Some low-income homeowners in California will soon be eligible for a state-funded program that will provide free home battery systems in wildfire-prone regions. According to the solar provider Sunrun and the non-profit solar installer Grid Alternatives, which issued a joint announcement Thursday, the program is pointed specifically toward... Low-income California households can get free blackout-busting battery backup systems
Some low-income homeowners in California will soon be eligible for a state-funded program that will provide free home battery systems in wildfire-prone regions. According to the solar provider Sunrun and the non-profit solar installer Grid Alternatives, which issued a joint announcement Thursday, the program is pointed specifically toward... 
Which high-performance electric car will soon access optional features over the air? Where is the world’s largest V2G site? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending August 21, 2020. California’s Lucid continued to release more about the Air electric sedan, building up... 
Lexus is adding more trunk space to one of its hybrid models with a battery swap. California is sending some conflicting signals about diesel. And what can we expect from the Volkswagen ID.4 electric crossover? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The luxurious 2021 Lexus ES 300h hybrid sedan gets fitted with a lighter, more compact... 
On Thursday, Volkswagen confirmed that it has started series production of the ID.4 electric crossover—the model bound for first U.S. deliveries by the end of the year. The ID.4 kicks off a new generation of affordable electric vehicles from VW, propelled to some degree by the diesel scandal. In a somewhat unusual cadence—perhaps the... 
The Porsche Taycan gets a series of minor updates for 2021—including easier fast-charging and the potential of over-the-air feature subscriptions. Volvo plug-in hybrids cost less for 2021 than for 2020. And Lucid's electric SUV, due in 2023, has been spotted. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volvo plug-in hybrid models get a big... 
Adding features to the Porsche Taycan electric car soon won’t necessarily be a matter of which boxes you check in the configurator, or which options were included in the one you hand-picked at the dealership. Porsche released a breakdown Wednesday of what’s on the way for the 2021 model-year Taycan electric car. And while Porsche... 
Electric vehicle deals this month are favoring buying over leasing, in at least some instances. More road-trip fast-chargers are being added where long-haul travelers are likely to stop. And Lucid is claiming faster charge times than Tesla. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Lucid claims that the Air electric sedan will have the fastest... 
Lucid already suggested a week ago that its upcoming Air electric luxury sedan might offer the longest EPA-cycle range of any EV—an anticipated 517 miles. Now it’s already topping that with what many electric-vehicle enthusiasts will see as an even more impressive claim: that it’s the fastest-charging EV. Lucid announced... 
The Hyundai Kona Electric can go 600 miles on a charge—with a big asterisk. Bollinger Motors is upsizing its facility as it develops its electric trucks. Electric vehicles could save the U.S. billions annually. And some automakers are voluntarily seeking a deal with California for stricter emissions targets and more EVs. This and more, here... 
Michigan-based Bollinger Motors has announced that earlier this month it completed a move to a larger building in suburban Detroit. And when they say larger, it’s all relative. This is so Bollinger can accommodate a doubling of its workforce by the end of 2020, to 80 people, as it pushes ahead with the development of its heavy-duty electric... 
The California Air Resources Board announced Monday that it has finalized five individual agreements with automakers pledging to adhere to annual reductions of passenger-vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. The terms, negotiated with BMW (including Rolls-Royce), Ford, Honda, Volvo, and Volkswagen Group (including Audi)—six automakers, as... 
We drove the Jeep Wrangler EcoDiesel to see if it lives up to its badge, ahead of an expected plug-in. Daimler’s U.S. diesel settlement has a price tag far below that of VW. A French battery maker rises. And double-decker buses are an important part of the world’s largest V2G site. This and more, here at Green Car Reports... 
The expected arrival later this year of the Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid will mark the first time that an iconic “tough truck” off-road SUVs gets a charge port. In efficiency, it won’t be a tough crowd to one-up. Until then, in badged-and-branded EcoDiesel form, the Jeep Wrangler turbodiesel’s 22 mpg city, 29 highway... 
London already has the largest electric bus fleet of anywhere in Europe. And now it’s hosting the trial site of the world’s largest vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial site. Put simply, V2G technology will allow a small amount of the charge from connected electric buses, when they’re not out in use, to help stabilize the peaks and... 
Which upcoming electric vehicle might earn an EPA rating of more than 500 miles? Which EV might share its production location with the Jaguar I-Pace? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending TKTKTK, 2018. Hyundai announced that it’s rebooting its Ioniq nameplate into an... 
We take the Polestar 2 for a drive, see how batteries can make fast-charging more flexible, and look at how batteries themselves might not need to be in one big pack. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The battery supplier CATL says that by the end of the decade it hopes to have a system in which automakers can place battery cells in... 
Lucid says its SUV is on the way in 2023. Bentley aims to keep rare-earths out of its electric and electrified vehicles. And Volkswagen is putting together a U.S. lab for EV development. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The CEO of Lucid has confirmed that a Lucid SUV is due in 2023, and that a whole family of vehicles is potentially in... 
Since last year the California-based electric vehicle maker Lucid has been going full-speed ahead. It’s nearly finished building its factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, and it’s installing a pilot production line there later this month. There, Lucid will immediately start making a batch of what it calls “Beta 2” cars that are...