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BMW diesels qualify for federal tax credits up to $1,800

BMW's new U.S.-market clean diesels have followed similar models from Volkswagen and Mercedes Benz in qualifying for federal income tax credits. The 2009 335d and X5 xDrive35d both qualify for money back under the Advanced Lean Burn Technology Motor…

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What Tom Friedman doesn't know about hydrogen…

… could probably fill a book. A really big book. However, never let it be said that a lack of knowledge stopped Friedman from opining on a subject. Friedman's most recent column focuses mainly on research into fusion reactors which may or may not…

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Holden performance group looking to diesel and hybrids

General Motors' down under crew at Holden have been busy of late creating the Zeta platform that underpins most of the company's lineup of coming rear wheel drive cars. Holden has its own tuning division known as Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) that…

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Porsche hybrids coming soon and maybe diesels too

It looks as though Porsche is planning on leveraging their new controlling interest in Volkswagen to help them add some efficiency to their high performance vehicles. While Porsche had previously indicated that they would never put a diesel engine in…

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Corvette C6.R returning to ALMS in 2008

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Earlier this fall there was speculation that Chevrolet would withdraw the Corvette Racing team from the 2008 race season due to a lack of competition. Throughout most of the 2007 ALMS season, the two bright yellow…

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Nancy Gioia explains why Ford isn't doing an ER-EV

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So far, the market for extended range electric vehicles in North America seems to be the exclusive province of General Motors, Chrysler and Fisker with Ford sticking to the parallel hybrid route…

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Rendered speculation: Chevrolet Sky-Volt?

One of the many unfortunate casualties of General Motors' financial apocalypse is the loss of the Kappa platform, the small, rear-wheel drive architecture underpinning the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. With both of those brands being discontinued…

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Pre-production Volt caught with its plug-in

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An AutoblogGreen reader was out an about in the neighborhood this weekend and spotted an unusual car in a neighbor's driveway. Presumably the neighbor is a General Motors employee accumulating…