Goodyear on Wednesday unveiled a tire made from 70% sustainable materials. It's a step toward the company's goal of making a tire from 100% sustainable materials by 2030. While this tire isn't ready for production (Goodyear calls it a "demonstration tire"), it does show some of the materials Goodyear is investigating to cut petroleum use, as well...
Vietnamese automaker VinFast is growing its planned EV lineup to five models, and plans to open factories in the United States and Germany, alongside an existing factory in its home country. The automaker unveiled three new models at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week. The VF5, VF6, and VF7 crossovers join the VF8 (previously VF...
General Motors showed first photos of an upcoming $30,000 electric SUV and revealed an electric pickup. Chrysler showed the start of a fully electric reboot for the brand. Sony revealed a new EV concept. And is air-cooling the next step for EV battery innovation? This and more in this busy CES edition, here at Green Car Reports. GM revealed the...
Automotive supplier Magna on Wednesday unveiled an electric powertrain and four-wheel drive system for pickup trucks and light commercial vehicles that's scheduled to reach production by 2025. While several automakers are launching electric half-ton pickup trucks, Magna's solution, dubbed EtelligentForce, is designed for larger three-quarter ton...
Sony unveiled a second EV concept at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The Sony Vision-S 02 crossover SUV is a follow up to the Vision-S sedan concept Sony presented at CES two years ago. While Sony hasn't confirmed that either vehicle is production-bound, the company is hinting at it. Sony has been testing a prototype of the Vision-S...
Sony unveiled a second EV concept at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The Sony Vision-S 02 crossover SUV is a follow up to the Vision-S sedan concept Sony presented at CES two years ago. While Sony hasn't confirmed that either vehicle is production-bound, the company is hinting at it. Sony has been testing a prototype of the Vision-S...
General Motors confirmed Wednesday that a fully electric version of its Equinox compact SUV will arrive in fall 2023, starting around $30,000. The automaker released the first pictures of the Equinox EV, which looks quite curvier than the company’s current mass-market gasoline crossovers. It could rival the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Hyundai Ioniq...
GM’s first fully electric Chevy pickup will offer an estimated 400-mile range when it’s delivered next year, with a base model arriving later at $39,900, the company confirmed with a reveal of the truck at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Wednesday. The truck was revealed in coordination with a keynote address from CEO Mary...
Here we go again: Virtual reality, now dubbed ‘the metaverse,’ will be a thing. So will the smart home.
In the Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX concept car revealed earlier this week, range took center stage, with claims of an astounding 621 real-world miles (or more) from a battery pack of less than 100 kwh—amounting to more than 6 miles per kwh on efficiency terms. Achieving that efficiency took an F1-like level of attention to an array of...
