Ford Mustang Mach-E: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021

2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E first drive  -  Portland, ORThe idea of applying the Mustang’s pony car heritage to Ford’s first widely available electric vehicle, the Mach-E, might seem like sacrilege to some, or the smartest product decision of the decade to others. Whether you come out on either side of that, or somewhere in the middle like us, the Mustang Mach-E takes electric cars...

Volvo XC40 Recharge: Best Car To Buy 2021 finalist

2021 Volvo XC40 RechargeVolvo’s vehicles have for years been unified around a mantra of safety and longevity, and Scandinavian design themes that are stylish and confident but not too over-the-top. The brand’s first electric vehicle, the Volvo XC40 Recharge, is a finalist for Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021. It shows all the signs of carrying...

Polestar 2: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021 finalist

2021 Polestar 2Take a performance heritage, a focus on sustainability, Swedish engineering at the core, and an interface that’s all about “Hey Google,” and you’ll end up with a beeline to the Polestar 2. The Polestar 2 is probably the closest comparison to the Tesla Model 3 yet—although probably to the delight of many, it’s a...

Tesla Model Y: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021 finalist

2020 Tesla Model YA series of pandemic-related delays means that we close 2020 without as many new fully electric models on the market as we anticipated at the beginning of the year. But with the Model Y, Tesla pushed on with production, into the eye of the pandemic—to much controversy—and managed both to roll out the Model Y early and ramp up its...

Toyota RAV4 Prime: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2021 finalist

2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSEThe Toyota RAV4 Prime is all sorts of things, all at once. It’s Toyota’s first plug-in SUV since the “powered by Tesla” RAV4 EV from earlier last decade. It’s the quickest-accelerating vehicle in Toyota’s lineup, excluding its sports cars. And it offers one of the longest all-electric driving ranges among...

Volvo XC40: Best Car To Buy 2021 finalist

2021 Volvo XC40 RechargeVolvo’s vehicles have for years been unified around a mantra of safety and longevity, and Scandinavian design themes that are stylish and confident but not too over-the-top. The brand’s first electric vehicle, the Volvo XC40 Recharge, is a finalist for Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021. It shows all the signs of carrying...

Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021: What didn’t make the cut

2021 Mercedes-Benz EQCIt has most definitely not been a typical year for product launches and vehicle arrival timing. On Tuesday we took stock of this year’s 5 Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy finalists, and several models were conspicuously missing from the list due to later-than-anticipated delivery starts. One of the finalists named—the Ford...