Tesla is developing a new track mode for performance versions of the Model 3. YouTube reviewer Marques Brownlee posted a video on Instagram showing a development version of the "track mode" in action. Green Car Reports reached out to Tesla for comment, and the company confirmed in a statement that it is developing the track mode to allow more...
Competition improves the breed. And that’s exactly what the Kia Niro brings to hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Prius Prime. Compared with the Prius, the Niro is taller and roomier. Likely to its benefit, it looks like a small crossover SUV, though with only front-wheel drive, it's no kind of SUV. It does offer the crossover advantages of...
In its ongoing effort to reach profitability by the end of this year, Tesla has asked several of its suppliers to lower prices retroactively on components of the Model 3, including some contracts that date back to 2016. In a memo sent to the suppliers last week and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), the company reportedly...
Electric cars and racing can make strange bedfellows. The purpose of electric cars is to save energy. Racing, whether it uses gasoline or electrons, is a spectacle of speed—conservation takes a backseat. DON'T MISS: Volkswagen's ID R Pikes Peak race car shows why you should care about electric car racing As electric cars have gained a...
The automaker wants to reopen pricing agreements with some suppliers for work already underway. It called the practice routine, but its shares fell.
If you’re more than a little confused by California’s rules allowing clean cars into the much-prized diamond lanes, join the club. The state DMV and the California Air Resources Board haven’t done a great job of clarifying matters, either, though they’re getting better. Things will come to a head in the new year with a new...
The Tesla Model S is named car of the decade. The price dropped on the 2018 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In. We ask what readers wish their electric car could do. And what changes are coming for California's carpool lane stickers? All of this and more on Green Car Reports. Classic-car insurer Hagerty recognized the Tesla Model S as the car of the decade...
The 2018 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid may cost car shoppers less, the company announced last week. The price drop on base models will save buyers $1,350 on 2018 models, which should help the car attract more customers. It comes in the same two trim levels as before. Base models will start at $33,350, including destination. The Sonata Plug-in...
Electric cars prove their capability every day. So far, however, not every class of car includes an electric option, and there are still some things that most electric cars can't do. Only the Tesla Model X, for example, can carry more than five passengers or tow a trailer. No electric pickups have hit the market. As trailer owners and electric car...
Tesla is known as the car of the future. Now the collector-car community that venerates cars of the past has also taken notice. Collector-car insurer Hagerty Insurance named the Tesla Model S the greatest car of the 2010s. DON'T MISS: South's good ol' boy drag racers whupped by Tesla, not happy about it That may have been obvious for some Green...
