Tesla hinted just a few months ago that it could be planning to offer wireless charging for its vehicles. Now, one of the company’s recent acquisitions might help it tap into the tech it needs to make that possible. Although no public statement has been made yet, Tesla appears to have recently purchased Wiferion, a German company that...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into alleged loss of steering control in 2023 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y electric cars. The investigation—officially known as a Preliminary Evaluation—is based on 12 complaints alleging steering issues in the affected vehicles. Five complaints...
Tesla is seeking nearly $100 million in U.S. government funding to build nine semi-truck charging stations on a route from the southern border of Texas to the automaker's original factory in Fremont, California, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The plan reportedly calls for each site to have eight 750-kw chargers for the Tesla Semi plus four chargers...
Ford lowers EV expectations this year. The base $45,000 Blazer EV isn’t arriving. And how will Volvo manage to deliver an EV at the $35,000 Tesla struggled with? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Chevrolet has dropped plans for a $44,995 Blazer EV 1LT version, the company revealed to Green Car Reports Monday. Although with a base...
What makes the 2025 Volvo EX30, in rear-wheel-drive form with a projected range rating of 275 miles, possible at its remarkable starting price of around $35,000—the price that tripped up Tesla some years ago? It’s undoubtedly the EX30’s manufacture in China, where labor costs are roughly akin to those in Mexico. The EX30...
Ford is lowering its 2023 EV production targets, pointing to vehicle prices as a reason for the slowdown. The automaker now expects to be building 600,000 EVs a year sometime in 2024, Ford CEO Jim Farley said Monday in a discussion of the automaker's quarterly earnings report. Ford has been saying since 2021 (when it doubled EV targets) that it...
Chevrolet has canceled plans for a base 1LT version of the Blazer EV, the brand confirmed to Green Car Reports on Monday. The detail, which GM hadn’t yet confirmed publicly, came in follow-up queries regarding its announcement regarding first deliveries of the 2024 Chevy Blazer, initially in RS AWD versions. Chevrolet clarified that the...
Chevy Blazer EV deliveries are starting soon. Mazda cancels the MX-30 for the U.S. The federal government looks at fleet-average mpg through 2032. And Tesla owners are increasingly turned off by the company’s CEO. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Deliveries of the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV will start in August, GM confirmed Monday...
GM reported on Monday that first shipments of the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV from its assembly plant in Mexico have started, with dealerships due to start getting initial Blazer EV RS AWD versions in August. With the confirmation, GM rolled out more pieces of Blazer EV news including new pricing details, some confirmed EPA range ratings, and a...
Mazda on Friday afternoon revealed that its MX-30 lineup will not be returning for U.S. sales after the 2023 model year. For longtime Mazda fans, that piece of news also means that Mazda’s Wankel rotary engine won’t be coming back to America anytime soon. The MX-30 EV arrived for first deliveries in late 2021, and with its 100-mile EPA...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Friday issued a proposal to update Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks, calling for a fleet average of 58 mpg, according to its methodology, by 2032—which will equate to a real-world fleet efficiency average of about 43.5 mpg...
With a throttle and no pedals, Super73’s new “electric balance bike” blurs the lines of regulation and safety. “No license, registration or insurance required,” its marketing promises.
Tesla owners still love their cars, but they're souring on CEO Elon Musk, a new survey finds. Bloomberg recently rebooted a survey of 5,000 Tesla owners it first polled in 2019, and while all of the results are worth reading through in detail for Tesla fans, some trends stand out that relate to the market at large. Asked the same questions, these...
Which brand teased upcoming EVs capable of charging near 400 kw? Where did Tesla create a store to bypass a state’s direct-sales ban? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 28, 2023. The biggest EV-related story of the week regards something that doesn't have a name...
The e-bike industry is booming, but many vehicles are not legal for teenagers, and accidents are on the rise.
The proposal is designed to help speed the country’s transition to electric vehicles, one of the president’s signature efforts to fight climate change.
Tesla faces a scandal over range and how it addressed consumer complaints. Lordstown has to face Karma first. And Porsche looks beyond 350-kw connectors for at least one future EV. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. In a first look at its lounge-like road-trip fast-charging stations, Porsche revealed that future Porsche EVs may tap into...
G.M. and other automakers will jointly spend at least $1 billion to build a North American network of electric vehicle chargers.
Bankrupt Lordstown Motors must face a trial over fellow EV firm Karma Automotive's claim that the Ohio-based automaker stole infotainment technology, Reuters reported Thursday. Lordstown filed for bankruptcy in June and had asked U.S. bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath in Wilmington, Delaware, to approve bidding procedures that would allow the company...
Tesla allegedly equipped its electric cars with misleading range displays and then suppressed owner complaints, according to a Reuters report published Thursday. Citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, the report alleges that, about a decade ago, Tesla began equipping cars with range-estimating algorithms that showed "rosy" projections...
