Back in June, Mitsubishi unveiled the production version of its i-MiEV battery electric vehicle. The curious-looking five-door hatch went on sale in Japan six weeks later at a retail cost of ¥3 million ($33,800). It runs off a 16 kWh lithium ion battery, which powers an electric motor for about 100 miles per charge. At the time of the unveiling...
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2010 Fisker Karma Preview
There was quite a buzz around the Fisker Automotive stand as company CEO Henrik Fisker delivered a short address to the media and introduced the Karma. To much of the mainstream press, it was a first ...
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NMA Names Worst Speed Traps
To help make our turkey-day journeys a little less eventful — and, perhaps, a lot less expensive — our friends at the National Motorists Association (NMA) have put together a list of the "worst speed trap ...
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Safety Agency Names Safest of '08
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Virginia-based organization which represents the interests of the insurance industry and runs its own crash-test program independent of the federal government, ...
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Fisker Previews Plug-In Luxosedan
Fisker Automotive, the latest Palo Alto, California-based venture from Henrik Fisker, the Danish founder of Fisker Coachbuild, that has dubbed itself the ‘green American premium car company,’ has released a ...
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Chrysler’s Press Talks Change
In a closing evening at Chrysler's dealer sales meeting, Vice Chairman and President Jim Press introduced funnyman Jay Leno with an ease and showmanship that by some accounts was rare to see during Press's ...
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OnStar to Slow Thieves
General Motors and OnStar today unveiled and demonstrated a technology that could save hundreds of lives a year in high-speed police chases. What’s more, it will likely lower your insurance premiums and even ...
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Ford Focuses Away from Hatches
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Denso: CO2? Guilty As Charged
In these days when any talk about global warming can be taken as politically loaded, it's very unusual to hear anyone in the automotive industry talking about it as openly as Koichi Fukaya, the president and ...

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