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Green LEAF, Shocking VOLT -- GM Doesn't Get It, Again

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Electric Car, Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf, Carbon Emissions, General Motors, Gas Prices, Chevrolet, Gas, Chevy Volt, Chevy, Nissan, Green News

The Nissan LEAF is bringing the next generation of low- and zero-emission vehicles to market. The Chevy VOLT still runs on gasoline, and goes less than half the distance of a fully charged LEAF.

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Plug-In Hybrid Prius in US in 2012, Says Toyota

Steve Parker | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Nissan, Chevrolet Volt, Ford Focus EV, Bmw, California, Tesla Motors, General Motors, Toyota Prius, Cars, Plug-in Hybrids, Bloomberg News, The Los Angeles Times, RAV4 EV, Business News

"Toyota Motor Corp. has joined the growing ranks of automakers planning to bring advanced battery-powered vehicles to consumers in the next few years."

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Why Does Competition Over Green Tech Spur Gore Baiting?

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco Motors International, Al Gore, Henrik Fisker, Ford, Nissan, Electric Car Manufacturer, O. John Collett, Department of Energy, Wall Street Journal, Green Technology, Tesla, Green News

You may have heard about the "Gore-backed" car company that got more than $500 million to make a sports car. What you may have missed: the government is backing green technology and a plan to make it popular.

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"Clunker" Program Over, but Private Versions Sprout

Steve Parker | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Mazda, Nissan, Ebay, Lee Iacocca, Amati, Southern California, Chrysler, Msrp, Monroney Sticker, Cash for Clunkers, Infiniti, Cars, Obama Administration, Ford, Ford Explorer, Business News

The CARS law is officially over, but dealers are offering their own versions of the "clunker" program.

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690,000 Vehicles Sold Under Cash For Clunkers

AP | KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The popular Cash for Clunkers program generated nearly 700,000 new car sales during the past month, giving the U.S. auto industry a...

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California Dreaming: Driving on Sunshine

Kevin George | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Obama Environment, Energy Grid, Tesla Roadster, Plug-in Cars, Solar Panels, Environmentalism, Sustainability, Electric Vehicles, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Solar Power, Climate Bill, Gas Prices, Tesla Motors, Chrysler, Toyota Sales, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Obama National Security, Ford, Volkswagen, Nissan, General Motors, National Security, Hyundai, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, California-Electricity, Us-Electricity-Grid, Battery Life, Gasoline, Clean Coal, Coal Industry, Incentives, Chevy Volt Battery, Bmw, Battery-Powered Car, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Gas Guzzlers, Green News

Bottom line, if your enthusiastic about EVs, this may be your time to plug-in and get involved. Find out for yourself why there's electricity in the air around EVs.

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Cash for Clunkers Rated an Economic Clunker

Dan Dorfman | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Auto Dealerships, Nissan, Obama Cash for Clunkers, Toyota, Hyundai, Cash for Clunkers, Voodoo Economics, Tony Sagami, Business News

Like a glass of ice water in the scorching desert, it sure sounds enticing -- Uncle Sam giving you as much as $4,500 to trade in your old gas guzzler for a new and more fuel-efficient car.

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The Leaf: Nissan Unveils New Electric Car

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 09.02.2009 | Green

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YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn drove quietly out of the Japanese automaker's soon-to-open headquarters Sunday in the first pu...

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Stimulus Money Goes To Nissan, Ford, Tesla

ecogeek.org | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Nissan, Department of Energy, Electric Cards, President Obama, Environment, Green, Detroit, Ford, Hybrid Cars, Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Tesla, Alternative Energy Supplies, Green Energy, Alternative and Renewable, Renewable Resources, Clean Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Green News

Both the big auto giants and the lightweight electric startups applied for as much of said money as possible, and the Department of Energy is moments ...

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Nissan Cubism

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 07.25.2009 | Style

Read More: Attention, Mindfulness, Auto Insurance, Safety, Nissan, Car Design, Edward De Bono, Perception, Zeigarnik Effect, Cubism, Mindlessness, Cube, Style News

No question: the Cube's asymmetry - design-wise - will evoke attention and intrigue. But will this visual pattern interruption mean more or less safety for the drivers behind the Cube?

