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Winners of 2017 Luxury Green Car, SUV Of The Year, Connected Green Car of the Year

Winners of 2017 Luxury Green Car, SUV Of The Year, Connected Green Car of the Year

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2017 -- Three winners of Green Car Journal's prestigious Green Car Awards have been announced at a Washington Auto Show press conference today in Washington DC. ... Continue reading

PRESS RELEASE: Nissan and BMW Partner to Expand DC Fast Charger Access Across the U.S.

PRESS RELEASE: Nissan and BMW Partner to Expand DC Fast Charger Access Across the U.S.

Nissan and BMW Partner Once Again to Expand DC Fast Charger Access Across the U.S. to Benefit EV Drivers · An additional 174 EVgo-networked 50kW DC Fast charging stations have been installed across 33 states to facilitate easier longer distance electric vehicle travel for Nissan LEAF and BMW i3 drivers, and all EV dri ... Continue reading

London Trials New Plug-in Hybrid Vans That Could Help Deliver Cleaner Air; Supports Ford Push for EV Leadership

London Trials New Plug-in Hybrid Vans That Could Help Deliver Cleaner Air; Supports Ford Push for EV Leadership

Ford Motor Company and the City of London are joining forces to help improve air quality there as part of the company’s plan to lead in building electrified vehicles with 13 new global models in the next five years Select London businesses to test plug-in hybrid vans running solely on electric power for the majority ... Continue reading

Toyota Voted Most Trusted Brand™ of Hybrid Car Manufacturer For Seventh Consecutive Year: Reader's Digest Study

Toyota Voted Most Trusted Brand™ of Hybrid Car Manufacturer For Seventh Consecutive Year: Reader's Digest Study

Toyota also named the most trusted passenger car manufacturer for the ninth straight year TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2017 Toyota was voted as the Most Trusted Brand™ of hybrid car and passenger car manufacturers in the annual Trusted Brand™ study conducted by Reader's Digest. ... Continue reading

In Case You Missed It - Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - Jan 16-22, 2017; 2018 Mustang, Ignition Switch GM, Takata, Tesla, Dakar, Who Lives Who Dies

In Case You Missed It - Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - Jan 16-22, 2017; 2018 Mustang, Ignition Switch GM, Takata, Tesla, Dakar, Who Lives Who Dies

* Ford took the wraps off the 2018 Mustang this week. Refreshed with new front and rear end designs, a 12-inch all-digital customizable instrument cluster, engine upgrades and a new 10-speed automatic plus available MagneRide suspension for optimum handling and optional active valve exhaust for complete noise control a ... Continue reading

Toyota Mirai FCV demonstration tests to start in the UAE beginning May 2017

Toyota Mirai FCV demonstration tests to start in the UAE beginning May 2017

Toyota to Participate in Collaborative Research for the Creation of a Hydrogen-Based Society in the United Arab Emirates Mirai FCV demonstration tests to start in the UAE beginning May 2017 DUBAI, UAE, Jan, 17 2017 - Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to collaborate with Masdar, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), ... Continue reading

PG&E Submits $250 Million Proposal Expanding Support for Electric Vehicles in California

PG&E Submits $250 Million Proposal Expanding Support for Electric Vehicles in California

SAN FRANCISCO—Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today submitted a proposal to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for projects aimed at accelerating widespread electric vehicle adoption and combatting climate change. For the seven proposed projects, PG&E is requesting a total budget of approximate ... Continue reading

Good Housekeeping Names Toyota Prius Two Eco ‘Best New Hybrid’

Good Housekeeping Names Toyota Prius Two Eco ‘Best New Hybrid’

NEW YORK January 18, 2017 – Good Housekeeping this week announced the winners of its Best New Car Awards for 2017, and selected the 2016 Toyota Prius Two Eco as the Best New Hybrid. The Awards appear in the February issue, on newsstands January 17. ... Continue reading

Tennessee Governor Pushes 7 Cent Hike in Gas Tax

Tennessee Governor Pushes 7 Cent Hike in Gas Tax

NASHVILLE, Tenn. January 20, 2017; Tennessee Gov. ... Continue reading

California Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) Midterm Review

California Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) Midterm Review

When the California Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted the Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) program in 2012, the agency committed to conduct a comprehensive midterm review of three elements of the program - the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) regulation, the 1 milligram per mile (mg/mi) particulate matter (PM) standard, and the li ... Continue reading

PREVIEW: Porsche introduces its all-new Panamera at 2017 Montreal International Auto Show

PREVIEW: Porsche introduces its all-new Panamera at 2017 Montreal International Auto Show

Second generation of the four-door sports car makes its Canadian debut MONTREAL, Jan. 19, 2017- The new 2017 Porsche Panamera reconciles two contrasting characteristics more than ever before: the performance of a genuine sports car and the comfort of a luxury sedan. ... Continue reading

Can We Trump Obama to Save Our Economy? +VIDEO

Can We Trump Obama to Save Our Economy? +VIDEO

Donald Trump must be reading The Auto Channel! By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL January 25, 2011: I happen to tune my car radio into Michael Savage's show yesterday afternoon -something I frequently do around my regular listening to Howard Stern - and heard a comment that riveted my a ... Continue reading

PG&E Launches $500 Rebate for Electric Vehicle Drivers

PG&E Launches $500 Rebate for Electric Vehicle Drivers

SAN FRANCISCO—Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced the launch of the Clean Fuel Rebate for residential, electric customers who are electric vehicle (EV) drivers. The new Clean Fuel Rebate is part of California’s statewide Low Carbon Fuel Standard initiative, which aims to reduce transportation-re ... Continue reading

California Greenhouse Gases Cut More Than 2.3 Million Pounds by Fuel-Cell Cars Powered by True Zero's Hydrogen Network

California Greenhouse Gases Cut More Than 2.3 Million Pounds by Fuel-Cell Cars Powered by True Zero's Hydrogen Network

Fuel from True Zero's hydrogen-charging stations during 2016 powered more than 3.7 million zero emission fuel-cell-car miles in California, eliminating more than 2.3 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, the company announced today. "That's the greenhouse-gas equivalent of planting a forest nine times the size of ... Continue reading

2017 NAIAS (Detroit Auto Show) Highlights Up Close and Personal

2017 NAIAS (Detroit Auto Show) Highlights Up Close and Personal

By Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau Here we go again – another gathering of the international motoring press in Detroit, still arguably the center of the universe for the U.S. auto business. While manufacturing, design, some engineering and marketing is spread out around the country and t ... Continue reading

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