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The 2016 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon diesels are officially the most fuel-efficient trucks on sale.
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More Faraday Info: Chinese Billionaire Backer, Ex-Tesla Staff For Electric-Car Startup
It seems like something out of a movie: a mysterious startup company operates for a few years in total secrecy, then drops plans for a billion-dollar factory that will build electric cars. But that's the summary of the secretive Faraday Future, about which a bit more information slipped out last...
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VW Gives Owners Of 2009-2015 2.0-Liter Diesel Cars Debit Cards, Roadside Assistance
Investigations by VW and numerous government agencies into the company's TDI diesel-emission cheating scandal are still underway, so there's not a lot Volkswagen can say right now. But to try to stem damage among its TDI owners, VW's U.S. arm yesterday announced a "goodwill" program for the 482,000...
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New Government, New Hope For More Electric Cars In Canada?
Canadian electric vehicle advocates can look at the election of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party with cautious optimism, and not just for the party's promise to install charging stations at government buildings. Gerald Butts, Prime Minister Trudeau's chief policy advisor, played a role in the...
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China Alone Now Burns Half The World's Coal, New Data Reveals
Chian admits to burning more coal than it previously reported.
Stephen Edelstein -
Life With Tesla Model S: Service Centers Get Crowded, Cost More
One of the coolest things about owning a Tesla Model S for almost three years now has been the service. When first revealed back in the spring of 2013—a few months after I had taken delivery of my car—the Tesla service model sounded almost too good to be true. If a problem occurred, CEO...
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We have lots of infrastructure news today.
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EPA's 'Top Fuel Sippers' Don't Use Fuel: They're Electric Cars
The EPA's list of most "fuel-efficient" cars is made up entirely of electric vehicles.
Stephen Edelstein -
2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Price To Start At $29,270
The 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid will start at just under $30,000.
Stephen Edelstein -
Electric-Car Drivers Will Pay For DC Fast-Charging 12-To-1 Over Level 2
NRG eVgo claims Bay Area customers overwhelmingly prefer DC fast charging.
Stephen Edelstein -
Electric-Car Drivers Don't Pay Their Share? Actually, No One Does
Gas taxes and tolls don't come close to covering the cost of roads, a new report finds.
Stephen Edelstein -
Audi e-Tron Drive, Nissan's Big Battery, VW Weirdness, Doomed Tesla: The Week In Reverse (Video)
Who thinks Tesla Motors is "doomed"? And, while we liked driving the Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid, why was our verdict: "Good first effort, but should try harder"? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, November 6, 2015...
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Electric cars, fuel-cell cars, and diesels make headlines today.
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Green Car Reports Now On Apple News
If you're reading Green Car Reports, you're likely carrying some of the latest tech to go along with your electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or diesel car, right? While you may already have the Green Car Report's iOS app, life is all about freedom of choice. So we have good news for Apple News...
Joel Feder -
A Polite Note About Tesla To Media Colleagues (Especially In Detroit)
Automotive journalists talk among ourselves, just as most people in most professions do. And because this site consistently covers Tesla Motors and its electric cars, we've had a number of colleagues at other outlets reach out to us with questions about the Silicon Valley carmaker. They all boil...
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All Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars Are Compliance Cars, For Now
When the first Honda Insight and Toyota Prius hybrids launched in 1999 and 2000, expectations for their sales were low. And hybrids indeed logged annual sales in the low thousands until the second-generation Prius came along for 2004. But the sales numbers for the earliest hybrids look...
John Voelcker -
Faraday Future Plans $1 Billion Electric-Car Factory, Site TBD
Startup Faraday Future says it is looking to build electric cars in the U.S.
Stephen Edelstein -
'Clean Diesel' Is Dead Forever: Bob Lutz On VW's Culture Of Fear
Bob Lutz claims a culture of fear led to Volkswagen's emissions cheating.
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During the same month in which a second-generation Trudeau won the Canadian election, the second-generation Chevy Volt took the plug-in electric vehicle sales crown. The new model helped Chevrolet sell 203 Volts in Canada in October, well above the 126 sold in September and good enough for its third sales crown in four months. It was the Volt's highest total since April 2014 (222 units)--when oil still cost $100 / barrel--and a bellwether Chevy dealership reported "effervescent" demand for the new car. DON'T MISS: U.S. Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Oct: New Volt Surges, Old Leaf Flat The...
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2016 Audi A3 e-Tron, Diesel Stop-Sale Orders, Nissan 200-Mile Battery Pack: Today's Car News
Audi and Nissan make headlines today.
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Oregon's Pitch To Electric-Car Industry: Come Test New Stuff Here!
When it comes to raw numbers of electric cars sold, California leads. However, just to the north, the small state of Oregon has long been a pioneer and a trendsetter when it comes to electric mobility. Drive Oregon, the nonprofit trade association that has led much of this work over the past few...
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Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Oct: New Volt Surges, Old Leaf Flat (FINAL UPDATE)
At long last, a handful of lucky customers in selected areas drove home in brand-new 2016 Chevrolet Volts last month. Sometime this month, full pricing and availability for the 2016 Nissan Leaf with its 107-mile range will be revealed. These two updated plug-in electric cars represent improvements...
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Audi, Porsche, VW Diesel Stop-Sale Orders: More Cars Than EPA Named
Although VW headquarters in Germany came out swinging against the U.S. EPA's contention that its 3.0-liter TDI diesel engines contained illegal emission software, Porsche's U.S. arm suspended sales of its Cayenne Diesel on Tuesday. Now, Volkswagen Group of America has issued a stop-sale order to...
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Nissan's 60-kWh, 200-Mile Battery Pack: What We Know So Far
Will the next-generation 2018 Nissan Leaf offer an option that could provide 200 miles or more of real-world driving range? Based on the concept car and prototype battery pack that officially bowed this past week, coinciding with the Tokyo Motor Show, it’s increasingly likely. Nissan’s...
Bengt Halvorson