Stop us if you've heard this before: A plucky, California-based startup managed to leapfrog the titans of the automotive industry and claim the title of world's first luxury EV automaker. That Tesla leapfrogged a large portion of the industry and pioneered the premium EV is hardly an earth-shattering revelation, but what makes this particular take... Report from Germany: Tesla years ahead, German automakers falling behind
Stop us if you've heard this before: A plucky, California-based startup managed to leapfrog the titans of the automotive industry and claim the title of world's first luxury EV automaker. That Tesla leapfrogged a large portion of the industry and pioneered the premium EV is hardly an earth-shattering revelation, but what makes this particular take... 
What model emerged the energy-efficiency champ of the U.S. vehicle market? And what do the Karma Revero and upcoming Lordstown Motors Endurance electric pickup both have in common? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 8, 2019. A number of fresh 2020 EPA range and fuel... 
The U.S. market has a new most energy-efficient vehicle, and it’s one made in America: the 2020 Tesla Model 3. Last model year the most efficient model you could buy was the 2019 Hyundai Ioniq Electric. The 2019 Tesla Model 3 had a range-and-efficiency edge, and it came close in Standard Range Plus form, with a 133 MPGe combined rating... 
Karma has some of the longest plug-in range, among plug-in hybrids. GM’s Lordstown plant may soon really be building an electric truck. Hyundai is going for green-car variety in the U.S. And Toyota and BYD are new partners for electric vehicles in China. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Toyota and BYD have joined forces for... 
Hyundai wants us to know that with EVs, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and fuel-cell passenger vehicles, it’s in it for the long haul. The carmaker said on Thursday that in the U.S. it has 13 “alternatively fueled vehicles” arriving by 2022, including six sedans and seven SUVs. That includes a new version of the Sonata Hybrid sedan... 
The revamped 2020 Karma Revero GT has been EPA-rated for 61 miles of all-electric driving. That allows the Revero to leapfrog past the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid (primarily a vehicle for California) and its 47 miles of all-electric driving. It’s also more all-electric miles than could be delivered by the now-discontinued and much-loved... 
Toyota and BYD will partner to develop BEVs for the Chinese market, the two companies announced Thursday. The automakers will invest 50-50 in a new company, the primary mission of which will be to design and develop BEVs from the ground up. Staffing of the new company's engineering and R&D departments will come from the pool of existing Toyota... 
General Motors has officially sold its Lordstown, Ohio, assembly facility—for an undisclosed amount—to a company that will build electric pickups. They won’t have anything to do with GM’s upcoming electric pickups, however. Lordstown Motors wants to use the facility as its headquarters and as the production location for the... 
Volkswagen shows more of the concept car due to be shown at LA this month. The Ioniq Electric has been rated for a longer range for 2020, and again tops the efficiency scales for electric cars. And Tesla’s cybertruck shall soon be revealed. All this and more today at Green Car Reports. Tesla has announced a place and date for its upcoming... 
Volkswagen plans to reveal a flagship model for its mass-market MEB lineup—in concept form—at the upcoming Los Angeles auto show, the brand revealed Thursday. According to VW, the Space Vizzion is a “crossover of tomorrow,” with the spaciousness of an SUV and the “aerodynamic characteristics of a Gran Turismo.”...