en Latest news, reviews, and more from around the The Car Connection https://static.thecarconnection.com/website/tcc-logo-rectangle.png https://www.thecarconnection.com Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:15:00 -0400 The Car Connection https://www.thecarconnection.com Is your lease almost over? It’s a situation that should be exciting—because you can essentially lease your current car at this point with no penalty, nothing lost—but to some people the situation also breeds apprehension. While some people lease purely on convenience, most people understand that they might or might not be...]]> Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:15:00 -0400 https://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-article/1002376_tcc-tip-end-of-your-lease https://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-article/1002376_tcc-tip-end-of-your-lease news@thecarconnection.com (Bengt Halvorson) https://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-article/1002376_tcc-tip-end-of-your-lease#comments Bengt Halvorson Is your lease almost over? It’s a situation that should be exciting—because you can essentially lease your current car at this point with no penalty, nothing lost—but to some people the situation also breeds apprehension. While some people lease purely on convenience, most people understand that they might or might not be...]]> Let's face it. EVs are still a very small, very niche market. Expensive, short on supply and not even universally supported throughout the USA there are a whole series of achievements EVs will need to attain before they are considered regular cars. Here's the five most important things EVs will need to turn the regular consumer from in-the-dark to...]]> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:17:00 -0400 https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1046521_five-things-evs-will-need-to-do-before-they-become-mainstream https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1046521_five-things-evs-will-need-to-do-before-they-become-mainstream news@greencarreports.com (Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield) https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1046521_five-things-evs-will-need-to-do-before-they-become-mainstream#comments Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Let's face it. EVs are still a very small, very niche market. Expensive, short on supply and not even universally supported throughout the USA there are a whole series of achievements EVs will need to attain before they are considered regular cars. Here's the five most important things EVs will need to turn the regular consumer from in-the-dark to...]]> 9 If you're lucky you may already be on a waiting list for the 2011 Nissan Leaf. Or perhaps you've decided to get the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. If your next car is electric it could easily immunize you from fluctuating gas prices and ensure low running costs. But what will that shiny new electric car be worth in five years' time? If the Telegraph's Mike...]]> Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:22:00 -0400 https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1046171_what-will-the-true-residual-value-of-a-used-ev-be-toyota-may-provide-the-answer https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1046171_what-will-the-true-residual-value-of-a-used-ev-be-toyota-may-provide-the-answer news@greencarreports.com (Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield) https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1046171_what-will-the-true-residual-value-of-a-used-ev-be-toyota-may-provide-the-answer#comments Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield If you're lucky you may already be on a waiting list for the 2011 Nissan Leaf. Or perhaps you've decided to get the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. If your next car is electric it could easily immunize you from fluctuating gas prices and ensure low running costs. But what will that shiny new electric car be worth in five years' time? If the Telegraph's Mike...]]> 16 You'd be forgiven for thinking Hawaii is the center of the electric vehicle universe. Wednesday, Nissan announced it would be one of the first markets for the 2011 Leaf electric vehicle. Then yesterday South Korean manufacturer CT&T signed a deal with the state's governor, Linda Lingle, to build a plant in Hawaii to manufacture low-speed...]]> Fri, 07 May 2010 08:48:00 -0400 https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1044899_hawaii-island-paradise-for-electric-vehicles-as-well-as-people https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1044899_hawaii-island-paradise-for-electric-vehicles-as-well-as-people news@greencarreports.com (Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield) https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1044899_hawaii-island-paradise-for-electric-vehicles-as-well-as-people#comments Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield You'd be forgiven for thinking Hawaii is the center of the electric vehicle universe. Wednesday, Nissan announced it would be one of the first markets for the 2011 Leaf electric vehicle. Then yesterday South Korean manufacturer CT&T signed a deal with the state's governor, Linda Lingle, to build a plant in Hawaii to manufacture low-speed...]]> 1 If you pay attention to the so-called mainstream media, you could be forgiven for thinking that electric vehicles are alien technology, rather than cars with plugs. Though happy to cover natural disasters; governmental coups, and the latest celebrity gossip, pretty much any reporter seems unprepared to cover something as benign as the launch of...]]