Tesla Tesla drops base Model S and X, again, in latest model line shakeupgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Another cut in federal tax credits, another shakeup in Tesla's model lineup. Tesla has cut its prices to split the difference in cost to buyers after …
Solar Panels Would solar cells add value to your EV? Take our Twitter pollgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Several companies have recently proposed placing solar panels on top of electric cars to give them extra range. First, there was German startup Sono …
Tesla Model 3 Tesla to release new self-driving chip to older cars late this year, Musk saysgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts In April at its "Autonomy Day" presentation for investors, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company was developing a new dedicated self-driving …
Formula E Formula E completes season with longer range cars, repeat winnergreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Formula E's New York City E-Prix wrapped up on Sunday with a repeat champion, dramatic racing, and actual production cars taking to the track. While …
Rivian With portable EV fast chargers, could backup juice be as easy as pizza delivery?greencarreports.com - Bengt Halvorson Cross the ubiquity of ordering a pizza with the form factor (and weight) of a backup “jerry can” of fuel and you’re close to what it seems the …
Volkswagen VW holds battery suppliers tight amid anticipated shortagesgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Volkswagen is taking new measures to hold its battery suppliers close, as battery suppliers are reportedly still skeptical of whether consumers will …
Mini Cooper Union hack: British company offers electric classic Mini conversiongreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts The Mini Cooper SE revealed last week and the planned electric Mini Rocketman city car represent a new push from the official owner of the Mini …
Electric Vehicles Best deals on plug-in, hybrid, and electric cars for July 2019greencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts As tax credits on electric cars wind down, great deals are getting harder to find. Still, our partners at CarsDirect found some deals as low as $199 a …
Volkswagen Ford will use VW platform to build an electric car for Europegreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Ford and Volkswagen announced jointly on Friday that VW will share its MEB affordable electric car architecture with Ford, while VW will join Ford's …
Tesla opens access to CHAdeMO chargers for Model 3 driversgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Tesla has been widely known for having the most convenient fast charging networks in the world of electric cars. It's been so successful that some …
China Electric Mini Rocketman to take to Chinese city streetsgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts In case the new electric Mini Cooper SE isn't small enough for some buyers, Mini plans to build an even smaller electric car in China, based on its …
Volkswagen Volkswagen tests AI-informed design process to cut weight—and flaunt itgreencarreports.com - Bengt Halvorson Electric vehicle makers face a weight dilemma. Shoppers want more range, and each extra kilowatt-hour of lithium-ion battery-pack capacity adds as …
Tesla Model S No updates for Tesla Model S, Model X, says Muskgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts The Tesla Model S and Model X might never get the floating, center-mounted, horizontal instrument cluster from the newer Model 3, as had been widely …
2020 Mini Cooper SE urban electric car revives Mini E formulagreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts The fully electric 2020 Mini Cooper SE will bring back everything early Mini pioneers loved about the company's first electric effort, the 2009 Mini …
United States How much would 100 percent renewable energy really cost?greencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Democratic presidential candidates talked hardly at all in the debates late last month about the Green New Deal, a proposal in Congress, to, among …
Tesla Model S Connecticut Supreme Court to hear dealers' appeal over Tesla storegreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts The Connecticut Supreme Court is scheduled to take up the case of whether Tesla should have been allowed to operate stores in the state. It's a case …
Chrysler Plugging in Pacifica Hybrid: City drive review of its 32-mile electric rangegreencarreports.com - Bengt Halvorson Plug-in hybrids like the 2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid are pitched as great solutions for families who can’t quite make the leap to a fully electric …
Lucid Motors Lucid Motors hires away Tesla manufacturing chiefgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Lucid Motors announced on Monday that it has hired Tesla's vice president of manufacturing, Peter Hochholdinger, to head up its own manufacturing …
Tesla Model 3 Tesla delivers a record number of cars for Q2greencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Tesla posted record deliveries and production in the second quarter of 2019, according to totals that the company released Tuesday afternoon. It was a …
Volkswagen Electric Volkswagen Type 20 Microbus concept ties the past to the futuregreencarreports.com - Bengt Halvorson Given the enthusiastic reception lavished on Volkswagen’s production-bound ID Buzz concept—that’s the 2022 revival of the Microbus, in all-electric …
British Columbia New vehicles in Britain could go all plug-in by 2035greencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts As more governments sign on to ban internal combustion cars going forward, some are also pulling forward the dates they plan to implement those …
Batteries Analysis finds hybrids make better use of scarce batteries than pure EVsgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts In the face of growing shortages of batteries and battery materials for electric cars, one respected analytics firm says those batteries would do …
Plug-in Hybrid EVs Mercedes-Benz A250e in the works to join plug-in hybrid lineupgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Mercedes-Benz may expand its lineup of plug-in hybrids with a small A-Class sedan, called the A250e, according to a report from Britain. The A-class …
Consumer Reports pans Kia Niro EV, suggests a Hyundai Kona Electric insteadgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts In its first drive of the eagerly awaited Kia Niro EV, Consumer Reports was not impressed. On paper the Niro EV looks like the Goldilocks of electric …
Charging Stations Cooling issue slowing some Electrify America fast chargers over holiday week (Updated)greencarreports.com - Bengt Halvorson This story has been updated to clarify Electrify America's steps to stabilize the affected charging units, and the as-yet-undetermined timeline to …
Electric Vehicles Breaking the silence: In Europe, EVs must sound like gas carsgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Electric cars in the European Union no longer benefit from their signature silent acceleration. Instead, they need to sound like gas cars. A new law …
China Nio recalls SUVs in China after battery firesgreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts Chinese startup automaker Nio is recalling nearly 5,000 of the ES8 SUVs that it has sold in China following a spate of fires in their battery …
Hyundai Genesis confirms electric sedan for 2021greencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts The first electric car for Hyundai's Genesis brand is due in 2021. Manfred Fitzgerald, the brand's global executive vice president, noted to …
Electric Vehicles Lightyear aims to build solar-team expertise into an electric cargreencarreports.com - Eric C. Evarts If the future is electric, the latest electric-car startup company looks more like the future than most. Dutch startup company Lightyear is developing …
