How much screen space is just right for the electric luxury cars of the near future? Although the company showed a minimalist direction in the far-off interface hinted by last year’s AVTR concept, it’s going a different direction in the near term: bigger is better. With the MBUX Hyperscreen system due to arrive later in 2021 in the EQS... Mercedes-Benz EQS electric luxury car will debut full-dash Hyperscreen interface
How much screen space is just right for the electric luxury cars of the near future? Although the company showed a minimalist direction in the far-off interface hinted by last year’s AVTR concept, it’s going a different direction in the near term: bigger is better. With the MBUX Hyperscreen system due to arrive later in 2021 in the EQS... 
Mazda at last confirms a rotary-engine range extender for the U.S. A report suggests GM is making plans to build EVs in Mexico. Nio is going long on driving range but not shying away from battery swapping. And Foxconn provides a lifeline to Byton. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Longtime Apple partner Foxconn is helping the struggling EV... 
Mazda has confirmed that the rotary engine will return to the U.S. in a “series plug-in hybrid” version of the MX-30 crossover that will also be offered to Americans in battery electric form. The company hasn’t yet released details about timing or availability, and it hasn’t offered a rotary-engined car since the RX-8... 
General Motors plans to make an upcoming Acura-branded electric vehicle in 2024 at the same Tennessee plant that will assemble the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq, while a more affordable Honda crossover set to be about the same size could be made by GM in Mexico beginning in 2023. Both pieces of production news come via a Tuesday report from Automotive News... 
Tesla approaches its pre-pandemic delivery goals for 2020, and its plant in China might have some lessons for Fremont. Fisker’s driver assistance system forgoes lidar, like Tesla. And could Fisker’s product after the Ocean be the world’s most efficient electric pickup? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla reported... 
In a pandemic year that’s put some automakers on an austerity budget, Tesla was once again the outlier. As much of the legacy auto market expected to be down about 15% year over year, Tesla reported on Saturday that it closed 2020 with global deliveries up nearly 36% from 2019. Not only that, but the company has come surprisingly close to... 
Could an edgy-looking electric pickup be next for Fisker after the late-2022 rollout of the Ocean electric crossover? CEO Henrik Fisker last week suggested that the next model might be a lifestyle-oriented electric pickup truck. Based on the first sketch of the project released last week, it appears that the truck might ride on the same platform... 
A Mustang as the most important new green car of the year? That might have been our reaction prior to the past few weeks. Ever since our editors started jockeying for first-drive opportunities with the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E, it’s beelined to become our unanimous winner. And yet simultaneously, we all seem a bit surprised that it’s... 
The idea of applying the Mustang’s pony car heritage to Ford’s first widely available electric vehicle, the Mach-E, might seem like sacrilege to some, or the smartest product decision of the decade to others. Whether you come out on either side of that, or somewhere in the middle like us, the Mustang Mach-E takes electric cars... 
Which state might be next to ban the sale of new gasoline vehicles? How does manufacturing the Apple iPhone tie in with an announcement about electric cars this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending October 23, 2020. GM revealed the 2022 GMC Hummer EV, the first of its... 
Over the past ten years, the green-car landscape has made progress in fits and starts. Since the 2011 Nissan Leaf that we named our original Best Car To Buy—rated at just 73 miles—electric cars have evolved rapidly. In 2020, Tesla rolled out range boosts for all of its models—including a 402-mile Model S. Lucid announced a model... 
Earlier this month marked the 10th anniversary of the U.S. arrival of the Nissan Leaf. The Leaf was our first pick for Best Car To Buy, in 2010 for the 2011 model year. And as we look ahead to our 11th Best Car To Buy pick, for the 2021 model year, we thought it would be worthwhile not to just sum up the previous winners but to revisit the... 
Volvo’s vehicles have for years been unified around a mantra of safety and longevity, and Scandinavian design themes that are stylish and confident but not too over-the-top. The brand’s first electric vehicle, the Volvo XC40 Recharge, is a finalist for Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021. It shows all the signs of carrying... 
A few hours with the 2021 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid earlier this month left me with some wildly conflicting first impressions. At first look, the Elantra appeared and felt refreshingly different in many ways—especially when you compare it to other members of the 50-mpg club, like the Toyota Corolla Hybrid, Honda Insight, or even Hyundai’s... 
The idea of applying the Mustang’s pony car heritage to Ford’s first widely available electric vehicle, the Mach-E, might seem like sacrilege to some, or the smartest product decision of the decade to others. Whether you come out on either side of that, or somewhere in the middle like us, the Mustang Mach-E takes electric cars... 
An $8,000 federal tax credit on qualifying hydrogen fuel-cell passenger vehicles has been extended through January 2022 though the latest economic stimulus bill passed by the U.S. Congress. The tax credit, called the Fuel Cell Motor Vehicle Tax Credit, had been due to expire at the end of the month. It dates back to the George W. Bush... 
Yet another hydrogen shortage has befallen Bay Area drivers of fuel-cell vehicles—and this one has been attributed to a hurricane. Yes, we know hurricane season is over, and hurricanes don’t reach California. This only serves to underscore the absurd state of the hydrogen distribution network, which is dependent on trucking liquid... 
Take a performance heritage, a focus on sustainability, Swedish engineering at the core, and an interface that’s all about “Hey Google,” and you’ll end up with a beeline to the Polestar 2. The Polestar 2 is probably the closest comparison to the Tesla Model 3 yet—although probably to the delight of many, it’s a... 
Those who consider Tesla vehicles are likely to encounter the selling point—either from fans or at stores—that their vehicle won’t be out-of-date, and that there’s value in its upgradability over time. While that argument might help sell vehicles to tech mavens, families are still going to be focused on the hard and fast...