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What company is gradually losing its share of the solar market? What automaker designed its hybrid system specifically for towing and hauling? Which gas-guzzling SUV brand might be revived? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 21, 2019. We closed the week with reports of an imminent (but slow-motion) showdown anticipated between the EPA and the California Air Resources Board, over an anticipated federal challenge to the clean-air waiver permitting California to set its own emissions (and thus fuel economy) standards...
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Tesla’s share of the home-solar market continues to slide
Tesla's share of home solar has been sliding ever since its acquisition of SolarCity. Will the Solar Roof turn the trend around?
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EPA, CARB escalate climate change war of words in Capitol Hill showdown
A dispute between federal and California regulators is looking increasingly likely, and bound for a court settlement.
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2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid: Key points of modular system due in many more models
Ford's modular hybrid system can scale its engine or electric motor, provide hybrid or plug-in versions with different batteries, or provide power outputs.
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2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid first drive review: Muscle over mpg
The Explorer Hybrid isn't particularly impressive in its fuel economy numbers, but Ford says it's part of a strategy to make the Hybrid uncompromised.
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Should GM bring back Hummer, all-electric? Take our Twitter poll
Do you think GM’s Hummer brand should come back as an all-EV truck lineup? Or should GM let it go?
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Klaus Zellmer, the CEO of Porsche Cars North America, has presented a nuanced view on electric cars: They're the future, but not all of it.
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Climate change: GM mulls an electric Hummer revival
General Motors is once again considering bringing back the Hummer brand—perhaps this time as an electric vehicle.
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Tesla Model X highway patrol car ready to chase Australian bad guys
If there are two things you learn about police cars from watching cop shows on TV, it's that they should be both fast and stealthy to sneak quickly into sketchy situations. What better option than a Tesla Model X? That's what the police in the Australian state of Victoria are thinking at the...
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Tesla truck, Rivian tech, recalls, roaming, and an EV reckoning: The Week in Reverse
Which two major charging networks joined together for the sake of interoperability? Which automaker’s former CEO warned that U.S. demand for electric cars is going to lag expectations? And why oh why do you use so many extension cords? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right...
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Best deals on plug-in, electric, and hybrid cars for June 2019
This month, rising interest rates and sparse inventories are cutting into the great deals that automakers have recently offered on plug-in and electric cars. Still, our partners at CarsDirect found some deals as low as $179 a month on electric cars this month. That deal, however, is on the Fiat...
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Beyond Tesla, electric cars lose value faster than other vehicles
The list of some electric vehicles with the most pronounced loss in value over the first three years is made up of short-range models.
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CEO Elon Musk updated investors on the upcoming pickup, Full Self-Driving capability, and oddball questions over vegan interiors and aquatic cars.
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How can rural drivers contribute to electric driving? Take our Twitter poll
Last week, when we brought you an account of how an electric car wouldn't work in the midst of a medical emergency—in the Midwest, in the winter—boy, did we (and he) get an earful from our readers. That convergence amounted to the perfect storm of difficulty for any electric...
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Audi E-tron recalled for battery seal, potential “thermal event”
Audi is notifying owners of the electric SUV of an issue that could allow moisture into its battery pack.
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Tesla opens first 250-kw charging stations at Fremont factory
Tesla V3 Supercharger hardware allows the Model 3 to be the fastest-charging electric car currently on the roads; but so far it's only in Fremont.
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Pull-out kitchen confirmed as an option on Rivian R1T electric pickup
Rivian plans to offer its so-called gear tunnel with an optional mobile kitchen, in the upcoming R1T electric truck.
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Automakers partner up for EVs, write to Trump, and go airless: The Week in Reverse
Which automakers banded together to put more electric cars in their lineups? What new tires did General Motors say it aims to put on its upcoming shared electric cars? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 7, 2019. This...
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Automakers (17 of them) wrote a letter to President Trump asking for California to be included in his single national standard for revamping fuel economy rules.
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Hydrogen supply pinch affects San Francisco fuel-cell drivers
An explosion last weekend at a hydrogen distribution facility has temporarily shut down 9 out of 11 fueling stations
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No puncture, no pressure: GM could offer airless Michelin tire in 2024 EV
Michelin has introduced a prototype airless tire that will soon be tested on a Chevrolet Bolt EV fleet in Michigan.
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An electric car can’t fully replace a gas-powered car in my world
We can talk about driving range breathlessly but charging infrastructure is the real short circuit when it comes to electric cars today.
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Musk teases Tesla truck, opens Chinese Model 3 orders at lower price
The upcoming Tesla pickup will be conventionally sized, to take on the Ford F-150 and others, CEO Elon Musk claimed that it will "be a better sports car" than a base Porsche 911.
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VW diesel mitigation: PIRG rates state plans, lacks reality check on EVs
The Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal has fallen out of the news, but VW Group recently boosted its allowance for the total costs to 30 billion euros ($33 billion). In the U.S., VW has bought back hundreds of thousands of TDI diesel vehicles and is paying two distinct 10-figure penalties. The...
John Voelcker