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In Gear First lawsuit over gas mileage claims of 2013 Ford hybrids
Lawsuit says fuel economy claims for C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid are 'false and misleading.' Ford says cars can deliver 47 m.p.g. with right driving style.
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In Gear Canada jump starts country's electric car charging network
Canada is seeing the development of several charging station programs across the country, in preparation for increased electric vehicle ownership, Ingram writes.
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In Gear Electric car charging goes wireless
Wireless charging sales for electric cars will surpass 280,000 by 2020, according to Pike Research.
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In Gear Hong Kong bans smog-heavy vehicles
Hong Kong authorities have brought in measures to ban the highest-polluting vehicles in an effort to achieve clean air targets, Ingram writes.
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In Gear Hybrid and electric car sales jump 73 percent in 2012
US sales of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric cars should reach 440,000 units in 2012 – a 73% improvement over 2011 – according to market research firm Mintel.
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In Gear Ford hybrids hot sellers despite mileage concerns
Ford's C-Max hybrid has become the fastest-selling hybrid ever, even as Ford deals with discrepancies between the car's real-world gas mileage and its EPA rating.
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In Gear Electric and hybrid taxis gaining in popularity
Hybrid and electric vehicles are increasingly popular as a way of cleaning up city fleets, Ingram writes.
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In Gear The future of electric car batteries
Ingram offers a wrap-up of the latest research on electric car batteries and energy storage – an important area for the future of cleantech.
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In Gear Can garden herbs improve your car battery?
The last place you'd expect to find garden herbs is in your car battery. But at least one, Rubia, can make car batteries more energy efficient, studies find.
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In Gear Electric municipal fleets? Indianapolis thinks so.
The City of Indianapolis announced a goal to convert essentially its entire municipal fleet to hybrids or plug-ins by 2025, Voelcker writes.
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In Gear Nissan Leaf electric car drivers hit 100 million miles mark
Nissan Leaf electric car drivers are keeping pace with Chevy Volt drivers, having covered more than 100 million electric miles, Voelcker writes.
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In Gear Electric vehicle maker Coda lays off 15 percent of staff
Coda Automotive, an electric vehicle company, confirmed Tuesday that it had laid off about 50 people, or 15 percent of its 330-person staff, Voelcker writes.
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In Gear Electric vehicle awareness: the key to boosting sales
Electric vehicle sales are doing pretty well, Voelcker writes, but advocates say education and awareness can go a long way towards selling more electric vehicles.
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In Gear Wanxiang buys bankrupt battery maker A123
Chinese auto parts maker Wanxiang Group Corp. on Sunday bought A123 Systems, the bankrupt battery maker which supplies Fisker Automotive and others.
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In Gear Ford hybrids fail to meet gas mileage ratings, Consumer Reports says
Ford's 2013 hybrids aren't living up to their EPA fuel efficiency ratings. According to Consumer Reports, The 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid and Ford C-Max 'have the largest discrepancy between our overall-mpg results and the estimates published by the EPA that we've seen among any current models.'
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In Gear Are electric cars cheaper to maintain than gas vehicles?
New research from a German automotive Institute suggests that electric cars could cost 35 percent less to maintain than their combustion counterparts, Ingram writes.
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In Gear Tesla Motors in the black, tweets CEO Musk
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday that the company was narrowly cash flow positive last week. Tesla Motors achieved profitability in 2009, but that didn't continue, and it's unlikely to continue this time--at least in the short term, Ingram writes.
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In Gear Energy Department pushes for electric car battery research
The US Department of Energy has set a goal to improve battery and energy storage technologies by five times that of today--in the next five years, Ingram writes.
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In Gear The electric car winter weather survival guide
Winter can bring an added dose of anxiety for electric car owners, Ingram writes. Here are some tips for getting through winter with an electric car.
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In Gear Chevy Volt sales drop in November, Nissan Leaf remains steady (+video)
Plug-in sales dropped slightly in November with Nissan Leaf's steady sales unable to make up for the drop in Chevy Volt sales, Voelcker writes. The Chevy Volt range-extended electric car, logged 1,519 sales.
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