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Tesla Model 3 Performance rating, Formula E season end, and solar investments tumble: Today's Car News
The EPA rates the Tesla Model 3 Performance variant. Formula E closes out the final season featuring a two-car strategy. Solar investments tumble …
Tesla Model 3Solar investment falls in midst of erupting trade war, report
Electric cars and solar power fit together like a hand in a glove. Charging with solar power, electric cars can drive using almost no non-renewable …
Renewable EnergyTesla Model 3 Performance gets EPA rating, Supercharging referrals extended
A new picture by an early buyer of a Tesla Model 3 Performance shows the car's EPA rating of 116 MPGe.<p>That's down 14 MPGe, or almost 11 percent from …
Tesla Model 3New York race closes out Formula E season and multi-car strategy (Updated)
Watching electric cars race is different than watching a race with conventional race cars.<p>Most notably, the sound of squealing tires stands out as …
newyorkTesla sales, rebates ending, oil studies, and dirty tricks: The Week in Reverse
<i>Which brand's electric cars won't get a tax credit after next year?</i><p><i>Which electric car is in extremely short supply?</i><p><i>This is our look back at the Week</i> …
Electric VehiclesTesla electric-car tax credits, Pininfarina electric-car brand, and best deals on green cars: Today's Car News
Tesla is the first automaker to reach the 200,000-car limit for federal electric-car tax credits. Pininfarina plans for a new line of exotic electric …
electricvehiclesAs used electric-car batteries set to flood market, Automakers ramp up reuse efforts
With the growth of electric cars has come a flood of used batteries that is set to skyrocket in the next five years, according to a <i>Bloomberg</i></i> …
Electric VehiclesBest deals on electric, hybrid, and fuel-efficient cars for July 2018
As supplies of some older 100-mile range electric cars wind down, automakers are beginning to offer the best deals on more-capable recent …
electricvehiclesStoried Pininfarina to launch new line of exotic electric cars
Exotic cars have always gotten attention for using innovation as well as performance to inspire buyers' passion.<p>That hasn't changed, but one thing …
Carbon FiberTesla sells 200,000th car, starting phaseout of federal tax credits
Tesla's vehicle purchase incentives web page on Thursday morning reported that the wind-down of incentives for buyers of its cars has begun. The …
Electric VehiclesElectric car rebates end in Ontario, Canada
Following the election of Conservative Doug Ford as premier July 7, Ontario, Canada, has canceled the province's generous tax incentives for electric …
Cap and TradeVW eGolf supply, rising oil prices in 2020, and an electric double-decker bus: Today's Car News
The Volkswagen eGolf is in extremely short supply. Analysts forecast oil prices may double by 2020. Los Angeles introduces the first electric …
Los AngelesVW eGolf in very short supply as company prepares for ID Crozz electric car
As VW gears up to begin selling its new ID line of electric cars, supplies of its existing electric car, the e-Golf have dropped to just 10 cars …
Electric VehiclesOil prices could double by 2020, boosting electric car sales
Despite short term peaks and valleys, and a recent agreement by OPEC to ease production restrictions, the overall trend in oil prices is on the …
OilLA gets first double-decker electric city bus
When thinking of Los Angeles, clean air and double-decker buses aren't the first things that come to mind.<p>Yet the city of angels will put the first …
Alternative FuelBMW iX3 production, Fisker solid-state batteries, and Tesla self-driving price bump: Today's Car News
BMW will build the iX3 electric car in China. Fisker claims it has a three-year head start on solid-state batteries. Tesla increases the price of a …
TeslaTesla raises price of full self-driving option–if you wait for it to work before buying
Tesla has increased the price of a feature that doesn't yet exist—at least for customers who haven't bought it yet.<p>That's according to Tesla's online …
TeslaOil interests lobby against carbon tax before it even gets proposed
Those who make big money off oil interests are wasting no time nipping a new carbon tax in the bud.<p>Before such a proposal ever reaches Congress, a …
ClimateHenrik Fisker is latest to claim solid-state battery breakthrough
In the race to build solid state batteries for electric cars, almost nobody is counting on Henrik Fisker and his latest electric-car venture, the …
Electric VehiclesBMW iX3 to be built in China, exported worldwide
BMW has announced it will build its next electric car, the iX3 SUV, in China just as a trade war heats up between the U.S. and China involving …
Donald TrumpTesla's Chinese factory, EPA OKs glider trucks, and new material for electric-car batteries: Today's Car News
Tesla inks a deal to build a new factory in Shanghai. The EPA has given the OK to dirtier glider trucks. A new material could make for better …
Electric VehiclesTesla inks deal to build second factory in Shanghai
A day after it announced price hikes for the Model S and Model X in China, in response to new tariffs on imported electric cars in the country, Tesla …
TeslaIron trifluoride could make better electric-car batteries
Researchers at the University of Maryland, in conjunction with Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new battery cathode material that they …
Clean EnergyPruitt leaves poison pill at EPA for glider-truck emissions rule
In his last act as EPA Administrator on Friday, Scott Pruitt vacated an Obama-era ruling that dramatically restricted sales of polluting "glider" …
GlidersHow many electric miles are enough for a plug-in hybrid? Take our Twitter Poll
Plug-in hybrids come in a variety of specs and sizes, from economy cars to mid-size sedans to luxury SUVs costing $100,000 or more.<p>Automakers also …
Electric VehiclesTesla dominated electric-car sales in Canada in June
Electric cars accounted for nearly 3 percent of all passenger vehicles sold in Canada in June, thanks to a surge of Tesla Model 3 deliveries.<p>With the …
Electric VehiclesMore Chevy Bolt EV production, Tesla price hike in China, more chargers in Britain: Today's Car News
Britain will require all cars to plug in and new homes to have chargers by 2040. Chevrolet boosts Bolt EV production to ease long waiting lists. …
electricvehiclesTesla hikes prices in China in first response to trade war
In a move largely seen as the first response to a trade war that has broken out between China and the United States, Tesla has hiked prices of its …
TeslaUK launches Road to Zero electric car initiatives
British Transport Minister Chris Grayling on Monday introduced a comprehensive package of laws aimed at speeding the adoption of electric cars in the …
Alternative FuelGM increases Chevy Bolt EV production to ease supply constraints
Amid shortages of Chevy Bolt EVs at dealerships across the U.S. and Canada, Chevy has announced it will increase production by 20 percent.<p>So far this …
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