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Nissan, alone among high-volume electric car makers, owns half of the company that makes the battery cells for its cars. Tesla Motors doesn't own any of Panasonic, which has supplied all cells to date for its three vehicles (though Panasonic owns a small part of Tesla). GM doesn't own any of LG Chem, nor does BMW own any of its various cell suppliers. DON'T MISS: Nissan's Electric-Car Battery Future: Will It Be With LG Chem? (Sep 2014) But Nissan and Japanese electronics maker NEC jointly own and run Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC), which they set up several years before the first...
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Electric car emissions, 100,000 Chevy Volts, Tesla throwdown, VW diesel tests: The Week in Reverse
Who said existing automakers really aren't trying to sell electric cars? And what news cheered owners of Volkswagen and Audi diesel vehicles affected by the VW emission scandal? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday...
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Corvette plug-in hybrid, Chinese elevated bus, Tesla Gigafactory energy: Today's Car News
Today's news includes the Tesla "gigafactory," China's Transit Elevated Bus, and rumors of a Corvette plug-in hybrid.
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Plug-in electric car sales in Canada, July 2016: the Model X factor
The second-generation Chevy Volt set a single-month Canadian plug-in electric vehicle sales record in July with 385 sales, the equivalent of about 3500 sales in the American market. That's more than August 2013, the Volt's best-ever month in the United States, when dealerships moved 3,351 units...
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Tesla Gigafactory energy: no solar panels yet, but no natural gas at all
Tesla plans to make the gigafactory a net-zero facility.
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Huge Chinese road-straddling elevated bus carries first passengers (video)
You may have seen the renderings floating around the web, showing designs for a huge Chinese bus riding on rails over a multi-lane road. What a wild and wacky idea. Except that it's real, and it has already been built. And it just carried its first passengers this week on a shakedown run. DON'T...
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Last month marked a major milestone for U.S. sales of plug-in electric cars: the 100,000th Chevrolet Volt was delivered. It's the first car with a plug in any segment to reach 100,000 units, and Chevy's justified in celebrating the occasion with a press release and a bit of fanfare. Both the Volt and the Nissan Leaf battery-electric hatchback went on sale in December 2010, and the Leaf led the Volt in total sales for a majority of the five and a half years since then. DON'T MISS: 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV to ship to dealers before end of year But the well received second-generation Volt plug-in...
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Kia to focus on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles before electrics, chief engineer says
Kia has no plans to develop a "Tesla fighter" electric car at this time, the carmaker's engineering boss says.
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Chevy Corvette plug-in hybrid performance monster coming, Lutz speculates
The next-generation Corvette could get a plug-in hybrid powertrain, says Bob Lutz.
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2017 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive, BMW ChargeNow by EVgo, Tesla criticizes: Today's Car News
We have news from BMW, Smart, and Tesla today.
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Why Elon Musk’s crazy plans for Tesla aren’t crazy (opinion)
Elon Musk recently laid out a “master plan” for where the company he runs, Tesla Motors, is heading. The vision is undoubtedly ambitious: four new kinds of Tesla vehicles, solar initiatives, autonomous driving technologies, and a ride-sharing program. Judging by the subsequent 3-percent...
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BMW ChargeNow by EVgo electric-car charging rolls out in 25 cities, for a fee
Charging cards offered by electric-car makers to potential buyers act as a combination of sales tool and spur to regional and national charging networks. They get new drivers over the hump of worrying about what happens if their car runs low on battery charge. And they make the process of charging...
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Kuwait is cutting fuel subsidies to compensate for lost oil revenue.
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Automakers 'not even trying' to sell electric cars, Tesla says
Tesla's vice president of business development believes other carmakers aren't taking electric cars seriously.
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VW faces far worse problems in South Korea than in U.S.
The South Korean government suspended sales of Volkswagen, Audi, and Bentley models.
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2018 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive prototype: first ride impressions
Following the launch of the latest Smart Fortwo hatchback, it was only a matter of time before the trendy German brand would introduce an evolution of its Fortwo Electric Drive version as well. While some electric vehicles remained desperately uncool or overpriced, the Fortwo "ED" (as Germans...
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How much do electric cars really pollute, even without tailpipes?
Personal automobiles have given hundreds of millions of people the great luxury of a convenient and comfortable mode of transportation. But there's no escaping that manufacturing these vehicles, driving them for 10 years or more, and then disposing of them creates pollution that has a wide range of...
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Electric car pollution, Tesla 'SpaceBus,' 2017 BMW diesels: Today's Car News
We have news from BMW and Tesla today.
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The 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid mid-size sedan was unveiled in April 2016—ending a one-year hiatus for a model that now offers the highest EPA gas-mileage ratings in the Honda lineup. The new model uses an updated version of the two-motor hybrid powertrain fitted to earlier hybrid Accords, which were sold as 2014 and 2015 models, but the plug-in hybrid Accord will not return. That low-volume plug-in Accord will be replaced by a 2018 Honda Clarity plug-in hybrid, also announced the same day. DON'T MISS: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy: 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid The 2017 Accord Hybrid...
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2017 BMW diesel lineup gets EPA approval for sale
The EPA approved 2017 BMW diesel models for sale last week.
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What can VW diesel owners buy now? Perhaps a Chevy Cruze diesel?
General Motors will target Volkswagen TDI owners with its next Chevrolet Cruze diesel.
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Now there will be a Tesla 'SpaceBus' too, Musk says
Elon Musk says Tesla is developing a Model X-based minibus.
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Tesla Gigafactory tour, 100k Chevy Volts, Nikola One semi truck: Today's Car News
We have lots of electric-car news today.
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Mercedes explores ways to turn its Sprinter van all-electric
Mercedes-Benz is reportedly planning an all-electric Sprinter model as part of an upcoming redesign of the van.
Stephen Edelstein