The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will purchase seven Mack LR Electric garbage trucks, Mack announced at the recent WasteExpo 2021 trade show. However, it's only a small step toward eliminating carbon emissions from DSNY's 6,000-vehicle fleet. The order follows delivery of a demonstrator model to DSNY in September 2020, according...
London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has turned its range-extended electric London taxi into a camper van. European deliveries are scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of this year. LEVC claims this new model, dubbed e-Camper, is the world's first all-electric camper van, but that's a bit of a stretch. First off, the e-Camper still has a...
Despite sticker prices in the millions, the storied brand chronically lost money. The Croatian firm Rimac will take a controlling interest.
Despite sticker prices in the millions, the storied brand chronically lost money. The Croatian firm Rimac will take a controlling interest.
A California family that lost a 15-year-old boy when a Tesla hit its pickup truck is suing the company, claiming its Autopilot system was partly responsible.
Anywhere you are in the U.S., you’re reducing the amount of localized air pollution by driving an electric car—yes, even if your local power source is a coal plant. Not all newbies understand that, and so a few reminders—about air quality itself—can be a useful motivator, perhaps, to spread the word. Volta Charging is best...
Which company is being sued over its idle fees at fast chargers? Which automaker’s actions prompted some celebrities to dump a green-car icon? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 2, 2021. “You don’t buy a Hummer for its subtlety,” remarked West...
It was not clear what issues the prosecutors, with the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, are looking into.
Concept cars usually don't get an encore, but the Mini Vision Urbanaut electric van will. Mini plans to unveil a revised mockup of the Urbanaut in July at the DLD Summer conference in Munich. The new version looks a bit more realistic than the first iteration of the Urbanaut, which was unveiled in November 2020. At 176 inches long, it's about 6...
Tesla said sales doubled in the second quarter, but Ford reported a more modest increase as the industry grapples with a semiconductor shortage.
