A very special Ford Mach-E electric SUV is going to NASCAR. The 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid has been spotted and looks ready to offer up a RAV4 Prime alternative. And Jeep details several of its plug-in hybrids—just not quite yet for the U.S. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford is planning to show its Mustang Mach-E... Seven-motor Mustang Mach-E, 2021 Outlander PHEV spotted, Jeep plug-in hybrids: Today’s Car News
A very special Ford Mach-E electric SUV is going to NASCAR. The 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid has been spotted and looks ready to offer up a RAV4 Prime alternative. And Jeep details several of its plug-in hybrids—just not quite yet for the U.S. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford is planning to show its Mustang Mach-E...
As the Toyota RAV4 Prime arrives on the market in very limited numbers, there’s an alternative that’s already been offered for years: the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid. Our friends at Electric Vehicle Web have published photos taken in San Diego by a reader of what appears to be the next-generation version of the...
What’s the best way to tease Americans who might not otherwise consider an electric car with a glimpse of EVs’ true performance potential? Take an insanely overpowered, seven-motor Ford Mustang Mach-E electric drift machine where the Cheetah Launch Teslas rarely run: to a NASCAR race. The Mustang Mach-E 1400 is based on the upcoming...
BMW makes a battery deal that keeps it in the EU. GM changes its fuel-cell tune somewhat. The flagship model from China’s BYD could make waves in Europe and, potentially, the U.S. And are Americans over small cars? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The BYD Han EV has arrived in the company’s home market, China. Could this...
The new flagship electric sedan from BYD, the Han EV, will go on sale in China this month, the company reported last week. The BYD Han EV is ten years in the making and could be the model that allows BYD to break through to Europe and the U.S. in meaningful volumes. It’s also BYD’s debut vehicle for its new lithium iron phosphate...
Honda confirmed Friday that the fourth-generation version of the Fit hatchback, its smallest and most affordable model—and its most fuel-efficient non-hybrid model—won’t be coming to the U.S. That includes the Fit Hybrid, which was revealed for Europe and Japan last fall and will incorporate the company’s two-motor hybrid...
Which popular electric vehicle got a price cut this week? Which battery giant did Honda ally with? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 17, 2020. The 2022 Nissan Ariya made its global debut Wednesday in production form, and while it looks much like the production-bound...
VW’s testing of charging hardware heats up. Nissan ends the war over EV fast-charging standards, and now Tesla’s the holdout. And could cheaper renewable energy could help make hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles viable? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen has partnered with Electrify America to build a hot-weather proving...
Beta might have been better from the start, but that didn’t keep it from winning a videocassette recorder war over VHS back in the 1980s. Such was the case, it seems, in the battle between CHAdeMO and CCS as a standard for electric-vehicle fast-charging in the 2010s. Nissan has been the biggest longtime booster of CHAdeMO—the Beta of...
The BMW iX3 marks some firsts for BMW, but it isn’t coming to the U.S. Biden pivots to embrace EVs and more aggressive fuel economy targets. And Nissan plays to the future with by hopping fast-charging standards. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Presidential candidate Joe Biden Tuesday stepped up his environmental plan and its...
With the release of charging specifications for the Ariya electric crossover, Nissan effectively put CHAdeMO on notice. The automaker revealed that it would be equipping the Ariya electric crossover, which arrives in the second half of 2021, with CCS-format DC fast charging rather than the CHAdeMO-format charging it’s used—and actively...
Nissan’s electric crossover, the 2022 Ariya, takes a bow in production form. Many more states want all their big trucks to go electric. Fisker is trying to tap into VW’s MEB platform. And how about a hydrogen fuel-cell supercar? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Nissan Ariya has been revealed, and while much carried over...
The production-bound Ariya electric crossover that Nissan revealed Wednesday morning in Japan represents a bucketload of firsts for the brand. First and foremost to Nissan, the Ariya is at the leading edge of a Nissan Next strategy that involves all-new vehicles and a significant refresh for most of the automaker’s vehicles in the next...
With new Ford Bronco and Bronco Sport models out, how will hybrid and possibly electric models take form? Honda and CATL are now partners. The Kia Soul has been recalled. And Fisker is going public. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Bronco is back. Ford last night reintroduced the nameplate, in the form of two retro-styled models: Bronco...
The first fully electric vehicle sold by Kia is being recalled, and it has nothing to do with the battery or propulsion system. On 2015 and 2016 Kia Soul EV models, the parking mechanism can become damaged by moving the gear lever into Park before the vehicle has come to a complete stop. That could lead to a situation in which, as Kia describes in...
Ford is bringing back the Bronco, which to many Americans has meant an iconic “tough truck” SUV counterpoint to the Mustang coupe and convertible for several decades. The two- and four-door Bronco and the smaller four-door Bronco Sport revealed Monday embrace the heritage of the brand to a T. They’re both boxy vehicles with retro...
Tesla lowered prices on the Model Y, and boosted charge rates on some of its other models. The Volkswagen ID.3 will tread lightly with range-extending rubber. Rivian is now flush with a new round of funding. And we rounded up all we know on the upcoming GMC Hummer EV models. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. With a fresh round of funding...
Tesla lowered the price of the Model Y Long Range AWD by $3,000 on Saturday. The other current version offered, the Model Y Performance, received a $1,000 price drop. That brings the effective price to $51,190 for the Long Range and $61,190 for the Performance, including the $1,200 destination fee. Over the past couple of years, Tesla has...