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FILE - In this April 25, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa. The president is heading to the political battleground state of Iowa this week to prod Congress to act on his agenda. The president will visit TPI Composites, a wind manufacturer in Newton, on Thursday to highlight his push for tax credits to encourage investments in clean energy technologies. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama to push clean energy technologies in Iowa

Anxious to show voters he's working to create jobs, President Barack Obama is putting tax credits to boost clean energy in the spotlight this week as he heads to the political battleground state of Iowa. The president will visit TPI Composites, a wind manufacturer in Newton, on Thursday to highlight ...

  • Updated: 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012
FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 file photo an electric car is seen during a demonstration of the California-based company Better Place in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has developed the world's first nationwide electric car network. After more than $400 million in outlays and more than a year behind schedule, dozens of electric cars have hit the road in Israel, the test site Agassi chose for his Better Place venture. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Electric car network gets first test in Israel

Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has begun rolling out the world's first nationwide electric car network. Now, will the drivers come? After more than $400 million in outlays and months behind schedule, dozens of electric cars have hit the road in Israel, the test site Agassi chose for his Better Place ...

  • Updated: 8:37 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012

Honda wins appeal of small-claims hybrid judgment

A judge overturned a nearly $10,000 small claims judgment against American Honda Motor Co. that was won by a car owner who said the automaker misrepresented that her hybrid Civic could get 50 miles per gallon, according to a ruling released Wednesday. Superior Court Judge Dudley W. Gray II ruled ...

  • Updated: 6:41 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, 2012
FILE - This Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 file photo shows the grill of a 2012 Chrysler 200 in a showroom in South Burlington, Vt. Toyota and Chrysler saw big U.S. sales gains in April, but they came at the expense of General Motors and Ford. Automakers reported their sales Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Chrysler posted a 20-percent rise in sales. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Stronger Toyota helps boost US auto sales in April

Toyota is back. It's putting a year of earthquake-related shortages behind it and grabbing sales from stumbling General Motors and Ford. Toyota's sales rose 12 percent in April, and its share of the market returned to levels it hasn't seen since before the March 2011 earthquake in Japan. Its sales ...

  • Updated: 6:32 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, 2012
A woman demonstrates BYD's new charging and discharging technology on a BYD e6 electric car during the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, China, Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

China's dream of electric car leadership elusive

China's leaders are finding it's a lot tougher to create a world-beating electric car industry than they hoped. In 2009, they announced bold plans to cash in on demand for clean vehicles by making China a global power in electric car manufacturing. They pledged billions of dollars for research and ...

  • Updated: 11:10 a.m. Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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