Green Car News
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Fisker released a price and more information on its upcoming Ocean electric SUV, though it’s still lacking some key information. We tell a tale of charging misadventures (and some lessons). And the Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring is a plug-in hybrid, but a luxury vehicle first and foremost. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Testing for our Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy finalists didn’t quite go according to plan. One down DC fast charging station was just the start of what felt like a series of misadventures and learning experiences. The 2021 Lincoln Corsair...
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Charging the Best Car To Buy nominees: A drama in three acts
Keeping our long-range electric cars fast-charged in a semi-rural test environment proved very challenging.
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2021 Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring preview: All-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid puts luxury first
The Corsair Grand Touring compact crossover will have Lincoln's first application of e-axle all-wheel drive and its longest electric-only plug-in range.
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CES: Fisker Ocean gets a $37,499 price tag, but still no word on batteries or build site
Henrik Fisker wants to deliver a $30,000, 300-mile electric crossover (after tax credits), but hasn't said where the Ocean will be built or whose batteries will power it.
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Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, Corolla Hybrid are best, inside Byton and a special BMW i3: Today’s Car News
Toyota is doing good with its Corolla and RAV4 hybrids—and in the case of the RAV4, selling a lot of them. Byton says more about who’s providing content for its very large screen. BMW reworked some i3’s for limo duty. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. The startup...
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Audi E-Tron: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2020
We can’t think of a single fully electric vehicle that fits so well into a carmaker’s lineup the way that the E-Tron SUV does.
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The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid passed the Toyota Prius family by a long shot in 2019—and that's before the introduction of the RAV4 Prime.
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BMW cranks up the swank for CES riders with i3 Urban Suite concept
A concept version of the BMW i3 urban electric car rehabs the interior into something that a chauffeur might approve of.
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Byton announces content partners for its very connected electric cars
The Byton M-Byte electric SUV will offer natural-language voice commands across apps, audio and video streaming, and a host of travel-related services.
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Why the Toyota RAV4 is the best hybrid for the US market
Our Best Car To Buy honorary mention goes to the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, which is a poster car for clean-vehicle choices and how great hybrids can be.
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Plug-in hybrids, Tesla surge, Rivian funding, Best Car To Buy: The Week in Reverse
Which plug-in hybrid offers the longest electric-only range? What’s our pick for the most influential new passenger vehicle of the past decade? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 3, 2020. Read up on our Best Car...
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Tesla’s global gains, Honda’s hybrid push, BMW’s Model S: Today’s Car News
Honda isn’t sounding as bullish about electric cars as it did a couple of years ago; think hybrids instead. Tesla finishes the decade on a strong note and aims globally in 2020. And BMW could be working on an electric flagship sedan to rival the Model S and Audi E-Tron GT. This and more...
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Honda's global CEO sounds pessimistic about electric cars catching on in the mainstream auto market in the next decade.
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Tesla rings in 2020 with a global manufacturing presence, strong 2019 growth
With first deliveries made in China on a larger scale this next week, Tesla has leveled-up its manufacturing for global customers.
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Best Car To Buy winners, Car of the Decade, plug-in Jeeps: Today’s Car News
Cue that extra New Year’s confetti: We name our annual Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2020. This and more, today at GCR. The Audi E-Tron is our Best Car To Buy 2020. Read why the E-Tron won, and read more about the other two finalists, the Porsche Taycan and Kia Niro EV. Rather than...
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Jeep to present plug-in hybrid Wrangler, Compass and Renegade at 2020 CES
It's been a long time coming but Jeep is finally ready to unveil its first production plug-in hybrids. Some readers may recall Jeep rolled out a plug-in hybrid Wrangler prototype as far back as 2008, though the global financial crisis put that particular project on ice. Fast forward today and Jeep...
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Short sights: The plug-in hybrids with the least electric range
Plug-in hybrids can be difficult to understand in many respects. Here are five that simply don't deliver on the all-electric driving.
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Second-best: Chevy Volt is gone, so here are the plug-in hybrids with the longest range
As we head into 2020, here are the plug-in hybrids that go the longest on a charge without tailpipe emissions.
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The Tesla Model S forever changed the automotive market, the industry, and the electric car. Nothing else comes close.
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First drive review: The 2020 Vanderhall Edison three-wheeler is a fun way to go green
The Vanderhall Edison provides an all-electric powertrain a classic roadster look—on three wheels.
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Porsche Taycan: Best Car To Buy 2020 nominee
All of the Porsche Taycan models offer all-wheel drive, and all of them get close to the original concept’s 600-hp target and super-fast charging.
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Kia Niro EV: Best Car To Buy 2020 nominee
The Kia Niro EV is a strong electric-car value—especially if dependable miles of range for the dollar are important.
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Audi E-Tron: Best Car To Buy 2020 nominee
The 2019 Audi E-Tron fits in—as a well-styled, contemporary SUV, as a superb luxury vehicle, and as an Audi.
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Rivian gets $1.3B funding boost, for electric truck deliveries by late 2020
Another huge investment in Rivian could help assure that the aspiring electric-truck maker makes it all the way to vehicle production in 2020.
Bengt Halvorson