Charging the Best Car To Buy nominees: A drama in three acts

E-Tron at Electrify America station, Marietta GAEast Ellijay, Georgia, might be considered part of the outermost exurbs north of metro Atlanta, or a gateway to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where in October Internet Brands Automotive editors rounded up the cohort of Best Car To Buy nominees for Green Car Reports, Motor Authority, and The Car Connection. A charging station there was...

Why the Toyota RAV4 is the best hybrid for the US market

2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid - Best Car To Buy 2020Sometimes the market speaks decisively about what it wants, and we can make a tremendous impact by simply playing matchmaker rather than pushing back. That’s how we’d sum our feelings about the RAV4 Hybrid Limited we had at our annual Best Car To Buy roundup this past fall. It made such a strong case for itself, with an EPA-rated...

Audi E-Tron: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2020

2019 Audi E-Tron - Best Car To Buy 2020The Audi E-Tron is Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2020. We can’t think of a single fully electric vehicle that fits so well into a carmaker’s lineup the way that the E-Tron does. The E-Tron is a thoroughly competent SUV that performs well and is a joy to drive or be a passenger in—and it just happens to be a fully...

Green Car Reports’ Car of the Decade: Tesla Model S

2019 Tesla Model STen years ago, the Volt Dance was still fresh in our minds; Ford CEO Alan Mullaly invested more in its electric programs and said that by 2020 EVs would become more important than hybrids (and more dominant in the company’s lineup); the Leaf was on its way to be something very, very big; and we really had our bets on at least one of...

Porsche Taycan: Best Car To Buy 2020 nominee

2020 Porsche Taycan 4SFor anyone who appreciates electric cars and their potential to transcend existing boundaries, the Porsche Taycan—originally called the Mission E concept—was a rock star from the start. In concept form in 2015, its propositions included 600 horsepower, 0-62 mph acceleration in 3.5 seconds, torque vectoring all-wheel drive, all-wheel...

Kia Niro EV: Best Car To Buy 2020 nominee

2019 Kia Niro EV - Best Car To Buy 2020The electric-vehicle invasion hasn’t exactly happened the way it was supposed to some years ago—with mass-market models getting longer-range batteries or becoming even more affordable. Instead, Tesla has shown that electric vehicles can elbow in from the top and middle of the market, with an aesthetic that takes on premium brands...

Audi E-Tron: Best Car To Buy 2020 nominee

2019 Audi E-Tron - Best Car To Buy 2020The 2019 Audi E-Tron fits in—as a well-styled, contemporary SUV, as a superb luxury vehicle, and as an Audi. And it just so happens to be an electric vehicle. That’s the way Green Car Reports has more or less summarized Audi’s first fully electric vehicle after multiple experiences up close with it. The E-Tron is one of three...