The 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric gets a big range boost—up to 170 EPA-rated miles, according to results posted Tuesday by the federal agency. The much higher range for the Ioniq Electric is due to a significantly larger battery-pack capacity that Hyundai has been saying is due since launching the Ioniq Electric in 2016. The pack goes up from... 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric range boosted to 170 miles for very efficient EV
The 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric gets a big range boost—up to 170 EPA-rated miles, according to results posted Tuesday by the federal agency. The much higher range for the Ioniq Electric is due to a significantly larger battery-pack capacity that Hyundai has been saying is due since launching the Ioniq Electric in 2016. The pack goes up from... 
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has set a date for a first look at the locked-in design of the California company’s upcoming electric pickup truck. The reveal will happen Nov. 21, near the SpaceX facility (and Tesla’s Design Center) in Hawthorne, California. Musk noted in a tweet accompanying the announcement that the day was “strangely... 
Kia revealed its electric SUV coupe of the future, in concept form. Ford appears to be planning to build both of its important electrified F-150 version in Michigan. And the SEMA aftermarket show is clearly aiming for electric, as Ford teased a one-off 800V electric Mustang and Chevy built a crate electric setup into a vintage truck. This and more... 
The fully electric version of the Ford F-150 pickup is potentially due as soon as 2021. However Ford hasn’t yet confirmed exactly where the electric F-150 would be produced. A document provided by the UAW, posted by Automotive News reporter Michael Martinez, provided some resolution to that in a Crain's Detroit Business piece. The document... 
Ford is due to reveal its production-bound Mustang-inspired, fully electric SUV later this month. In the meantime—at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), Tuesday—Ford and the supplier Webasto have together revealed something that might get die-hard Mustang fans more likely to pay attention when that performance EV does... 
An annual energy report suggests that getting so many diesels off the world’s roads wasn’t a good thing for global energy efficiency. Germany approves bigger incentives for plug-in vehicles. An Australian company gives vintage Land Cruisers a new life as electric work trucks. And we’ve driven Polestar’s high-performance... 
In the aftermath of the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal and all of its settlement terms, it might seem that a cleaner, more efficient future is assured. Electric possibilities will offer far lower carbon dioxide and local criteria emissions over the long term, but in the short term the aftermath of the diesel matters gets complicated. Over at... 
Some members of Congress are helping keep EV tax credit reform on the table. NHTSA has a long list of questions for Tesla. PSA and FCA could merge into a greener, more electrified company. And Infiniti reveals more about its plan for the future. This and more here at Green Car Reports. Just before the 30th anniversary of its original launch in the... 
Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury brand, is on the verge of its 30th birthday and already in the midst of what sounds like serious midlife crisis territory. For one, it’s giving up on Western Europe and Australia, among other markets, and focusing in on the U.S.—where it originally launched, in 1989—and China, where the brand sees... 
Transmissions will soon be history at Infiniti. Electric motors will exclusively power the drive wheels of future models, and all or nearly all versions will have all-wheel drive. Yet charge ports won’t be all that common, and most of the vehicles will still have a fuel tank, a tailpipe, and an engine under the hood. Confused? That’s... 
What company is naming its future vehicle the Ocean? And which electric-car model was approved to be a NYC yellow cab? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 1, 2019. We finished up the week with news that the federal government is requesting information from Tesla on... 
The federal government wants to know more about Tesla’s batteries, its charging, its software upgrades, and incidents relating to reported fires—among many other details concerning the majority of Tesla Model S fastbacks and Model X SUVs ever built. In a letter, dated October 24, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration notes... 
A long-awaited super-efficiency fuel-cell car is soon arriving—in the UK. It pays to invest in charging readiness up front. Some key specs have changed slightly for the e-Golf this year. And Fisker’s smaller electric SUV gets a few more details. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Fisker’s Tesla Model Y–sized compact... 
With the introduction of a first mass-market electric car, the ID 3, already happening in Europe, a mass-market EV for the U.S. just around the corner, next year, and a new Golf just introduced for Europe with fully electric no longer part of the mix, the e-Golf is available in the U.S. for just one more model year For its last year, though, the... 
It costs four to six times as much to install EV spaces into a building as a stand-alone retrofit as it does to just build the spaces as part of new building construction or major alterations. That’s among the findings of a paper released earlier this fall, prepared by Energy Solutions for Tesla, ChargePoint, and the California Electric... 
The Upper Midwest stands a lot to gain in the greening of the grid. Cummins has shown a new fuel-cell semi. We sum what makes e-turbos different. And Volkswagen teases a little bit more of its latest ID electric-car concept due for a November reveal. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen has teased an electric-car concept, due for... 
Volkswagen disclosed Tuesday that on November 19 it will reveal a new concept car that’s part of its fully electric ID family. Based on the picture teased by VW, the model due for production could be what the carmaker has already suggested is in the works: a model termed the “ID Aero”—a sporty sedan or fastback that might... 
Hyundai revealed its own semi concept, aiming to go big with hydrogen fuel-cell tech. A lightweight electric off-roader shows the potential from just one supplier. The Tesla Model 3 gets the nod for New York yellow cab duty. And the Dutch Lightyear One electric car might hold a new record for aerodynamics. This and more, today at Green Car... 
Mini prices its Cooper SE. London has a new (electric) kind of black cab. A special kind of clutch pack could help keep performance EVs lean. And GM is among several companies now actively opposing California in its battle with the EPA. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. GM, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler have allied to support the Trump...