Category: Electric Vehicles

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GM Says 500,000 Electrified Vehicles on Road by 2017

General Motors senior vice president of Global Product Development Mary Barra told member so the media yesterday the automaker will have 500,000 units on the road by 2017 featuring some form of electrification. "Wait a minute," you might be saying to yourself. "How is a company that only sells a couple thousand Volts a month [...]
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GM Says 500,000 Electrified Vehicles on Road by 2017

General Motors senior vice president of Global Product Development Mary Barra told member so the media yesterday the automaker will have 500,000 units on the road by 2017 featuring some form of electrification. "Wait a minute," you might be saying to yourself. "How is a company that only sells a couple thousand Volts a month [...]
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Volvo Testing New Fast-Charger For EVs

The Volvo Car Corporation has announced it is testing a new "fast-charger" for electric cars that will significantly cut recharging times to a stunning 1.5 hours, some six times faster than units currently in use in EVs on the road today. The new charger is going to be installed and tested on a number of [...]
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Ford Fusion Hybrid Rated at 47 MPG Across the Board

We have seen the number "47" in the news quite a bit here lately but for our purposes today it is brought to you courtesy Ford Motor Company, specifically speaking of the fuel economy figures just released for the 2013 Fusion Hybrid. For 2013, the Fusion midsize sedan is all-new and will be offered with [...]
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2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Plug-In a Model for Midsize Power and Efficiency

Arriving early next year, the all-new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Plug-In sedan will beat all comers in the arena of power and efficiency, or so the automaker says. Utilizing the next-generation Accord platform debuted recently, Honda will be offering four new powertrain choices including Hybrid and Hybrid Plug-In variants. And for the first time in [...]