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Chicago Car Show Celebrates Small, Mini and Micro Cars

Hollywood icon Cary Grant and a vintage BMW Isetta microcar

Small cars are back in style, thanks to gas prices that peaked at $4 per gallon last year, and the additional power, style and comfort manufacturers have been able to pack into new models like the Ford Fiesta and Audi A3 TDI clean diesel, named [...]

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Chevy Volt Buyers Can Get Free Charging Units

Chevrolet Volt buyers eligible for free home charging stations

The long-awaited Chevrolet Volt goes on sale Fall  2010.  A real problem for owners of electric cars and plug-in hybrids is that recharging stations are still limited.  General Motors and its partners will reduce what’s called range anxiety by making 15,000 charging stations available to Chevy [...]

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April Car Sales Climb 20%, Indicating the Economy is Stronger

2010 Audi A3 TDI

Car sales are a great indicator of the state of the economy.  when car sales are down, so is the economy.  In April 2010, car sales were up 20% over April 2009.  That’s a good sign that the economy is turning around.

Of course, some brands did better than others. 

2010 Nissan [...]

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Mad Men's Jon Hamm is New Voice of Mercedes-Benz

Mad Men Star Jon Hamm is New Voice of Mercedes-Benz

 The new voice of Mercedes-Benz is Jon Hamm, the Golden Globe winning star of the hit series Mad Men.  Hamm made his debut — or at least his voice — on the Academy Award Oscars  show, in a commercial featuring the new Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid [...]

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Audi Super Bowl Ads Focus on Green

2010 Audi A3 TDI

Who says Germans don’t have a sense of humor?  Audi ads on the XLIV Super Bowl are a funny serious look at saving fuel and saving our natural resources.  Green police go after the bag guys — the ones who use styrofoam cups and paper plates, and the ones who do [...]

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Solar Power Recharges Electric Car

MINI-E Electric Car

Talk about sustainable energy — recharge your electric car with solar power.  There are a handful of solar-powered charging stations around the world where drivers can juice up their EV vehicles, and one of them has just opened in New York City.

Solar power to recharge EV cars could be a game-changer, and especially this [...]

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