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EPA ratings released yesterday confirm that the Tesla Model Y has nearly the range of the Model 3—and some unexpected advantages.
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GM pitches all-electric future, with lackluster support from Washington
The automaker's CEO outlined an ambitious plan for sustainability in its latest presentation for investors.
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GM BEV3 and electric trucks, Sonata Hybrid: Today’s Car News
GM presents some more information about its electric vehicles, ahead of a deeper download next month. And the Hyundai Sonata will get free miles from the sun. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. The 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is officially out, in U.S. spec, and it includes all the goodies...
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2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid adds solar roof, challenges Camry Hybrid at 52 mpg
The latest hybrid midsize sedan makes an efficiency leap of up to 10 mpg above the outgoing version—and now ties the Camry Hybrid.
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GM teases new electric-truck details, boasts about battery flexibility
In a presentation to investors, company president Mark Reuss revealed some more details about the motor-and-battery configuration in GM's upcoming electric vehicles.
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Audi solar offer, Electrify America gains on Supercharging: Today’s Car News
Electrify America, which started rolling out fast-charging stations just 20 months ago, is gaining on Tesla’s Supercharger network. Audi E-Tron shoppers get a chance to add solar to their home-charging mix. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. In terms of DC fast-charging...
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In terms of fast-charging locations in the U.S., Electrify America is catching up quick with the Tesla Supercharger network.
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Audi E-Tron electric SUV plugs into some sunshine with solar program
A solar program for the Audi E-Tron sends more energy generated from sunlight to owners' houses—as well as a little money back.
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Electric pickups, quiet UPS deliveries, UK bans internal combustion: Today’s Car News
The UK intends to go tailpipe-free by 2035. Arrival will supply electric trucks for UPS. And electric pickups are arriving soon; is America ready? This and more, today at Green Car Reports. The shipping giant UPS has placed an order for 10,000 stylish electric delivery vans from Arrival. It also...
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Electric payload: These 5 trucks will change America
A set of fully electric pickups arriving in the next few years will wage a quiet coup over the V-8 truck status quo in America.
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Report: UK plans to ban hybrids, plug-in hybrids, all gas and diesel cars by 2035
The UK could soon be working toward a plan to banish hybrids and plug-in hybrids—and all internal combustion—by 2035.
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UPS turns to Arrival for some very stylish electric delivery vans
The shipping giant will use 10,000 Arrival electric delivery vans in the U.S. and Europe.
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You picked your favorite electric-car Super Bowl ads. Lucid gives those who put money down far more than a teaser. Hyundai is already discounting Ioniq Electric leases for a new model year. And new modeling results call foul on direct-injection tech. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Over the weekend we asked you which Super Bowl 2020 ad got you the most charged-up—and while your comments might have said otherwise, our Twitter poll found a clear winner in Hummer’s Quiet Revolution spots. Lucid will be giving those who make a reservation for its Air electric sedan a...
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Gasoline direct injection tech might not be worth it, study suggests
A new model from the University of Georgia finds that emissions from GDI could offset any reductions in carbon-dioxide emissions.
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2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric: Lease deals already offset higher price tag
Just as the 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric starts to arrive at dealerships, a new round of incentivized leases apply.
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Lucid Air electric sedan will be previewed to reservation-holders before official bow
Lucid will be revealing its all-electric sedan in New York in April, but will preview it this month to reservation-holders.
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Super Bowl 2020 electric-car ad showdown: Which one gets you charged up?
This year's Super Bowl features at least three ads for electric vehicles. Vote and comment on the one you think is the best.
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Tesla Model Y arriving early, GMC electric Hummer teased, “self-charging” debated: The Week In Reverse
Which other automaker is co-developing Lincoln’s first EV? Will the next Toyota Prius look like anything like the new Mirai? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 31, 2020. We finished off the week looking at some...
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Audi sings farewell to gasoline in a Super Bowl ad. BYD reaches some goalposts in electric-truck deliveries. And we confirm that the Toyota Mirai and Prius are headed off in their own directions. This and more, right here at Green Car Reports. No, that flashy new Toyota Mirai sport sedan does not hint about the direction of the next-generation Toyota Prius, expected to arrive sometime next year. Audi’s Super Bowl ad uses a song from “Frozen” to hit the right note about its electric vehicles—and about letting gasoline go. China’s BYD has been the world’s...
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BYD has made more electric buses in the US than anyone else—and it hasn’t given up on cars
China's BYD has focused on electric buses and trucks in the U.S.—and it's delivered more electric buses than any other maker so far.
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Audi Super Bowl ad: “Frozen” song, electric vehicles, and climate change
Audi rolls out a new ad for its E-Tron electric vehicles that suggests, about gasoline, that you "Let It Go."
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Does the Toyota Mirai tease a sportier direction for the next Prius?
The Toyota Prius and Toyota Mirai have been related up until now, in some ways. With the Mirai headed in a radically different direction, will the Prius follow?
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Tesla Model Y advances, Hummer returns, Lincoln and Rivian team up: Today’s Car News
Hummer is back, as an electric GMC. The Tesla Model Y is coming very soon, and the Model S and Model X got another range boost. And Rivian will co-develop an electric Lincoln. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. GM has confirmed that its rebooted electric Hummer will indeed be a...
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GMC Hummer EV electric truck: First details emerge before Super Bowl ad
The GMC Hummer EV boasts 1,000 horsepower, 11,500 pound-feet of torque, and 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds.
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