> Wed, 05 May 2010 07:55:00 -0400 https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1044824_covering-electric-cars-is-it-really-that-hard-for-the-media https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1044824_covering-electric-cars-is-it-really-that-hard-for-the-media news@greencarreports.com (Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield) https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1044824_covering-electric-cars-is-it-really-that-hard-for-the-media#comments Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield If you pay attention to the so-called mainstream media, you could be forgiven for thinking that electric vehicles are alien technology, rather than cars with plugs. Though happy to cover natural disasters; governmental coups, and the latest celebrity gossip, pretty much any reporter seems unprepared to cover something as benign as the launch of...]]> 2 Toyota Motor Sales announced yesterday that its U.S. sales of new cars were up 24.4 percent over the previous April, during the worst of the economic meltdown. Despite recent months--during which a lawsuits have rained down on Toyota for unintended acceleration and brake related safety concerns relating to the 2010 Prius and other models--the...]]> Tue, 04 May 2010 08:22:00 -0400 https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1044779_2010-toyota-prius-sales-up-50-percent-over-last-april https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1044779_2010-toyota-prius-sales-up-50-percent-over-last-april news@greencarreports.com (Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield) https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1044779_2010-toyota-prius-sales-up-50-percent-over-last-april#comments Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Toyota Motor Sales announced yesterday that its U.S. sales of new cars were up 24.4 percent over the previous April, during the worst of the economic meltdown. Despite recent months--during which a lawsuits have rained down on Toyota for unintended acceleration and brake related safety concerns relating to the 2010 Prius and other models--the...]]> 1 Nissan has upped the ante on its bid to become the world's leading electric-car maker, by announcing a third global factory for production of their 2011 Leaf electric car. The small northern U.K. city of Sunderland will become the third site across three continents to be tooled up to build the Leaf, alongside the lithium-ion cells for the battery...]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:39:00 -0400 https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1043596_nissan-ups-ante-with-u-k-factory-for-2011-leaf-electric-car https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1043596_nissan-ups-ante-with-u-k-factory-for-2011-leaf-electric-car news@greencarreports.com (Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield) https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1043596_nissan-ups-ante-with-u-k-factory-for-2011-leaf-electric-car#comments Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Nissan has upped the ante on its bid to become the world's leading electric-car maker, by announcing a third global factory for production of their 2011 Leaf electric car. The small northern U.K. city of Sunderland will become the third site across three continents to be tooled up to build the Leaf, alongside the lithium-ion cells for the battery...]]> For Maserati/Ferrari aficionados, the Wynn exhibit in Vegas is a must--plus; it's a great way to stay out of trouble in gambling Las Vegas were gambling seems to be the most anyone can do.... The price to get in is $10.00, but it's well worth it considering the people you meet. People like you who love cars and don't mind getting a good talk on...]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:48:02 -0400 https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1033957_the-las-vegas-wynn-hotels-ferrari-maserati-exhibit https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1033957_the-las-vegas-wynn-hotels-ferrari-maserati-exhibit news@motorauthority.com (John Sarkis) https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1033957_the-las-vegas-wynn-hotels-ferrari-maserati-exhibit#comments John Sarkis For Maserati/Ferrari aficionados, the Wynn exhibit in Vegas is a must--plus; it's a great way to stay out of trouble in gambling Las Vegas were gambling seems to be the most anyone can do.... The price to get in is $10.00, but it's well worth it considering the people you meet. People like you who love cars and don't mind getting a good talk on...]]> It's not every day that an automotive first is achieved - the industry is over a century old, after all. So that makes Acura's first-ever sweep of top marks in IIHS and NHTSA safety ratings impressive as a first as well as for the safety of its vehicles. The final vehicle to get the top scores was the new 2009 Acura TL (pictured above). With that...]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:28:37 -0400 https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1032766_acura-first-carmaker-ever-to-get-top-iihs-and-nhtsa-ratings-for-entire-lineup https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1032766_acura-first-carmaker-ever-to-get-top-iihs-and-nhtsa-ratings-for-entire-lineup news@motorauthority.com (Kenneth Hall) https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1032766_acura-first-carmaker-ever-to-get-top-iihs-and-nhtsa-ratings-for-entire-lineup#comments Kenneth Hall It's not every day that an automotive first is achieved - the industry is over a century old, after all. So that makes Acura's first-ever sweep of top marks in IIHS and NHTSA safety ratings impressive as a first as well as for the safety of its vehicles. The final vehicle to get the top scores was the new 2009 Acura TL (pictured above). With that...]]> 2