Tag Archives: 2012

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Recall: Buick LaCrosse and Regal, Chevrolet Malibu eAssist

General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2012 and 2013 Buick LaCrosse and Regal, and model year 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco vehicles equipped with eAssist. These vehicles may have…

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Recall: 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV

Mitsubishi Motors North America is recalling certain model year 2012 i-MiEV electric vehicles manufactured December 2, 2011, through September 7, 2012. The brake system vacuum pump may fail, causing the…

Test drive: Mitsubishi i-MiEV

Mitsubishi’s i-MiEV electric car is the brave entry into a fiercely new and risky marketplace where it walks the plank with a precious few. Competing with the Ford Focus Electric,…

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Tesla Model S wins Automobile Of The Year award

Kudos falls on Tesla this month as their Model S electric sedan was chosen as winner of AUTOMOBILE Magazine’s most prestigious award, “Automobile of the Year”. The Model S was…

SEMA Show 2012: Toyota Avalon HV Edition

The Specialty Equipment Manufacturer’s Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas typically showcases high performance go-fast parts, accessories and cars each year. It’s not common to see a hybrid car among…

Nissan Leaf Limousine debuts in Nashville

You have never seen anything like it. Inside it’s a limo and outside it’s a stretched Nissan LEAF. “This is the world’s first road-worthy, licensed, street legal electric limousine, and…

Test Drive: 2012 Infiniti M35h Hybrid

The Infiniti brand’s parent company Nissan’s first foray into hybrid cars was the Altima Hybrid, a car that used Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive’s technology under license. Since then the company…

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Tesla delivers Model S to first buyers on June 22nd

Tesla Motors will begin delivering their new Model S electric luxury sedan to the first customers on June 22nd. The first new model completely developed, engineered and built by Tesla,…

Toyota hybrid sales pass 4,000,000 mark

Who knew when the first little dowdy if not geeky Toyota Prius Hybrid arrived on our shores in 2000, that they would not only become a common sight on our…

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Ford, Microsoft tout user tech in Ford Focus Electric

This month, the first Ford Focus Electric cars are now arriving at dealerships. As this occurs, Ford and Microsoft are taking the opportunity to tout the model’s connectivity and recharging…