Lucid blasts past the 500-mile range barrier. Nikola Motors announces the largest order of tailpipe-emissions-free garbage trucks, but hydrogen isn’t part of it. And South Korea is angling to exclude Tesla. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Through independent testing, Lucid claims to have achieved a 517-mile range result on the EPA... Lucid beyond 500 miles, Nikola electric garbage trucks, Tesla in Korea: Today’s Car News
Lucid blasts past the 500-mile range barrier. Nikola Motors announces the largest order of tailpipe-emissions-free garbage trucks, but hydrogen isn’t part of it. And South Korea is angling to exclude Tesla. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Through independent testing, Lucid claims to have achieved a 517-mile range result on the EPA... 
South Korea may exclude Tesla from the list of automakers that qualify for electric-car subsidies as the California transplant racks up sales, The Korea Herald reported Sunday. Between January and June, Tesla accounted for 43% of 209.2 billion won ($176 million at current exchange rates) in subsidies, according to the report. That will likely push... 
Nikola has yet to deliver even one of its promised hydrogen fuel-cell semi trucks, but on Monday the company announced an order for 2,500 battery-electric garbage trucks. The trucks will go to waste-disposal company Republic Services, in what Republic claims to be the first large-scale commitment to fleet electrification in its industry. On-road... 
When the Lucid Air reaches the first customers next spring, it’s shaping up to leapfrog past the Tesla Model S in range. The Model S only recently broke the 400-mile barrier, with an EPA rating of 402 miles. But the upcoming Lucid Air will likely earn a number exceeding 500 miles. For now, that number—not at all confirmed by the EPA... 
Hyundai reboots the Ioniq nameplate into an entire brand of electric vehicles. The Ford Mustang Mach-E will take advantage of some space-saving drive module packaging. Mazda shows a gasoline version of its MX-30 electric vehicle. And Fisker is looking at having its Ocean electric crossover built in Austria. This and more, here at Green Car... 
Electric vehicle enthusiasts prefer EVs that weren't designed to have full-sized gasoline powertrains. While Mazda seemed to hint that the MX-30 would be exclusively an electric vehicle—or perhaps one with a range extender—the idea of an EV that doesn't have a gas-burning counterpoint that looks nearly the same seems lost on Mazda... 
The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV will take advantage of the system integration experience of transmission and drive-system supplier BorgWarner to free up interior space. BorgWarner is supplying its Integrated Drive Module (IDM), which includes a thermal-management system and gearbox, packaged with "motor and power electronics from other... 
Starting now, the Ioniq name will refer to much more than Hyundai’s long-awaited answer to the Toyota Prius. Hyundai announced Monday morning in South Korea that a new Ioniq brand will spawn an entire family of fully electric vehicles that will include production models based on the well-received Prophecy sport-sedan concept and retro-styled... 
On Friday, Fisker Inc. entered a memorandum of understanding with Canada-based Magna International to build its Ocean electric SUV—in Graz, Austria. Fisker confirmed to Reuters then that it expects a definitive agreement “in the next few months,” allowing Magna Steyr to produce the Fisker Ocean starting as soon as the fourth... 
What was Joe Biden saying about an electric Corvette? Which EV already confirmed for the U.S. reportedly might not arrive at all? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending TKTKTK, 2018. We drove two important green vehicles this week—both popular-sized crossovers but for...