Audi is the latest automaker to experiment with bi-directional charging, which allows electric cars to discharge electricity from their battery packs back into the grid—or to a smart-home energy management system. Partnering with energy infrastructure company Hager Group, Audi tested a prototype E-Tron Sportback crossover equipped for...
Although a fully redesigned version of the Mitsubishi Outlander will make its debut in the U.S. next year, Americans might have to wait a year or more before a new version of the Outlander Plug-In Hybrid arrives in the new body style. On Wednesday, Mitsubishi Motors North America announced a series of model updates and introductions arriving...
Nikola Motors announced Thursday that it had broken ground on a factory for hydrogen fuel-cell semi trucks in Coolidge, Arizona. The 1 million-square-foot, $600 million, factory will be built in phases, according to a Nikola press release. The first phase is scheduled to be completed in 2021, with the second phase due to be completed over the...
Austin, Texas, will be the site of a very large Tesla factory, and CEO Elon Musk confirmed why some Model 3s will be getting different battery cells. VW talks timing on ID.4. And an electric version of the Land Rover Defender is headed to the U.S.—in vintage form, that is. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla CEO Elon Musk...
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Volkswagen ID.4 electric crossover is still due to start deliveries later this year. An expansion of VW's Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory that will allow the ID.4 to later be built locally is also on schedule for 2022. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Wednesday that equipment for the factory...
The recently-revived Land Rover Defender is not available with an electric powertrain, but a UK-based company is offering electric conversions of older models. Twisted Automotive will offer a limited number of the conversions in North America. While the Defender was available in multiple body styles, this batch will all be soft-top 90...
Tesla's Gigafactory Shanghai will make some Model 3 sedans with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries starting later this year. CEO Elon Musk confirmed the move, which had been reported by business press and insiders for months, during a Q2 financial update call Wednesday. And he clarified the motivation behind the move: to free up more...
Tesla's Gigafactory Shanghai will make some Model 3 sedans with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries starting later this year. CEO Elon Musk confirmed the move, which had been reported by business press and insiders for months, during a Q2 financial update call Wednesday. And he clarified the motivation behind the move: to free up more...
The result was achieved “despite tremendous difficulties in the quarter,” the company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said.
The result was achieved “despite tremendous difficulties,” said the chief executive, Elon Musk, including a plant shutdown and lower sales.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday in a quarterly financial call that it picked the area near Austin, Texas, to build its next Gigafactory that will assemble the Cybertruck and other models. The Austin factory, Musk confirmed, will assemble the Cybertruck, the Semi, and Model 3 and Y for the Eastern half of North America, while the Fremont...
Ford and VW are worried about battery supply because of a tiff between two cell makers. The Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring plug-in hybrid has a price tag. And another electric Audi achieves the best possible safety ratings. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Audi E-Tron SUV was the first electric vehicle ever to earn the IIHS Top Safety...
Lincoln is in the process of shifting its target demographic toward a more tech-savvy crowd. And that includes introducing a lineup of plug-in hybrid models that make the most luxurious, best-equipped, and best-performing vehicles in the lineup the ones with a charging port. The second of that lineup of plug-in hybrids, the Corsair Grand Touring...
Ford and Volkswagen are concerned that a legal dispute between two South Korean battery makers could cause battery-supply issues for upcoming electric cars, Reuters reported Tuesday. The report cites documents submitted by Ford and VW to the United States International Trade Commission (ITC), asking the ITC to allow SK Innovation to manufacture...
The 2020 Audi E-Tron Sportback electric SUV gets the same top-tier United States safety ratings as the standard E-Tron. Both the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have carried over the Sportback's Top Safety Pick+ and five-star rating, respectively, from the E-Tron...
Most traditional carmakers are struggling to produce and market electric vehicles even as Tesla sells hundreds of thousands of its luxury models.
A very special Ford Mach-E electric SUV is going to NASCAR. The 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid has been spotted and looks ready to offer up a RAV4 Prime alternative. And Jeep details several of its plug-in hybrids—just not quite yet for the U.S. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford is planning to show its Mustang Mach-E...
Jeep is launching 4xe plug-in hybrid versions of the Renegade and Compass in Europe, but both models are unlikely for the United States. The Renegade and Compass share a powertrain consisting of a 1.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline engine and 6-speed automatic transmission, working with two electric motors—one for each axle. The...
As the Toyota RAV4 Prime arrives on the market in very limited numbers, there’s an alternative that’s already been offered for years: the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid. Our friends at Electric Vehicle Web have published photos taken in San Diego by a reader of what appears to be the next-generation version of the...
As the Toyota RAV4 Prime arrives on the market in very limited numbers, there’s an alternative that’s already been offered for years: the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid. Our friends at Electric Vehicle Web have allowed us to pass along these photos taken in San Diego of what appears to be the next-generation version of the...
