Chinese regulators reprimand Tesla over growing complaints about its cars.
The electric carmaker has struggled with quality issues as it has scaled from making tens of thousand cars a year to 500,000 in 2020.
2021 Hyundai Ioniq prices, California EV sales surge, fast-charging affordability: Today’s Car News
Plug-in hybrid sales sputter in California. The 2021 Hyundai Ioniq lineup arrives, just ahead of an Ioniq 5 debut. And Massachusetts aims to soften the sting of demand charges on EV charging. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The 2021 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid, and Ioniq Electric arrive to dealerships soon. They’ve... 2021 Hyundai Ioniq prices, California EV sales surge, fast-charging affordability: Today’s Car News
Plug-in hybrid sales sputter in California. The 2021 Hyundai Ioniq lineup arrives, just ahead of an Ioniq 5 debut. And Massachusetts aims to soften the sting of demand charges on EV charging. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The 2021 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid, and Ioniq Electric arrive to dealerships soon. They’ve... California auto sales: EVs and hybrids surged in 2020 as PHEVs plunged
California is the trend-setter for green vehicles in the U.S. in many respects. It’s also far and wide the nation’s largest market for electric vehicles—and for plug-in hybrids. Despite the state’s efforts, PHEVs haven’t been gaining market ground in recent years. According to the quarterly report from the California... EV road-trip fast charging is expensive, and Massachusetts aims to tackle why
DC fast charging can make owning an electric car more convenient, but the cost of using it can be substantially higher than slower Level 2 AC charging. A new Massachusetts state law aims to address one of the main reasons why. It's not so much the hardware cost or the siting, but the so-called "demand charges"—premiums charged by utilities... 2021 Hyundai Ioniq lineup gets slight price hike, with Ioniq 5 EV debut soon
As Hyundai prepares to launch an EV-focused brand using the Ioniq name, the 2021 Hyundai Ioniq enters the new model year with few changes and a slight price hike. The 2021 Ioniq is still available with hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or all-electric powertrains, with each variant getting about a $200 price increase. The Ioniq Hybrid remains the least... Because of EV adoption, Norway nearly leads the world in per-capita electricity use
Norway's aggressive push for electric-car adoption is leading to record electricity consumption. On Thursday morning, between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., five million Norwegians used as much electricity as 10 million residents of neighboring Sweden, according to Bloomberg. That's due not only to the large number of EVs on the road, but also the... The Task Ahead for Biden on Climate
The new president has shown a welcome interest in combating climate change. But more will need to be done.
Tesla touchscreen recall, RAV4 Prime MPG test, Atlis ambition, EV ads: The Week in Reverse
Will Tesla deliver vehicles without a steering wheel next month? Which automaker is reportedly a front-runner to build the Apple Car? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 4, 2021. It’s been a busy week for trend-setting electric car ads, and that’s a good... Audi and Norway unleash Game of Thrones star on GM, Will Ferrell
Audi is Norway’s best-selling electric vehicle brand. GM doesn’t sell vehicles in Norway. You didn’t think Audi—and especially its Norwegian operation—would sit idly by as GM and Will Ferrell challenged it in EVs, would you? For that, Audi turned to “proud Norwegian,” and “Viking among Vikings”...