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2012's 'good news' stories
2012 saw jobs returning to the US, health concerns improve in historic numbers, and more.
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Oil reaches $100 a barrel: Five winners, five losers
With gasoline now at $3.37 per gallon – 20 cents higher than last week, and rising daily – who is profiting from higher prices and who is not?
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In Pictures: Opening day of the 2011 Detroit Auto Show
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Ideas for a better world in 2011
To start the new year off right, the Monitor asked various thinkers around the world for one idea each to make the world a better place in 2011. We talked to poets and political figures, physicists and financiers. The results range from how to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world to ways to revamp Hollywood.
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Got Volt sticker shock? Here are the five cheapest hybrids.
News reports suggest that some GM dealers might sell the all-electric Chevrolet Volt for $20,000 over the $41,000 suggested retail price. If you want to be green – but don't have THAT much green – here are five hybrids that will be a bit easier on the wallet, according to HybridCars.com.
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2012's 'good news' stories
2012 saw jobs returning to the US, health concerns improve in historic numbers, and more.
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Who's killing the electric car? Consumers.
Sales of Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf are far short of expectations. Fisker and other electric-car makers are in trouble. Will the lack of consumer sales kill the electric car, just as it did in the '90s?
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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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In Gear
Chevy Volt tops customer satisfaction survey againHigh efficiency was a bit of a trend in this year's Consumer Reports' consumer satisfaction survey, with the Toyota Camry Hybrid, Prius, Prius C and Nissan Leaf all scoring highly, Ingram writes. The Chevy Volt electric car topped the list for the second year in a row.
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Energy Voices
Electric cars: niche technology or the auto industry's future?Despite the electric auto industry's current struggles and high costs, the future is bright for electric cars, Dikeman writes.
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Energy Voices
Tesla Model S wins Motor Trend's Car of the Year. Are electric cars here to stay?Tesla Motors made history Tuesday when the Tesla Model S became the first all-electric vehicle to win Motor Trend's Car of the Year award. Will Tesla's honor silence critics of the electric car industry?
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In Gear
Yes, your gas mileage may vary. It's ok.Fuel economy depends on a slew of factors beyond the make and model of your vehicle, including traffic, driving style, landscape, and even weather. For the real scoop on a car's fuel efficiency, check real world economy websites and see what other drivers have been getting.
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Energy Voices
Obama administration and China feud over clean energyA battle over cheap solar panels is ratcheting up tensions between the US and China and further complicating the Obama administration's fraught relationship with clean energy.
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Energy Voices
Toyota Prius Plug-in: the little electric hybrid that could (+video)The Toyota Prius Plug-in doesn't have quite the sales numbers as the headline-grabbing Chevy Volt. But Toyota's entry into the electric hybrid market with the Prius Plug-in has been a quiet initial success for the automaker.
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As sales lag, Nissan offers Leaf discounts
Nissan joins General Motors Co., the maker of the Chevrolet Volt, in offering cheap leases and big discounts on electric cars.
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In Gear
Sharing the plug: the evolving etiquette of charging stationsGordon-Bloomfield explores the brave new world of electric car charging station etiquette.
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In Gear
Toyota unplugs electric car hypeToyota decides to scale back its electric minicar plans and scraps plans for a second electric vehicle.
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National Plug In Day: Electric car fans push pedal to metal
National Plug In Day celebrated the electric car in 60 cities over the weekend. Declared all but dead a short while ago, the electric car market is beginning to thrive. But can electric cars ever gain a meaningful foothold in the gas-dependent US auto industry?
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In Gear
Failure? Hardly. Chevy Volt outsells half of all US cars.Chevy Volt sales figures this year are higher than roughly half of the 260 or so car models sold in the US.
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In Gear
Push a button, start a car. Easy, but is it safe?Keyless entry and push-button ignitions are becoming commonplace across a rage of electric and hybrid vehicles. But do they pose the risk that drivers will forget to turn their cars off?
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Chevy Volt: GM's loss leader under new scrutiny
The Chevy Volt is losing money for GM two years after its debut. But initial losses on investments in new auto technology are typical, and the Chevy Volt may offer GM an environmentally responsible 'halo effect.'
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Plug-in profit woes: Chevy losing $49K per Volt model
Chevy is losing up to $49,000 on every Volt model it builds, two years after the popular plug-in hybrid's launch. Cheap leases and high sales figures may have pushed the Chevy Volt deficit even higher over the summer.
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In Gear
My Nissan Leaf life: How an electric car hit my budgetBefore you buy an electric car, like a Chevy Volt or Nissan Leaf, it makes sense to figure out how it will hit your pocketbook and your cash flow.
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In Gear
GM reorganization aimed at eliminating 'fiefdoms'GM reorganization needed to bring the automaker in the 21st century, CEO Akerson tells employees. GM reorganization means streamlining the management.
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In Gear
My Nissan Leaf life: A good (and affordable) plug-in is hard to findLatest installment of Monitor writer Mark Clayton's quest to buy a plug-in car: There are more than a dozen plug-in vehicles, but high costs and the lack of availability quickly narrow down the choices.
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In Gear
Jay Leno, Bob Lutz talk plug-ins, test drive a hybrid truckTalk show host Jay Leno is betting that Americans will love the Via Vtrux, a full-size, electric pickup truck that combining the practicality of a Chevy Silverado with the mileage of a Chevy Volt. Leno endorsed the truck on the latest episode of his web series, "Jay Leno’s Garage."
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Plug-in vehicles taking the slow road to 1 million in sales
Plug-in electric vehicles are not selling as quickly in the US as boosters had hoped. A new report estimates that it will be 2018 before 1 million such vehicles are plying US roads.
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In Gear
800 number on Blink plug-in stations? Useless, don't botherEcotality's Blink network seems a little worse for wear. Despite a fat government contract, some of the company's electric plug-in charging stations have been found out of order, and their 1-800 number operators are little help.
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In Gear
My Nissan Leaf life: Want a plug-in car? Consider your lifestyle.Buying a plug-in hybrid or electric vehicle is more than just buying a car. It's choosing a lifestyle.
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In Gear
My Nissan Leaf life: Why I bought a Nissan LeafNissan Leaf will save $1,000 a year in fuel bills. But the real reason I bought one? 9/11.
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