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High Gear Media Staff,
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 introduction...
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High Gear Media Staff,
Power to the people. Hydrogen power, that is. Starting in January, General Motors will begin to deliver the first of 100 road-ready fuel cell vehicles, to motorists in California, New York and Washington, D.C....
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High Gear Media Staff,
Honda plans to lease a fuel-cell-powered vehicle directly to consumers inSouthern California for around $600 per month, beginning in the summer of 2008. The leasing of the FCX Clarity will test both Honda’s...
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High Gear Media Staff,
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...
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High Gear Media Staff,
Pressing the red “Start” button, the Mazda RX-8 fires up, the pint-sized rotary engine under its hood buzzing as I modulate the throttle, shift into gear and launch down the test track at Mazda’sHiroshima...
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High Gear Media Staff,
The driver squeezes down on the accelerator pedal, and the little roadster responds like a racehorse at the starting gate, launching aggressively down the pavement. Twenty, forty, sixty, we’ve gone extra-legal in...
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High Gear Media Staff,
Environmentalists are putting pressure onToyota to switch sides in the ongoing debate over fuel economy. As a member of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Toyota, which has artfully used the hybrid Prius to...
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High Gear Media Staff,
Volkswagen AG is considering building diesel engines somewhere in North America as part of its effort to expand sales in theUnited States, Volkswagen of America’s new chief executive said as the company rolled...