Under its Design Dome, part of its Warren Tech Center and where concept cars have been prepared and vehicles—even like the EV1—have been designed and developed since 1955, GM provided a sketch to media and investors Wednesday of how its Ultium electric propulsion strategy will take form in actual production-bound vehicles. It was... Here are 10 of the electric vehicles GM might (or will) build on its Ultium foundation
Under its Design Dome, part of its Warren Tech Center and where concept cars have been prepared and vehicles—even like the EV1—have been designed and developed since 1955, GM provided a sketch to media and investors Wednesday of how its Ultium electric propulsion strategy will take form in actual production-bound vehicles. It was...
Although the official debut of the Lucid Air electric sedan is more than a month away—in April, at the New York Auto Show—the California company today started to sketch out one very important aspect: How it will sell and service its cars. It’s a critical and potentially resource-draining decision for a startup automaker like...
General Motors provided Wednesday the most comprehensive picture yet of how its “all-electric future” will take form—quickly, efficiently, and profitably, as the company emphasized. With a no-cameras presentation to press and investors, the company previewed 11 fully electric vehicles in different stages of development. Building...
BMW has shown the concept version of its Tesla Model 3 rival, and it’s looking nearly ready for production. Byton is positioning its business for sales and service in Europe. Renault shows a concept EV that looks beyond 2025. And there’s now a name for the electric crossover headed to VW dealerships as soon as late this year. This and...
Ahead of the market arrival of its M-Byte electric SUV in Europe by the end of 2021, Byton has started to detail more about how its vehicles can be ordered, sold, serviced, and charged. Of Byton’s 65,000 worldwide reservations, 25,000 are in Europe. So far those are essentially hand-raisers, but European reservations will be open for...
The Mustang Mach-E is finding orders from all across the U.S. GM is embracing workplace charging. And Fisker shows its Ocean electric crossover in motion. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Fisker has filled in some more specs and details about charging for its upcoming Ocean electric crossover, although the company hasn’t yet...
General Motors announced Tuesday that it’s launching a major initiative to provide workplace charging for its own employees. Through the effort, it will install 3,500 charging connectors across facilities in the U.S. and Canada—tripling the number of connectors currently available from the company. Citing “the internal popularity...
Three months after opening the reservations window for its upcoming 2021 Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle, Ford reported today that it now has orders for the model in all 50 states. Ford says that the model’s 300-mile EPA-estimated range and all-wheel-drive capability will help meet “regional customer needs.” Roughly...
Audi has announced it will bring sustainable materials to its mainstream models, too. Perhaps with a little help from incentives, Germans are embracing EVs. And Hyundai has announced a lot more Kona Electric production for Europe; maybe it will help America get more of them. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hyundai has announced that it...
Hyundai created one of the most appealing affordable long-range electric vehicles yet—its Kona Electric crossover—and then has faced widespread criticism for limiting supply well below demand in the U.S. and Europe. On Thursday the company announced what could help relieve the situation. Starting in March, it will ramp up production of...
With most numbers for vehicle sales in 2019 now tallied, it appears to have been the year in which hybrids got a second wind, electric vehicle growth stumbled, and plug-in hybrids started to fall out of favor. In California, where a far wider range of plug-in hybrids are available, those trends are highlighted. The state registered a total market...
What upcoming vehicle did Hot Wheels celebrate with radio-control toys? Which automaker has set up the highest-power fast-charging station in Europe? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 28, 2020. This week, Honda revealed some of the key numbers for its CR-V Hybrid...
The bubble car gets another electric remake. Rural California is getting fully-solar-powered charging stations. And the Honda CR-V Hybrid gets specs and pricing, as it arrives as soon as this weekend. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Inspired by the Isetta minicar of the 1950s, the fashionable, urban-focused Microlina electric car will be...
Honda has revealed fuel economy ratings and U.S. pricing information for the 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, which starts arriving at dealerships March 1. The CR-V’s arrival cements an entirely new segment for mileage-conscious buyers who aren’t yet ready to embrace EVs. Just a few model years ago, the U.S. lacked a single hybrid entry in what...
Renault rolls out electric car-sharing. the DS brand gets avante garde with a performance EV concept. And Toyota hybrids are indeed lasting a long time. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The luxury brand of France’s PSA, called DS, has pulled out all the styling stops with a flamboyant electric concept car for the Geneva Motor Show...
Toyota hybrids already have a reputation for lasting a long time without the kind of serious mechanical issues that might retire them from the road. A study released Wednesday helps confirm that. Based on mathematically modeled results from more than 15.8 used-car sales, the shopping and analytics site iSeeCars.com found that there’s a...
Volkswagen considers building an EV sports car. Lucid reveals its battery pick. And Mercedes teases its EQA electric small car in the snow. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The production version of the Mercedes-Benz EQA electric car, the brand’s first compact-car EV effort in years, will arrive by the end of the year. Lucid has...
Lucid has revealed the battery cell supplier for its upcoming Lucid Air electric sedan: LG Chem. According to an announcement made Monday, the upstart electric carmaker, LG Chem cells will be “exclusively powering standard versions of this luxury EV through 2023.” Lucid noted in an accompanying release of “additional agreements...
Polestar gives a glimpse of a future flagship electric car. Researchers suggest much higher solar cell efficiency without rare materials. And Hyundai is working on giving transmissions more smarts, not necessarily more gears. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ahead of the Geneva Motor Show, Polestar has released pictures and info for its...