Volvo plans to produce only electric cars at its South Carolina, factory ahead of factories in other markets. In an interview with Automotive News Monday, CEO Hakan Samuelsson said the factory will be the first one building all-electric cars, implying it will reach that milestone before factories in Europe and China. However, this wasn't mentioned...
Honda gives its GM-based EV a name. A Tesla owner cries foul over Supercharger idle fees. Panasonic dumps its Tesla stock. Mazda’s diesel is here and gone. And Ford’s acquisition of a startup will help make EVs click for fleets. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Honda has announced that its GM-based electric SUV due in 2024...
Honda on Monday announced that it’s given its all-electric SUV, due in 2024, a name: Prologue. According to Honda, the name demarcates the beginning of “a new series of volume Honda BEV models.” Under the company’s current plan, announced in April, it’s targeting U.S. sales to be 40% battery electric or hydrogen fuel...
Ford earlier this month made an investment that will help connect the dots in selling the F-150 Lightning Pro and E-Transit electric trucks to fleet managers at companies big and small. The acquired company is called Electriphi, and it took just a short check-in with CEO Muffi Ghadiali, to understand how important it is in this transition...
A Tesla owner is suing the automaker over fees at Supercharger DC fast-charging stations, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Kevin Shenkman sued Tesla in California state court, claiming the automaker broke a promise to early owners to provide free charging for life by imposing fees for leaving cars idle at Supercharger stations. He's seeking to...
Panasonic sold its entire stake in key battery customer Tesla—worth an estimated $3.6 billion—last fiscal year, Nikkei Asia reported Friday. The move gives Panasonic funds for new strategic investments, such as the $7.1 billion purchase of logistics and supply-chain firm Blue Yonder, the report noted. It's an indication Panasonic could...
Mazda teased a special kind of high-mpg diesel zoom-zoom for a decade. And then it fizzled in months. By the time it finally arrived in late 2019, badged the 2019 Mazda CX-5 Skyactiv-D, diesel was on the verge of irrelevance outside of bigger trucks intended to haul long distances. Several intriguing EVs its size were about to hit the market...
Which German brand stepped up its plans to phase out internal combustion models? Which upcoming EV got a power boost, and which one got a battery boost? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 25, 2021. Firsthand experience with the latest EVs, plug-in hybrids, and other...
Experts say the details of the spending will matter — and that, in some areas, more money will be needed to fix beleaguered roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
The all-electric XC90 Recharge will get lidar sensors. We take an up-close look at the Kia EV6—yes, the one with the numbers that rival the Model Y Performance. And the Sono Sion solar EV is getting a bigger battery before advancing toward production. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volvo on Thursday announced some very...
