Category: Electric Car News

Which new hybrid started production this week in the United States? What electric car is back-ordered for a year? What systems of the Tesla Model 3 did the insurance industry test and rate this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, May 18, 2018. Friday, we...

Tesla has begun to expand its Supercharger station network as the Model 3 electric car continues to roll out. The EPA inspector general believes more can be done to improve emissions testing. Bitcoin mining actually uses more electricity than all electric cars put together. And the Shell Starship semi truck has set off on its fuel-economy record...

The EPA's Office of the Inspector General, the internal agency watchdog, said this week that improvements to the agency's emissions testing since the Volkswagen diesel scandal have been effective, but that more could be done. According to a report in The Hill, emissions testing improvements have been effective overall since Volkswagen duped...

Truck driver Bob Sliwa hit the road on Thursday night in his carbon-fiber-bodied, diesel-powered semi truck, as he attempts to set a fuel economy record for big rigs by the time he pulls into Jacksonville, Fla., next Wednesday. The endeavor, sponsored by Shell and the North American Council for Freight Efficiency, aims to boost more than miles per...

One criticism that doubters level at electric cars is that the electric grid may not have enough power to run them, at least in some places. While those concerns haven't materialized on any large scale, perhaps those critics should be more worried about Bitcoins. READ THIS: No, electric cars (still) aren't crashing the grid. Again. A new report by...

After a spate of crashes involving drivers using Tesla's Autopilot system, the press is awash in speculation about its effectiveness. Now the IIHS, which rates accident avoidance systems across many automakers, has given Tesla's system an official rating: "Superior." DON'T MISS: Report: Tesla rejected additional driver sensors for Autopilot The...

The IIHS has rated Tesla's Autopilot system, while Tesla has taken the first steps to set up shop independently in China. BMW has teased the self-driving and battery-electric iNext concept. Volvo says so-long to diesel engines. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. In the first tests of Tesla's Autopilot system and the IIHS has awarded the...