $10K per car

General Motors wants to cut as much as $10,000 per car from the model's production cost to make the next generation of the plug-in hybrid affordable and profitable, Chief Executive Officer Dan...

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Toyota Racing to Debut Updates TS030 Hybrid @ Spa

TOYOTA Racing’s 2013-specification TS030 HYBRID will make its race debut in this weekend’s Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. After finishing...

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Audi e-tron based on VW up! EV due in 2015

Audi are working on an EV version of the Volkswagen up! due to go on sale in 2015 for less than € 30,000. Audi's e-tron will have 116 (85 kW) and 199 lb-ft (270 Nm) from its electric motor which...

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Tesla Model S outsells Chevy Volt & Nissan Leaf

Tesla Motors is North America’s rechargeable auto sales leader so far this year as its Model S sedan passed Chevrolet's Volt. Tesla expects to report at least 4,750 deliveries of the electric Model...

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Fully Charged – Supercapacitors [VIDEO]

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype material which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is...

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Tesla owners get ‘no-fault’ battery warranty

Tesla Motors says that if the battery pack fails in your Model S electric sedan for any reason except deliberate abuse, you can have a replacement, free, for eight years. That warranty length...

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