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UK tax revenues threatened by green cars
A new study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests that green cars may severely reduce the amount of future tax revenue collected from fuel duty and VED. Even though traffic is predicted to grow over the coming decades, the IFS report notes that the £38 billion annual revenue from VED and fuel duty has already began to diminish as more motorists choose lower emission petro…
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Rental companies snap up SUVs
SUV sales to rental fleets soar 109 per cent as off-roaders flood into Australia
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Fisker Karma Involved in Suburban Texas House Fire
By Jeff Cobb Initial reports have been uncertain, more needs to be determined, but the chief fire investigator in Fort Bend Texas has let fly the statement that a Fisker Karma was the source of a house fire there. “Yes, the Karma was the origin of the fire,” said Chief Robert Baker to Autoweek about the incident that took place last week, “but what exactly caused that we don’t know at this time.” read more
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Auction Day: Putting All The Holy In Toledo
300,000 miles. Precious few vehicles get up to this point of longevity without some serious issues. This afternoon over 90 vehicles were auctioned off in front of over 90 dealers.
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Hyundai Joins Growing Pack With Standard Brake-Override Systems
Hyundai on Wednesday joined a growing list of automakers that are providing their vehicles with a standard brake-override system, which stops the vehicle in the event of unintended acceleration.
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Boston ‘Green’ Parking Policy has SUV Owners Seeing Red
By Huw Evans In Boston, a group named Dinosaur Capital Partners is planning to develop a “green” parking lot on the site of an old Mobile gas station.
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Chevy Volt sales drop to 1,462 in April, Nissan Leaf sales fall to 370 *UPDATE
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , Nissan For anyone playing close attention to the month-to-month sales results from the two leading plug-in vehicles in the U.S., the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf , April had some depressing news.
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Infiniti Australia announces east coast dealers
Large local dealership groups selected to represent Infiniti in Australia
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Waiting for the Electric Car Tipping Point
April 2012 electric vehicle sales numbers are in, and frankly, they are disappointing. Shouldn’t numbers be climbing every month by now?
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Forza 4 TopGear Car Pack Available May 1
Turn 10 Studios is set to release new downloadable content on May 1 that will add 10 new cars to the Forza Motorsport 4 stable.
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J.D. Power: 20% of vehicle owners want self-driving cars, do you? (w/ Poll)
During its 2012 U.S. Automotive Emerging Technologies Study, J.D. Power and Associates found that vehicle owners have come to expect a certain level of safety features and are now turning their attention more to infotainment technologies in their vehicle.
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Self-driving Vauxhalls by 2015 – Self-driving Vauxhalls by 2015
GM confirms it’s working on autonomous vehicles