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CTIA 2011: Ford Gets A Network Boost From AT&T
For those of you who thought that CTIA was going to be a huge romp of cell phones and precious little else, well, I’ve got just what you’ve been looking for: car news. Really! Turns out the folks at Ford are getting in league with the crew out at AT&T [...]
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CTIA 2011: Sprint Readying App To Prevent Texting While Driving
We all know the dangers of texting while driving. Even talking while driving isn’t exactly the safest thing, and even with hands-free car kits and the like, can still be a difficult proposition. But the folks out at Sprint think they’ve got an answer in the form of a new [...]
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US Gasoline not Good Enough for Mercedes-Benz
Green technology is as much about finding more efficient ways to utilize existing technologies as it is about finding alternatives (like electric, hybrid and alternative fuels). For one, Mercedez-Benz has designed lean-burning engines, but says US fuels are not clean enough.
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Renault "Get You Home" Guarantee Promises Free Loaners For Tapped EVs, But With A Catch
Perhaps the most backhanded guarantee ever comes to us from the folks out at Renault, who have introduced their “Get You Home” guarantee, but when you look further at the guarantee, you’ll discover that it really doesn’t cover you as much as you might think.
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GE EV Experience Tour Kicks Off, Hawks WattStations Like Crazy
We haven’t had a lot of electric car news of late, so it’s good to catch word of the big event that GE’s launching on to promote its line of electric car chargers, the WattStation. They’re calling it the EV Experience Tour, and if you wanted to get a charger [...]
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Tesla Model S Prices And Availability Announced
Tesla is facing increased competition in the electric car space in North America this year as he Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt are slowly starting to show up here. Just on cue, Tesla has announced some preliminary pricing and availability information regarding the Model S – that’s their four-door sedan offering. The Model S [...]
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Chevy Volt Launches in Europe
The Chevy Volt has been one of the most-anticipated EVs due to its design and technology. The Volt got a US release late 2010 with a $42,000 price. Now, the Volt is seeing a European debut.
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Coda Automotive Means To Sell 50,000 Electric Cars By 2015
The United States hasn’t exactly been a huge market for electric vehicles. Between the “happy motoring” past which evokes images of fuel-sucking muscle cars roaring into the night or a gigantic 1953 Ford Colossus ambling down the road on a sunny Sunday at a whopping 3.1 miles per gallon, and [...]
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Play Asphalt Audi RS 3 iOS Game & Win an Audi A3
If you love driving and playing arcade games, this is probably the game for you. Gameloft, in cooperation with Audi, is giving away an actual Audi A3 as a prize for playing its latest iOS game.
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo at End of Life
Is that a collective sigh we hear from Mitsubishi fans all over the world? If it is, they’re probably sad to see the famed Mitsubishi Evo series reach its end-of-life after a 20-year run.
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