Green Car News
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A study from the UK has found that the shift toward less carbon-intensive energy generation already makes EVs the cleaner pick in all but 5% of world.
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Battery-powered electric trains will soon bring cleaner air—especially in Europe
A new wave of battery-electric trains will soon allow routes that had gaps with no electrified rail to still go electric.
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Polestar 2 production, 55-mpg Insight, 300-mile I-Pace, parking your EV: The Week in Reverse
What carmaker is planning to make the next-generation version of its top-selling model all-electric? What new home device might make the Nissan Leaf a little greener? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 27, 2020. Most of...
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BMW 3-Series plug-in, parking an EV, slow progress for pickups: Today’s Car News
Pickups haven’t become more fuel-efficient at the rate of other vehicles. Storing electric vehicles requires being thoughtful about the battery. And the 3-Series plug-in hybrid is back. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. BMW’s has rolled out a new plug-in hybrid...
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Keep your parked electric car and its battery healthy with these simple tips
Not driving your electric car for even a few days or weeks? Understanding a few basic things about the battery will go a long way.
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Truck mpg has lagged for decades: Will diesel and electric pickups do better?
Pickups trucks continue to lag other segments of the market in terms of efficiency improvements. When will they catch up?
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The BMW 3-Series plug-in hybrid has been relaunched, this time with more electric range and less attempts to paint plugging in as undesirable.
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Toyota scaling up fuel-cell semis, 55-mpg Honda Insight, Nissan Leaf home energy: Today’s Car News
Honda has the sedan with the highest city gas mileage. The Nissan Leaf is about to become more useful—as a home energy device. And Toyota is partnering to make more hydrogen fuel-cell semis. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Provided you’re not ready to consider cars with...
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Nissan Leaf as home energy device: Wallbox will soon enable it in the U.S.
Coming later this year, the Quasar will allow bi-directional DC charging and, with a utility disconnect, let your Leaf or other CHAdeMO electric car serve as backup power.
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2021 Honda Insight again has highest city mpg of any sedan, gets more safety tech
With Honda's two-motor hybrid system, the 2021 Insight hits a high in city driving and is shaping up to be the highest mileage sedan without a charge port.
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Toyota and Hino partner on electric semi, to use updated Mirai fuel-cell power
Toyota is looking to electrify heavy-duty semi trucks with partner Hino—using the next-generation hydrogen fuel-cell stack from the 2021 Mirai.
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Mercedes electric van, drifting in the Magna e4, air quality: Today’s Car News
Magna shows what it can do with EVs with a prototype I-Pace, and we drove it. Mercedes-Benz has an electric van on the way. And yes, the pandemic is reducing transportation air pollution. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The current shutdowns over coronavirus have led to what’s...
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A technology demonstrator from supplier Magna aims to show how it could boost the range of EVs and make them more fun to drive.
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Coronavirus shutdowns could be bringing best air quality in decades
With most of the U.S. and many parts of the world under a stay-at-home warning, traffic congestion and emissions are at an all-time low going back decades.
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Mercedes-Benz teases all-weather potential of EQV electric van
The fully electric Mercedes EQV van is coming to Europe later this year, although it's still not confirmed for the U.S.
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Polestar 2 production, Jaguar Land Rover EVs, VW Microbus conversion: Today’s Car News
Jaguar Land Rover plans some larger electric SUVs. Volkswagen is teasing us again with a Microbus conversion—this time, one you might potentially be able to buy. And the Polestar 2 is now being made in China and mostly on schedule. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Polestar 2 is...
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VW stokes electric Microbus buzz with e-Bulli conversion
Volkswagen has created another electric conversion of the classic Microbus—this one from Germany rather than California.
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Polestar 2 electric car production starts in China; US deliveries still due this year
Volvo's Polestar electric-car brand says that it's still planning to deliver its potential Tesla Model 3 rival to Europe and North America starting this summer.
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Britain's Jaguar Land Rover plans more than just the I-Pace SUV and XJ sedan for its upcoming electric-vehicle rollout.
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Porsche Macan electric, Fiat Chrysler hybrids, lamppost charging: Today’s Car News
Charging connectors make sense on lampposts, as shown in a UK project. Hybrids make up a larger percentage of Fiat Chrysler sales, and yet it has the lowest average mpg. And Porsche re-ups its intent to electrify its top-selling model. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Porsche has renewed...
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FCA has the highest percentage of hybrids but the lowest fleet mpg: Why?
Although Fiat Chrysler sold a higher rate of hybrid vehicles than any other automaker, it came up last in fleet fuel economy. How'd that happen?
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UK project builds electric-car charging into a half-mile of lampposts
Lampposts—or utility poles—can provide public Level 2 charging for EVs, a London project illustrates.
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Porsche renews plan to make Macan crossover a "fully battery-powered model series"
The top-selling model in Porsche's lineup will go all-electric in its next-generation version, due in 2022.
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This American hybrid concept faced spiking gas prices with six wheels
Best known for lawnmower engines, Briggs & Stratton engineered a hybrid car in the late 1970s, on the heels of the oil crisis.
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