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Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Receives Best New Car Award From Magazines

Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Receives Best New Car Award From Magazines

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 13, 2016 -- Hitting the ground running in 2016, Hyundai announced today that its 2016 Sonata Hybrid Limited was named a winner in Good Housekeeping/Car and Driver's inaugural 2016 Best New Car Awards. Receiving praise for its outstanding fuel economy and refined powertrain, the vehicle rec ... Continue reading

2016 North American International Auto Show Drives It Home With 50-Plus Production and Concept Reveals

2016 North American International Auto Show Drives It Home With 50-Plus Production and Concept Reveals

DETROIT, Jan. 13, 2016 -- From a segment-reinventing minivan to luxury flagships, twin-turbocharged powerhouses, plug-in hybrids and autonomous drive functions, automakers showcased the sharpest of cutting-edge technologies, products and brand-building strategies at this year's North American International Auto Show Pr ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Tiguan GTE Active Concept Makes World Debut at NAIAS

Volkswagen Tiguan GTE Active Concept Makes World Debut at NAIAS

The Volkswagen Tiguan GTE Active Concept makes its world debut at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), in the country that popularized the Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV). The vehicle’s most striking innovation is its efficient plug-in hybrid system that uses two electric motors and a gasoline engine, w ... Continue reading

First Images Revealed of the New Kia Niro Hybrid Utility Vehicle

First Images Revealed of the New Kia Niro Hybrid Utility Vehicle

Exclusive first images of Niro HUV illustrates sporty and versatile design Niro HUV world premiere set for Chicago Auto Show in February 2016 Dedicated hybrid powertrain specifically developed for all-new model WALTON-ON-THAMES, UK -- January 11, 2016: Kia has today unveiled the first official images of the sporty and ... Continue reading

All-New Toyota Prius, RAV4 Hybrid to Electrify New England Auto Show

All-New Toyota Prius, RAV4 Hybrid to Electrify New England Auto Show

Nearly two decades after pioneering the hybrid and crossover SUV market in the U.S., two of Toyota's most iconic trendsetters are ready to disrupt the automotive segments they helped create. Toyota has been the overwhelming gas-electric hybrid sales leader in the U.S. since 2000. Now, 15 years after the first Prius was ... Continue reading

Ford Unveils Smartest, Most Technology-Packed Fusion Ever, Including Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Versions of New Sedan

Ford Unveils Smartest, Most Technology-Packed Fusion Ever, Including Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Versions of New Sedan

The new Ford Fusion continues to be a game changer among midsize sedans, with the most technologically advanced lineup ever – including two hybrid models and a new all-wheel-drive Fusion V6 Sport engineered to leave other family sedans in the dust. Fusion V6 Sport and the new Fusion Platinum add to a lineup featur ... Continue reading

DETROIT SLEEK PEEK: MITSUBISHI KEEPS A LOW PROFILE BUT HAS HIGH HOPES

DETROIT SLEEK PEEK: MITSUBISHI KEEPS A LOW PROFILE BUT HAS HIGH HOPES

By: Michael BernsteinEditor, Michigan BureauThe Auto Channel The North American International Auto Show press preview days don’t officially begin until Monday January 11 and while many of the world’s automakers will have exhibits, some are sitting this event out. One of them is Japan’s Mitsubishi and whi ... Continue reading

Audi A3 Sportback e-tron Receives Green, Connected Car Recognition

Audi A3 Sportback e-tron Receives Green, Connected Car Recognition

Audi A3 Sportback e-tron is finalist for 2016 Luxury Green Car of the Year and 2016 Connected Green Car of the Year Green Car Journal to announce winners January 21 at Washington Auto Show Magazine noted “the integration of connected technologies that enhance efficiency, safety and the driving experience.” HE ... Continue reading

The Mercedes-Benz GLE 500 e 4MATIC in the 360°Environmental Check

The Mercedes-Benz GLE 500 e 4MATIC in the 360°Environmental Check

Early in the development stage of a new model, Mercedes-Benz starts looking at environmental performance over the car’s entire life cycle. In this brochure you can read about how the new GLE 500 e 4MATIC fares in the key areas of the comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment: consumption of resources and emissions. ... Continue reading

Nissan and BMW Partner to Deploy Dual Fast Chargers Across the U.S. to Benefit Electric Vehicle Drivers

Nissan and BMW Partner to Deploy Dual Fast Chargers Across the U.S. to Benefit Electric Vehicle Drivers

A total of 120 dual-port 50kW fast-charging stations have been installed across 19 states to support longer distance electric vehicle travel for Nissan LEAF and BMW i3 drivers. These publicly available Greenlots-networked charging stations include both CHAdeMO and SAE Combo connectors, suitable for all fast charging-ca ... Continue reading

Car Question? Answers Live From NY - It's Auto Lab, December 19, 2015

Car Question? Answers Live From NY - It's Auto Lab, December 19, 2015

Car Question? Answers Live From NY - It's Auto Lab, December 19, 2015 ... Continue reading

Renault-Nissan Alliance Electric Vehicle Fleet Covers More than 108,000 Zero-Emission Miles During COP21 +VIDEO

Renault-Nissan Alliance Electric Vehicle Fleet Covers More than 108,000 Zero-Emission Miles During COP21 +VIDEO

Fleet of 200 electric vehicles saves 18 tons of CO2 from being emitted into the air during two-week global summit Fleet represents the world's largest EV fleet ever provided for an international conference Renault and Nissan employees volunteered as drivers for the fleet, which featured Renault ZOE, Nissan LEAF and Nis ... Continue reading

Hyundai and Kia Sign Licensing Agreement with Paice

Hyundai and Kia Sign Licensing Agreement with Paice

South Korean automakers are the latest to license Paice’s hybrid vehicle technology BALTIMORE -- December 12, 2015: Paice, a pioneer in hybrid electric vehicle technology, has reached an agreement to license all of its hybrid vehicle technology to Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. Paice has now licensed all o ... Continue reading

Next-Gen Chevy Malibu Hybrid LT--Starting Price, $28,645

Next-Gen Chevy Malibu Hybrid LT--Starting Price, $28,645

Projected to offer 48 MPG city using technologies borrowed from Volt DETROIT -- December 10, 2015: The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid LT, which achieves a General Motors’-estimated 48 mpg city, will be available this spring with a starting price of $28,645. “The Malibu leverages knowledge and technology directl ... Continue reading

First Compressed Natural Gas and Propane-Capable 2016 Ford F-150 Rolls Off the Line at Kansas City

First Compressed Natural Gas and Propane-Capable 2016 Ford F-150 Rolls Off the Line at Kansas City

The first 2016 Ford F-150 with the ability to run on clean-burning compressed natural gas has rolled off the assembly line, making Ford – America’s truck leader – the only manufacturer to offer a CNG/propane-capable half-ton pickup. “Whether running on gasoline, gaseous fuel or both, the 5.0-liter V ... Continue reading

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