Chrysler Group LLC announced March 6 that it has begun the delivery of 242 new 2013 Ram 2500 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) pickup trucks to the state of Oklahoma. The state of Oklahoma’s order is the Company’s largest customer order since production of the CNG trucks began in October. Peter Grady, Vice President of Network
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Not for nothing, Tesla Motors engineered its Model S – and Roadster before it – to be so quick as to gain respect among conventional car enthusiasts and now it’s been declared the quickest production electric car in the world. As the video shows, the Model S gets the hole shot on a 2005 Dodge
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Fisker’s Karma plug-in hybrid may have advanced-tech fans wondering about its future and raison d’être, but the “father of the Chevrolet Volt” Bob Lutz has found a way to re-purpose its svelte body. Today at the North American Auto Show in Detroit, the suggestively styled series hybrid was unveiled as a re-badged iteration called the
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A study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reveals that the average fuel economy of new cars and trucks sold in 2012 increased by 6 percent, to 23.8 mpg. This finding follows similar results UMTRI citied when it said earlier this year that the United States has become nearly 20 percent more
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For the second year in a row, Consumer Reports’ annual auto survey has named the Chevrolet Volt to the top of its annual owner satisfaction survey. A key question asked of owners of 350,000 vehicles spanning the 2010-2013 model years was: “Considering all factors – price, reliability, comfort, enjoyment, etc., – would you get this
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Today at the press intro for the LA Auto Show which opens to the public tomorrow and runs to Dec. 9, green efforts were lauded for a single car – the Ford Fusion line – and an automaker – Toyota. Fusion Ford’s Fusion beat out the 2013 Dodge Dart, Mazda CX-5 Skyactiv, Toyota Prius c,
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Fisker Automotive announced yesterday a significant expansion in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA). The California-based maker of the Karma and pending Atlantic signed an exclusive agreement with the Al-Futtaim Group, one of the region’s most experienced automotive distributors, to handle sales operations in these markets. Al-Futtaim has more than 70 years of experience
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In the past, it was more common to hear of military personnel who’d served overseas and couldn’t wait to get home and spend their hard-earned money on a new car. However in many cases, said car was often something sporty and perhaps a bit frivolous. Tales abound of returning GIs from Vietnam forking out on
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Evonik Industries, an industrial corporation in Germany and one of the world’s leading specialty chemicals firms, unveiled its lightweight electric Elise-E at CAR-Symposium 2012 in Bochum, Germany. The battery-powered Elise-E tips the scales at a scant 2,094 pounds, allowing its 150-kW electric motor to propel it from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just
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Fiat-Chrysler’s CEO Sergio Marchionne says he’s still not positively disposed toward hybrids, but the company will be forced to begin producing them to meet 2025 emission mandates. “I have no other way of getting to 2025 [CAFE] numbers than by going to hybrids,” he told Automotive News of sales to the North American market. What’s
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