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Electric cars have been in the news a lot as of late; a lot of the news is coming from the much-anticipated announcement of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt entry-level price. We have also heard about the Volt battery warranty and the industry reviews of the 2011 Nissan Leaf. Late today, we started hearing about he Mitsubishi electric mini car—the i-MiEV...
With the 2011 Nissan Leaf and 2011 Chevrolet Volt arriving this fall—if you're so lucky to be one of the top names on the list—the electric vehicle buzz is about migrate from social media platforms and signup lists to real dealership showrooms. Barring the exclusive (and somewhat impractical Tesla Roadster), there simply aren't any fully legal EVs...
The 2011 Nissan Leaf is in the final stages of development before it rolls into showrooms late this year. Today, High Gear Media took the Leaf for a first drive around San Jose, California, before the Plug-In 2010 Conference and before a very big announcement from Nissan on future Leaf sales. We're working on a few items for you, including an...
If you're one of the 50 million Americans reached by Ford's marketing today, you'll know by now that the company launched a new 2011 Explorer sport utility. High Gear has covered the 2011 Ford Explorer from pretty much every angle, including our post earlier today on some fuel-saving tricks it picked up from its hybrid siblings, the Ford Fusion...
What is an acceptable warranty for an electric car? Three years? Four years? Ten Years? And should customers be able to choose what that warranty level is? That is the question Nissan was asking last week when it sent out a questionnaire to the 16,100 people who have paid out $99 to reserve a 2011 Nissan Leaf. As part of the extensive...
Ford has spent all summer building buzz for the 2011 Explorer, using Facebook, teaser shots, and other means to generate interest. Well, today's the day in which we in the automotive media can finally share the details with the rest of the world. The Explorer is scheduled to be revealed live in several cities across the country--with the the...
In its present form the 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 cranks out 412 horsepower which is more than sufficient horsepower for daily driving and trips to the drag strip but people always want more. Enter Fastlane, a company who can transform your stock vehicle from plain old boring to wild and crazy with the addition of one of their custom turbo systems. ...
Remember R-12 refrigerant, better known as "Freon?" Remember how, about 20 years ago, the auto industry begin switching to R-134A refrigerant, because it was less harmful to the environment, unlike R-12, which contained chloroflourocarbons (CFCs), which contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming. Well, R-134A isn't harmless, either...
Three weeks ago, Chevrolet unveiled two new launch markets for its 2011 Volt electric car and described some of the things dealers would need to do in order to be granted the privilege of selling GM's most advanced and most eagerly awaited car in decades. Now it appears that pretty much every Chevy dealer plans to do whatever it takes. General...
Unless you've been living in a remote shack in the remote wilderness of Northern Alaska you'll be familiar with the television adverts we all suffered in the 80s which started with the immortal line "Four out of five dentists..." What followed was normally an advertisement for some form of dental product, from the latest toothbrush and toothpaste...
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