Electric Cars
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Volvo adds two new high-performance plug-in hybrids, a North Carolina lithium mine may have new life, and Panasonic and Tesla slow investment in Nevada.
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Report: Panasonic pumps brakes on Tesla Gigafactory expansion plans
The Japanese electronics giant will reportedly hold off on investing further in Gigafactory after slow growth in EV sales have eat deeply into profits.
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EV batteries give new jolt to old lithium mining in North Carolina
A shuttered mine in North Carolina could reopen to spur domestic production of lithium for batteries to supply electric cars and other vital tech.
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EV tax credit extension gets bipartisan juice in Senate
The bill would raise the number of electric vehicles eligible for tax incentives up from 200,000 to 600,000, with a shorter sunset and lower tax break for some.
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Kona Electric pricing, Ford charging software, Karma recall, EV racing: Today's Car News
Hyundai quietly bumped up the price for a new Kona Electric, Ford used big data for better charging, and EV racing may have a future.
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2019 Hyundai Kona Electric costs $500 more than it did last month
Market adjustments are nothing new, and electric cars are hardly immune to price bumps—up or down. Last month, the 258-mile 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric crossover quietly became $500 dearer to interested EV shoppers without any equipment changes. The automaker hiked the starting price for a...
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Our readers may be having a change of heart when it comes to electric-car racing based on the results of our latest Twitter poll. In previous comments and surveys, readers have expressed little interest in electric car racing beyond, perhaps drag racing, and expressed cynicism and sometimes outright contempt for other forms of "wasted" electrons, especially Formula E racing. Now, another race promoter has proposed a new electric race series—for $500 LeMons hoopties (minus the battery pack and electric motors), racing head-to-head with gas-powered beaters in perhaps the most democratic...
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Polluters pay, 2020 Kia Soul EV, hydrogen internal combustion: Today's Car News
We had a first chance to drive the new 2020 Kia Soul EV. London's new pollution charge on older vehicles makes it really expensive to drive older cars into the city. And our latest Twitter poll asks what GM should do with the Volt name now that it no longer produces the car. All this and more on...
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With the Volt discontinued, how should Chevy use the name now? Take our Twitter poll
The Chevrolet Volt has one of the all-time great names for a plug-in car—even better than its former European sibling the Opel Ampera, based on sales at least.The company even used the name on an experimental plug-in hybrid wagon in 1980. It would be a shame to see such a great electric-car...
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2020 Kia Soul EV first drive review: 243 electric miles in the box
The newest version of Kia’s boxy electric car—or crossover—goes faster and farther on a charge, with much of its goodness intact.
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Ford Explorer plug-in, Karma Revero, German emissions collusion: Today's Car News
European prosecutors charged German automakers Volkswagen, Daimler, and BMW with collusion over emissions shortfalls. Fiat Chrysler will pay Tesla hundreds of millions of euros to meet emissions targets. The 2020 Ford Explorer will get a plug-in hybrid version in Europe. And Karma revealed a few...
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Ford Explorer Plug-In Hybrid released for Europe
There's no plug-in hybrid version of the 2020 Ford Explorer yet for the U.S., but it's already due in the EU.
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Towing a camper with an electric SUV may be the ultimate test of any fast-charger network. And, for one couple at least, Tesla has passed. “We were like pioneers in a Conestoga wagon,” says Fred Hooper, a Pennsylvanian veterinarian who, with his wife Jenny, just returned from a 7,700 mile, 45-day trip around the southeastern U.S. in a Tesla Model X 100D towing a camping trailer. Along the way, they planned to stop at every Tesla Supercharger available and took cards for a couple of backup networks (ChargePoint and Blink) just in case. The Tesla Model X is rated to tow 5,000 pounds...
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Tesla sales, Audi e-tron range, Ford Escape Hybrid, Toyota hybrid patents: The Week in Reverse
Which startup automaker got a big boost toward production this week? What automakers opened some of its patent library for free until 2030? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 5, 2019. This week Tesla announced its...
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Tesla Autopilot updates, Lucid gets clearer, Faraday's Future: Today's Car News
Lucid Motors gets funding to build its Air. Faraday Future releases details on the future product it plans to build for China. Tesla has updated its Navigate on Autopilot system to be a little more autonomous. And we look at why the federal tax credit may need limits. All this and more on Green Car...
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Commentary: Overdue for reform, EV tax credit needs reasonable limits
Now that the federal plug-in tax credit has begun to wind down on the U.S.-made Chevrolet Bolt EV, members of Congress propose to do something about it. Democrats have proposed several bills in Congress to remove the manufacturer-based 200,000-car cap on the credits and extending them for 10 years...
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No more turn-signal affirmation for Tesla Navigate on Autopilot
In a blog post on Thursday, Tesla announced that drivers will no longer have to approve lane changes when the car's Navigate on Autopilot system is engaged. It's a small step, but also a pretty big leap toward self-driving cars. Navigate on Autopilot is Tesla's "on-ramp to off-ramp" self-driving...
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Faraday Future joint venture to create electric MPV based on FF91
Last month the troubled electric car hopeful Faraday Future was given (another) new lease on life, via a new joint venture with The9, a Chinese online game company, that will produce a new model for the Chinese market based on Faraday’s nearly mothballed FF91. It’s now a lot clearer...
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The Lucid Air could soon make it to production, and shape up to be the closest rival to the Tesla Model S.
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Tesla sales; Audi e-tron, Ford SUV range; pickup mpg; sporty Nio: Today's Car News
Tesla announced its production and delivery numbers so far for 2019—and they aren't very promising. Audi released long-awaited final range ratings for its upcoming e-tron quattro electric SUV. lFord also reveals the European range rating for its upcoming Mach E—or whatever they call...
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2019 Audi e-tron EPA range revealed: Nothing to brag about, but aiming for the real world?
The 2019 Audi e-tron electric SUV's range will be rated at 204 miles, lower than initial estimates—although the automaker says the range should be repeatable in the real world.
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Ford electric SUV could meet 300-mile target, and then some
Ford has been teasing—even promising—a new Mustang inspired high-performance electric SUV, perhaps called Mach E or Mach 1, that it says will have a 300-mile range. Now the company has announced that the model has earned a 370-mile range rating in the generous European WLTP driving...
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Nio teases sleek ET7 coupe, to include next-generation power system
Nio, one of a handful of Chinese electric carmakers aiming to be Tesla competitors, just teased its next mass-market car, expected to debut at the Shanghai auto show later this month. Its latest car looks set to be a four-door luxury fast-back, perhaps similar to shadows of a car known as the EVE...
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Tesla reports sales down, citing delivery challenges in China and Europe
Tesla claims that its Model 3 electric sedan again in the first quarter of the year outsold all other mid-size sedans from what it considers premium brands—selling 60 percent more units than the closest runner-up. That’s the good news from the California electric car maker, in a...
Bengt Halvorson