Tesla Deliveries Slipped in Second Quarter as Pandemic Hit
The electric carmaker’s deliveries fell as people around the world were forced to stay home by government orders and fears over the coronavirus pandemic.
Report: Tesla scaling down plans for German Gigafactory, cutting batteries out
Tesla's planned Giga Berlin factory may soon get downgraded to Mega Berlin. The automaker is scaling down the German factory, pulling back from plans to manufacture batteries onsite, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing revised planning documents for the factory. The changes would also eliminate production of plastic components, and would lower... Toyota RAV4 Prime first drive, Lucid Air aero, clean energy plan: Today’s Car News
Lucid claims to be ahead of the pack in aerodynamics with its appropriately named Air. A clean-energy plan presented on Capitol Hill aims to end sales of new internal-combustion cars by 2035. And we have first drive impressions of the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Our first drive of the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime... Democrats’ clean energy plan would boost EVs, but steps back from Green New Deal
Congressional Democrats unveiled a new clean energy action plan Tuesday that would emphasis electric cars, but it steps back from some aspects of the previous Green New Deal plan. Dubbed the Climate Crisis Action Plan, it includes a provision that would end sales of new internal-combustion passenger cars by 2035, and internal-combustion heavy duty... Lucid Air claimed to be the most aerodynamically efficient luxury car
It's appropriate that a car named Air produced good results in the wind tunnel. Lucid Motors says its upcoming electric car will be the world's most aerodynamically efficient luxury car when it goes into production later this year. The Air achieved a drag coefficient (Cd) of 0.21 in recent wind tunnel tests, which is better than the 0.23 of the... 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime first drive review: The way a plug-in hybrid should be
Right about the time I’d passed 30 miles of all-electric driving with the RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid, I knew this experience was going to be different. There was plenty of charge left. With an expected EPA-rated 42-mile range from its big 18.1-kwh battery pack, followed by an expected 38 mpg combined after running through the charge, the RAV4... Nikola Badger pre-orders, Land Rover fuel-cell SUV, Nissan Ariya EV debut date: Today’s Car News
The long-anticipated Nissan electric crossover nears its debut. Jaguar Land Rover is working on a fuel-cell SUV. And would you send $5,000 to a company that hasn’t yet delivered a product? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Nikola Motor Company is taking $5,000 pre-orders for the Badger, its electric truck powered partly by hydrogen... Production-bound Nissan Ariya electric vehicle: July debut, due in 2021
Nissan will reveal the production version of its long-awaited electric crossover based on the Ariya Concept on July 15 in Yokohama, Nissan confirmed Monday at its global automaker’s annual shareholders’ meeting. Although Nissan USA confirmed the date of the debut to Green Car Reports, it isn’t yet providing specific launch timing... Report: Jaguar Land Rover working on hydrogen fuel-cell SUV
Jaguar Land Rover may shift its zero-emission vehicle strategy somewhat if a hydrogen fuel-cell SUV reportedly under development has any chance of making it to production. The automaker will receive UK government funding to develop a prototype called "ZEUS," for "zero and low-emissions vehicles in urban society," as part of a stimulus program for... Nikola is taking $5,000 pre-orders for electric truck it hasn’t fully shown yet
The Nikola Badger has only been shown to the public as a handful of renderings, but the company is taking $5,000 pre-orders for the electric pickup truck. Nikola plans to fully reveal the truck at its Nikola World 2020 event December 3-5. Nikola has shown prototype hydrogen fuel-cell semi trucks, ATVs, and a jet ski, in addition to the Badger. But...