Gasoline vehicle sales will be banned in California. Lordstown Motors shows us inside its electric truck. And we cover more of the angles from Tesla Battery Day—including the possibility of a $25,000 Tesla and the 520-mile, record-breaking Plaid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. After 2035 Californians won’t be able to buy... California ban, $25,000 Tesla, inside Lordstown electric truck: Today’s Car News
Gasoline vehicle sales will be banned in California. Lordstown Motors shows us inside its electric truck. And we cover more of the angles from Tesla Battery Day—including the possibility of a $25,000 Tesla and the 520-mile, record-breaking Plaid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. After 2035 Californians won’t be able to buy... 
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Tuesday suggested that the carmaker will be able to produce a “compelling” $25,000 car with fully autonomous driving capability in three years. It’s a project that, Musk explained, will be enabled by the company’s quest to halve the cost of its cells per kilowatt-hour through a comprehensive strategy... 
California governor Gavin Newsom Wednesday morning signed an executive order that will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. The move, leading the way for interim policy that hasn’t yet been written, aims to improve air quality in the state—at a time when forest-fire smoke has choked the state for... 
Tesla Battery Day outlines battery tech that could set the company up as a cell manufacturer, and global EV domination. Kia reveals a new hybrid and plug-in hybrid SUV for the U.S. Ford will be building a bunch of EVs in Canada. And Volkswagen’s first EV for the U.S. masses has arrived. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The 2021 Kia... 
Volkswagen has been teasing its mass-market electric vehicles as being “for the millions, not millionaires.” And as it’s shaping up, the VW ID.4 appears to land right where we might expect—in an affordable space where it could be a compelling pick for families wanting something more exciting, all-electric alternative to... 
Five years ago, Tesla’s collaboration with Panasonic in building its massive Nevada Gigafactory was widely seen as somewhere between an overcommitment and a full-on boondoggle. The Gigafactory has already proven to be one of the smartest decisions made by Tesla. It assured control over its electric-car battery cell supply, as it ramped up... 
A 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid mid-size SUV arrives later this year and a Sorento Plug-In Hybrid joins the lineup next year as a 2022 model. On Tuesday, Kia releases specs for both. Kia estimates that the Sorento Hybrid will achieve EPA results of 39 mpg city, 35 highway, and 37 combined, the last of which nudges the model ahead of the 36-mpg Toyota... 
Tesla Battery Day steals the show today. Volkswagen ID.4 owners get free fast-charging for three years. And Karma has taken the Revero name off its electric version of it. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Today is Tesla Battery Day, and while this much-anticipated event has been generating hype for the brand for many months, CEO Elon Musk... 
Ahead of Tesla’s Battery Day event, to be held Tuesday, September 22, CEO Elon Musk Monday explained via Twitter that while it plans to increase battery cell purchases from Panasonic, LG, CATL, and perhaps other partners, it still anticipates battery shortages starting in 2022 “unless we also take action ourselves.” At the event... 
Polestar pledges to be transparent about carbon footprint. Rivian teases the towing capability of its R1T electric truck. Daimler targets electrified long-haul trucking with fuel cells. Cadillac is making some big asks of its dealerships. And a week of high-profile controversy results in some change at Nikola. This and more, here at Green Car... 
The Davis Dam Grade, located along a stretch of State Route 68 between Las Vegas and the Hoover Dam, ascends from 550 feet elevation to 3,500 feet in just 11.4 miles. It’s a demanding climb in any vehicle; but it’s more than that. The Davis Dam Grade test is the basis for an actual Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) test... 
Which EV charging network revamped its pricing? Which model did Volkswagen call “the driving force” behind its pivot to electric cars? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending September 18, 2020. The Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V, and Ford Escape will soon have a more direct... ![Smog obscures George Washington Bridge, 1973 [From EPA Documerica series]](https://images.hgmsites.net/tmb/smog-obscures-george-washington-bridge-1973-from-epa-documerica-series_100594067_t.gif)
Volkswagen is targeting 500,000 EVs per year by the middle of the decade, globally—and that’s just counting its ID.4 crossover. Several new Volvo models give you the fine particulate levels in your vehicle cabin. And a report projects that going electric sooner will save lives, lungs, and a whole lot of money. This and more, here at... ![Tesla electric cars at Supercharger fast-charging site, TK [photo: Jay Lucas]](https://images.hgmsites.net/tmb/tesla-electric-cars-at-supercharger-fast-charging-site-tk-photo-jay-lucas_100648832_t.gif)
For all the challenges Americans have faced in 2020, from the dangers of pollution during a lung-related pandemic to the smoky haze of forest fires in the West, this might prove to be the year in which a wider swath of the population became more aware about the dangers of air pollution And from that awareness, as a report released by the American... 
The ID.4 electric crossover isn’t just the first of Volkswagen’s dedicated mass-production EVs to be available in the U.S., or the first electric SUV from VW. Although Volkswagen had given some early indications that the ID.3, which won’t be offered in the U.S., would be the volume model of the MEB lineup, a recent presentation... 
The electric F-150 will be “a workhorse, not a showhorse.” GM is thinking about flying air taxis powered by its batteries. And Kia is teasing the first of many EVs on the way. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford has revealed a few more details about the fully electric version of the F-Series truck that will arrive in 2022... 
As part of an announcement confirming the start of production for a new-generation 2021 F-150 pickup Thursday, Ford released a few new pieces of information about the upcoming fully electric version due in 2022. The model, the automaker said, will have more horsepower and torque than any F-150 available today, and it will have the lowest lifetime... 
General Motors is giving its set of EV components a new name. Electrify America has rebooted its pricing. And Audi has a fuel-cell stack but no fuel-cell vehicle. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Earlier this year, GM applied the Ultium name to the battery and propulsion systems for its upcoming generation of electric vehicles. Today, in... 
In many states, up until now, the Electrify America network has been an outlier. In states where electric vehicle drivers are accustomed to being billed by the kilowatt-hour—for the energy they put into the vehicle—EA has been billing based on the duration of their charging session. As of today, September 16, the company is changing... 
The ubiquitous General Motors 350 small-block V-8, which went into a generation of vehicles, made GM strong. For decades it was offered in a wide range of output levels and tunes and to this day is made by the company as a crate engine for hobbyists. GM announced Tuesday, in a move harking back to its treatment of core engine and transmission...