TV Reporter Dies After Accident Involving Revel Scooter
Nina Kapur was a passenger on a scooter rented from Revel, whose Vespa-style rental vehicles have become popular in New York City. It was believed to be the company’s first fatality.
GM fuel cells, BMW battery deal, BYD flagship EV, Honda Fit gone: Today’s Car News
BMW makes a battery deal that keeps it in the EU. GM changes its fuel-cell tune somewhat. The flagship model from China’s BYD could make waves in Europe and, potentially, the U.S. And are Americans over small cars? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The BYD Han EV has arrived in the company’s home market, China. Could this... BYD Han EV luxury sedan arrives in China: Tesla Model S–sized, about $40k
The new flagship electric sedan from BYD, the Han EV, will go on sale in China this month, the company reported last week. The BYD Han EV is ten years in the making and could be the model that allows BYD to break through to Europe and the U.S. in meaningful volumes. It’s also BYD’s debut vehicle for its new lithium iron phosphate... GM backs away from hydrogen fuel-cell tech in passenger vehicles
General Motors is no longer interested in selling a hydrogen fuel-cell passenger car, and will instead focus on battery-electric vehicles. The company hadn't provided an update on fuel-cell activities in some time, but the news emerged from a press call with GM chief sustainability officer Dane Parker discussing the automaker's 2020 sustainability... Sweden’s Northvolt will make $2.3B of electric-car batteries for BMW
As it ramps up electric-car production, BMW has inked a battery-supply deal with Sweden's Northvolt. BMW plans to buy 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) of batteries from Northvolt beginning in 2024. Batteries will be manufactured at a factory currently under construction Skelleftea, Sweden, which will use 100% renewable energy, according to a BMW... Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris dumped: Have Americans rejected the fuel-efficient small car?
Honda confirmed Friday that the fourth-generation version of the Fit hatchback, its smallest and most affordable model—and its most fuel-efficient non-hybrid model—won’t be coming to the U.S. That includes the Fit Hybrid, which was revealed for Europe and Japan last fall and will incorporate the company’s two-motor hybrid... Nissan Ariya, Ford Bronco Hybrid, Model Y price cut, EV charging standards: The Week in Reverse
Which popular electric vehicle got a price cut this week? Which battery giant did Honda ally with? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 17, 2020. The 2022 Nissan Ariya made its global debut Wednesday in production form, and while it looks much like the production-bound... Hydrogen costs, VW tests charging in the heat, Nissan ends a standards war: Today’s Car News
VW’s testing of charging hardware heats up. Nissan ends the war over EV fast-charging standards, and now Tesla’s the holdout. And could cheaper renewable energy could help make hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles viable? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen has partnered with Electrify America to build a hot-weather proving... Commentary: Nissan ends war over electric-car charging standards, as Tesla stands apart
Beta might have been better from the start, but that didn’t keep it from winning a videocassette recorder war over VHS back in the 1980s. Such was the case, it seems, in the battle between CHAdeMO and CCS as a standard for electric-vehicle fast-charging in the 2010s. Nissan has been the biggest longtime booster of CHAdeMO—the Beta of... Hydrogen from renewable energy could be cost-competitive by 2030, analysis finds
Hydrogen produced using renewable energy could become a cost-competitive option over that made from natural gas within the decade, according to a new analysis from IHS Markit. By 2030, production of hydrogen by "splitting" water—which can be done using electricity generated from renewable sources—will be cost competitive with the...