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Ford, Nissan, Tesla Get Govt Loans To Build Fuel-Efficient Cars

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON and KEN THOMAS | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Nissan, Energy Department, Steven Chu, Fuel Efficient Cars, Fuel Efficiency, Government-Loans, Ford, Auto Industry, Tesla, Business News

DEARBORN, Mich. — Cultivating the next generation of fuel-efficient vehicles, the Obama administration said Tuesday it would lend $5.9 billion t...

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Nissan Electric Car: Mass Production Coming In 2012

AP | SHINO YUASA | Posted 09.08.2009 | Business

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YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday its electric vehicles will be affordable, setting sights on the potentially lucrative market wit...

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JD Power: Detroit Car Quality, Up Toyota Still King

AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — There's a message for Detroit's automakers in the new J.D. Power and Associates rankings: Good work. Now go back and do it again. The ...

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Reverse Outsourcing? Nissan To Make Electric Cars In U.S.

Reuters | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

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Nissan Motor Co plans to launch production of electric vehicles and their batteries in the United States to tap low-interest loans for green vehicles,...

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Build More Autos Overseas: Marginalize More U.S. Families

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

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As I toured the U.S. last week on the 11-state, 32-city "Keep it Made in America" bus tour. I talked to unemployed manufacturing workers who are desperate.

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Nissan's Carlos Ghosn: 20,000 Jobs Slashed, First Loss In 9 Years

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business

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TOKYO — Nissan announced 20,000 job cuts Monday, the deepest reduction among Japan's automakers in battling the global downturn, as it forecast ...

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Five Things Mr. Obama Must Say About Detroit -- and Fast

Steve Parker | Posted 02.18.2009 | Business

While GM and Chrysler both remain on life support (and Ford has also been talking with the government about a credit line or loan), the car and truck business around the world is not doing much better than Detroit.

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Even After $14 Billion in TARP Money, Detroit's on Life-Support

Steve Parker | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business

With economists predicting a rough 2009, 2010 and maybe even 2011, there's not much chance of '09 and '10 car sales reaching even 2008's miserable 13.1 million.

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Car sales, 2008; even worse than we thought

Steve Parker | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

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Monday brought three conference calls, each about an hour, with executives from each of the Detroit Three announcing, dissecting and, most of all, spi...

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Toyota Republicans Should Cut Their Own Pay

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

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Clearly the allegiance of the Republicans who opposed the loan to save GM and Chrysler is not with the US, which would lose 900,000 jobs if just GM closed, and more than 2.1 million if the Big Three did.

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Low Gas Prices May Doom Automakers, Sustainability Expert William McDonough Warns

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Bank of America, Auto Bailout, Model U, Renault, Us Gasoline Prices, William McDonough, Shai Agassi Car Project, Israel Electric Cars, Green Energy, Nissan, Green Cars, Gasoline Prices, Electric Cars, Oil Prices, Sustainable Architecture Innovator William McDonough, Auto Industry, Shai Agassi, Sustainability, Green News

Why solicit McDonough's opinion? Because this architect and author, and one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Planet, is no stranger to Detroit or the greening of industrial processes.

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"Transplant" Automakers Get Over $3.6 Billion in Subsidies; More Unions, Ralph Nader Comment

Steve Parker | Posted 01.13.2009 | Business

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This post has the latest news on the billions in subsidies which off-shore transplant carmakers have received from state and local governments.

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Republicans Kill any Help for Detroit

Steve Parker | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

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Late last night, Senate Republicans derailed a bill, passed the day before by the House, to loan $15 billion to the Detroit Three, with 10 Republicans joining 40 Democrats and two Independents in favor.

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Los Angeles Auto Show -- Clean Diesels Clean Up

Steve Parker | Posted 12.28.2008 | Business

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At this year's Los Angeles Auto Show, the 205-mile per hour, $100,000, 2009 Corvette ZR1 is relegated to the very rear of the Chevrolet exhibit, like the "adults only" section in video stores.

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Nissan May Appear At Chicago Auto Show After All

Chicago Tribune | Kathy Bergen | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Nissan, Cars, Chicago Automobile Trade Association, Nissan Chicago Auto Show, Chicago Auto Show, Auto Industry, Nissan North America Inc., Chicago News

Nissan may have a presence at the Chicago Auto Show after all. Nissan North America Inc.'s announcement Monday that it would pull out of the auto sho...

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