Which green cars didn’t make the list for Best Car To Buy 2018?

2018 Honda Accord HybridAfter the usual intense discussions and debates, we announced our three finalists for the Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2018 award earlier this week. The Tesla Model 3 was not among them, because we have to drive a car in order to evaluate it as a finalist—and Tesla declined to provide us with a car to test. The company's more affordable...

One of these 3 vehicles will be Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2018

Green Car Reports Best Car To BuyFans of green cars have spent much of the past year eagerly waiting for a pair of electric cars to be revealed to the public and then to go on sale. By far the most attention and hype has been focused on the Tesla Model 3, the Silicon Valley carmaker's lower-priced and much higher-volume vehicle, with more than 200 miles of range for a starting...

One of these 3 vehicles will be Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2018

Green Car Reports Best Car To BuyFans of green cars have spent much of the past year eagerly waiting for a pair of electric cars to be revealed to the public and then to go on sale. By far the most attention and hype has been focused on the Tesla Model 3, the Silicon Valley carmaker's lower-priced and much higher-volume vehicle, with more than 200 miles of range for a starting...

Chevrolet Bolt EV: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2017

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, road test, California coastline, Sep 2016Each year, Green Car Reports chooses a new car, or a family of cars, as the best green car introduced in that model year. In 2011, our very first award, we picked the first-ever modern electric car to be sold in high volumes. Six years later, we've picked the spiritual successor to that car, one that provides radically higher range at an...

Past Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy winners: the recap

2013 Tesla Model S owned by David Noland, Catskill Mountains, NY, Oct 2015On Monday, Green Car Reports will name its 2017 Best Car To Buy. It will be the seventh time we've given the award, and it's worth looking back to see how far green cars have progressed in those seven years. We were lucky to start the award in 2011, the year two remarkable cars arrived on global markets: the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf. DON'T...

Green Car Reports 2017 Best Car To Buy nominee: Toyota Prius Prime

2017 Toyota Prius Prime PremiumThe 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a far, far better plug-in hybrid than its predecessor. It defaults to electric-only operation, it has 25 miles of EPA-rated electric range, and in electric operation, it is by far the most energy-efficient vehicle you can buy this year in the U.S. And when it reverts to running as a standard hybrid car, it's rated at...

Green Car Reports’ 2017 Best Car To Buy nominee: Tesla Model X

2016 Tesla Model XPretty much any Tesla electric car is bound to start a conversation. The low, tiny 2008 Roadster, the sleek and Jaguar-esque 2012 Model S sedan, or the company's latest car, the 2016 Model X crossover utility vehicle. But as we experienced first-hand, the Model X has the most attention-getting device of any Tesla ever sold. DON'T MISS: 2016 Tesla...

Green Car Reports 2017 Best Car To Buy nominee: Chevy Bolt EV

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, road test, California coastline, Sep 2016The announcement of the Chevrolet Bolt concept car came like a thunderclap at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. After unveiling the 2016 Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, General Motors CEO Mary Barra rolled out a bright orange five-door hatchback electric car. It would have 200 or more miles of range, she said, for a price starting at $37,500 before...

Which green cars didn’t make the cut for Best Car To Buy award?

2017 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, Ioniq Electric, and Ioniq Plug-In We have a slim field of only three new green cars this year competing for the Green Car Reports 2017 Best Car To Buy award. They are the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, the 2016 Tesla Model X, and the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. There's a much longer list of new vehicles that didn't make the cut this year; this is where we explain what they are, and why...

Which green cars didn’t make the cut for Best Car To Buy award?

2017 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, Ioniq Electric, and Ioniq Plug-In We have a slim field of only three new green cars this year competing for the Green Car Reports 2017 Best Car To Buy award. They are the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, the 2016 Tesla Model X, and the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. There's a much longer list of new vehicles that didn't make the cut this year; this is where we explain what they are, and why...