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Tesla Taxi, MINI E In Delaware, Carbon-Capturing Cars: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla Model S taxis (in Norway), the possibilities of carbon-capture technology for cars, and how to lease a 2009 MINI E in 2014. The Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid will go rallying in.' All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Mini E to return, Mercedes electric SUV driven, diesel NOx emissions bad, Karma redux: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, two cars with plugs return—one luxury plug-in hybrid, and one all-electric minicar in a couple of years—plus grim news about diesel emissions, an ambitious electric motorcycle ride, a phone app for British electric-car drivers, and a scary IIHS video. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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News from Detroit

Plugs and Cars

BMW has recognized that they simply teed up GM and Nissan to benefit from the MINI E experience. Today they announced officially that MINI E "pioneers" will be able to extend their leases until 2011. Will MINI E drivers be so loyal to BMW they'll forgo the opportunity to actually purchase a plug-in car?

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Mini E road test

Green Cars News

So what better to persuade the driving public that a car that you plug in can actually be fun to drive than an electric Mini, one of the most popular cars on the road today. Mini E consumer car reviews Mini E lease prices Mini E new and nearly new. Read the full Mini E road test.

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What is in the pipeline for plug-ins?

Green Cars News

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are on their way with new innovations seemingly announced all the time. Plug In America has created a new website dedicated to keeping track of plug-ins, whether they are hybrids or pure electric vehicles. Some of the vehicles listed are questionable.

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How Ford got back in the EV game

Plugs and Cars

The #2 US automaker has made a few plug-in hybrid Escape Hybrids that have been in a test fleet at Southern California Edison for about 18 months. The surprise appearance at the Detroit Auto Show last month of an electric Focus may be evidence of a new day (again) at Ford. nk City that were its ZEV mandate cars in the '90s.

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BMW MINI electric car gets boost from AC Propulsion in San Dimas

Revenge of the Electric Car

The web was buzzing last week with stories about BMW’s MINI E. To recap, BMW will be leasing 500 MINI Es from dealers in New York, New Jersey and Southern California starting some time early in 2009. Those of us familiar with powerful EVs were curious where the drive train for the MINI E originated.

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