Clean, green vehicles are coming to Baltimore. The 5th International Environmentally Friendly Vehicle Conference is being held Monday through Wednesday at Baltimore’s convention center. Organizers say this year marks the first time the conference is being held in the United ...

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SAN DIEGO — A judge tentatively approved a settlement to give owners of Honda Civic hybrids up to $200 cash over claims that the cars’ fuel economy was inflated, casting aside arguments that a motorist’s victory in small claims court ...

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LOS ANGELES — A Southern California woman took Honda to small-claims court and won in a big way. Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Douglas Carnahan ruled Wednesday that the automaker misled Heather Peters about the potential fuel economy of her ...

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DEARBORN, Mich. — A chance meeting in an airport lobby between the top executives of Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. has evolved into a deal between the auto giants to jointly develop a gas-electric hybrid engine for pickup ...

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to announce new fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks for the model years 2017 through 2025 at an event Friday in Washington. The administration has been in negotiations with automakers on boosting ...

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