California announced on Friday that it will no longer buy fleet vehicles from General Motors, Toyota, FCA, and other automakers that sided with the President last month when his administration challenged the state's authority to regulate vehicle emissions. The state spent more than $27 million on GM passenger vehicles alone in 2018, CalMatters...
The ride-hailing operator Lyft last Thursday launched a program that makes 200 fully electric vehicles available to its drivers in the Denver market. The entire lot of vehicles consists of the Kia Niro EV—a vehicle model that has an EPA-rated 239-mile range and isn’t yet available in Colorado. Lyft plans to make the vehicles available...
The future of long-haul trucking fuels may still be up for debate, but finding more efficient ways to move convoys of trucks long distances is a critical component of improving commercial sustainability. To that end, multiple truck, trucking, and logistics companies are exploring platooning—running vehicles close together in a sort of...
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Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has proposed a massive low-carbon transportation initiative as part of a larger, $1.3-trillion infrastructure overhaul plan that would jump-start America's electric vehicle infrastructure and support the auto industry as it shifts toward renewable energy. Biden outlines a multi-pronged approach that would...
All the details are out for the fully electric Ford Mustang Mach-E, and we have some backstory about the project and a ride-along in this new electric pony car. The Tesla Model S and Model 3 are back on Consumer Reports’ good side. And the BMW i4 is shaping up for being a Tesla Model 3 rival. This and more today at Green Car Reports. The...
The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E, the company’s first all-electric SUV, was officially revealed to the world Sunday night in a globally broadcast event. Actual cars won’t show up at dealers until next autumn, but we can already tell you a little about what they’ll be like. Friday evening, groups of three journalists were able to ride...
BMW's new mainstream electric sedan is starting to take shape. With development well underway, a new report leads us to believe that Munich is taking Tesla's latest offerings very seriously. How seriously? Try 530 horsepower and 300 miles of total range, Roadshow reports, thanks to an 80-kilowatt-hour battery pack based on BMW's new 5th-generation...
BMW's new mainstream electric sedan is starting to take shape. With development well underway, a new report leads us to believe that Munich is taking Tesla's latest offerings very seriously. How seriously? Try 530 horsepower and 300 miles of total range, Roadshow reports, thanks to an 80-kilowatt-hour battery pack based on BMW's new 5th-generation...
Tesla's love/hate relationship with Consumer Reports is getting another nudge from Cupid this week. Its bread-and-butter Model 3 and Model S sedans have rejoined CR's ranks of "Recommended" vehicles yet again. Over the course of the past year, the Model 3 and Model S seem to have reached an equilibrium point; the Model X, on the other hand...
Automakers have made battery-powered cars largely to meet environmental rules. Now they’re putting more skin in the game.
The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E was formally unveiled Sunday night after several teasers, corporate promises, position statements, and at least one premature release of information. It will offer two battery capacities, rear- or all-wheel drive, and a top EPA-rated range projected at 300 miles or more for at least one version. Most important of all...
The Morris Commercial JE is officially alive. This revived icon is set to make a splash in the commercial EV world, but don't expect to see it delivering bouquets of discount flowers; this lightweight, high-tech EV has a price tag to match. Morris first teased the revived J-Type back in October, and the production version was revealed in the flesh...
Where this week did GM introduce a new electric car? Which automaker turned to technology used by cryptocurrencies for keeping track of raw materials? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 15, 2019. We finished off the week here with a first look at the Ford Mustang...
Dealerships are still one of the weak points in getting electric vehicles to interested shoppers. Automakers are paying more attention to the sounds hybrids and EVs make up close. And we have details—and photos—of Ford’s Mustang Mach-E electric SUV. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Although the official reveal of...
Shoppers soon will have multiple fully electric options in one of the new-vehicle market’s hottest segments—the compact crossover. The Tesla Model Y and Ford Mach-E are both fundamentally the same size as popular models like the Honda CR-V or Toyota RAV4 but go without tailpipes and fuel tanks and promise to pack in a lot more...
From up above, the future for electric vehicles looks bright. EV sales in the U.S. rose 81 percent from 2017 to 2018, and multiple automakers are talking about mass-market electric vehicles that will be available across the country and offered volumes beyond what’s needed to secure regulatory credits. Shoppers are interested, too. One study...
Electric vehicles, and many hybrids, are fundamentally quiet at low speeds. So to be sure they’re heard in crosswalks and on city streets, they need to make sounds. Yes, that means adding “fake” sounds to the mix, but the need for noise is a chance for branding and creativity. That’s something Ford recently chronicled in...
A webpage on the Ford consumer website may have leaked critical information, pictures, specifications, and details about the Mustang Mach-E all-electric crossover Thursday before the car's debut Sunday ahead of the 2019 Los Angeles auto show. The information was first reported by MachEForum.com. A spokesman for Ford said the automaker would have...
There’s now a fully electric member of the Ford Mustang family on the way next year. Volkswagen is making space—a lot of it—for building EVs in the US. The Chevy Bolt EV is now a Top Safety Pick. And a major consumer group has analyzed possible scenarios in EPA fuel economy and emissions rules. This and more, today at Green Car...
The Trump administration's proposed fuel economy regulation rollbacks could cost U.S. consumers as much as $300 billion, a new analysis suggests, calling into question EPA chief Andrew Wheeler's claims that the new proposals would save buyers money, prompting them to purchase newer, safer cars. Consumer Reports analyzed the proposed rule changes...
