For Tesla, ‘Production Hell’ Looks Like the Reality of the Car Business
The electric-car maker said output of its first mass-market offering, the Model 3, was up to 2,000 a week. But that’s still short of the goal set by Elon Musk.
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Innovative technology in the auto industry—turbochargers or catalytic converters or disc brakes, say—tends to launch in high-end vehicles and filter down to the mass market over many years, often decades. Technology tipping points in society happen more rapidly and become indispensable within only a few years: think the Internet and... How U.S. Fuel Economy Standards Compare With the Rest of the World
Several other countries have linked their fuel economy standards to the United States, so a rollback by the E.P.A. could affect rules across the globe.
How U.S. Fuel Economy Standards Compare With the Rest of the World’s
Several other countries have linked their fuel economy standards to the United States, so a rollback by the E.P.A. could affect rules across the globe.
How U.S. Fuel Economy Standards Compare to the Rest of the World
Several other countries have linked their fuel economy standards to the United States, so a rollback by the E.P.A. could affect rules across the globe.
Electric Mini Classic, 33rd hydrogen station, Leaf batteries, Jaguar I-Pace drive: Today’s Car News
Today, we've got some history on a Classic Mini converted to all-electric, more efforts from China's government to promote plug-in cars, a new hydrogen station in California, and a (very short) first drive in the 2019 Jaguar I-Pace electric luxury crossover. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Over the weekend, as we do every seven days, we... Nissan Leaf refurbished batteries offered for older electric cars, in Japan
With more than 300,000 Nissan Leaf electric cars on the road, some more than six years old, battery degradation is becoming more and more of an issue. The different rates of capacity loss are a topic of much discussion among Leaf owners, but it now seems likely that Nissan's choice of passive air cooling rather than active liquid cooling has... China plans to standardize electric-car tech nationally to expand its global lead
Sales of plug-in electric vehicles in China were almost four times those in the U.S. last year, and the gap is expected to widen this year. The world's largest car market is engineering a massive shift over the next two decades away from cars with combustion engines toward battery-powered cars. It is a way for China to address hazardous air... California now has 33 hydrogen fueling stations for 4,200 fuel-cell cars so far
Hydrogen fuel first went on sale in California in January 2015, more than three years ago, though it had been dispensed free at a dozen or so prototype locations before that. Five years ago, the state set a goal of 100 hydrogen fueling stations throughout the state by 2020, a deadline that now appears unlikely to be met. On Friday, the state's... Classic Mini converted to electric previews 2019 Mini E to come
With a new, all-electric Mini E set to arrive in dealerships in a year or less, BMW wants to highlight the idea of a Mini Cooper powered by batteries. That's what led it to display an "old Mini" converted to electric power at a reception before last week's New York auto show. Sadly, the car wasn't on display at the show itself because—as... Elon Musk Makes Light of Tesla’s Troubles in April Fool’s Tweets
After teasing “important news” to come, he tweeted: “Tesla has gone completely and totally bankrupt. So bankrupt, you can’t believe it.”
2019 Jaguar I-Pace: brief first drive of all-electric luxury crossover
A parking lot in suburban New Jersey isn’t the first place I’d look for a revolution. According to Jaguar, it’s where ours will start. After less than four minutes behind the wheel of the 2019 Jaguar I-Pace, the electric Jaguar feels like the beginning of something. DON'T MISS: 2019 Jaguar I-Pace electric crossover debuts in... NY show debuts, 250-mile Kona Electric, Insight hybrid details, Leaf battery fade: The Week in Reverse
Which plug-in hybrid concepts and production electric cars debuted at the New York auto show? What words were EPA staff told to use to sow doubt about climate change and its effects? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, March 30, 2018. Friday, we covered a new study... Who Was the First Person Killed by a Car in New York?
Pedestrian deaths by automobile have been in the news recently. When did this unfortunate trend begin, and did it receive press coverage?
Tesla Model S recall, Leaf battery worries, EPA climate denial, what’s a crossover anyway? Today’s Car News
Today, we've got a recall for no fewer than 123,000 Tesla Model S electirc cars, some worrisome data on newer Nissan Leaf battery life, the EPA working to downplay climate science, and a gentle rant about how automakers define utility vehicles. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We updated our earlier stories on the 2019 Toyota Corolla... EPA staffers told how to downplay climate change in leaked memo
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt would be controversial even if he hadn't flown to Morocco in December (first-class, on the taxpayer dime) to lobby the country on the benefits of liquified natural gas while living in a condo owned by a lobbyist for the country's largest LNG exporter. He is likely the first EPA head to axe scientists from the... Nissan Leaf 30-kwh battery decline 3 times that of earlier electric cars: study
The Nissan Leaf, at least for the moment, remains the highest-volume electric car produced in history, with more than 300,000 sold. One of the measures that kept its cost down was the use of passive air cooling for its battery pack, rather than the pricier liquid cooling used by other makers to keep battery temperatures within limits. Nissan has... Kona Electric, Bolt EV, Niro, C-HR aren’t crossovers, despite what makers say
It happened again. At this week's New York auto show media days, a manufacturer rolled out yet another vehicle that it calls a "crossover" despite that vehicle having neither the ground clearance nor the all-wheel drive to qualify as a light truck. The car in question was the 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric, a 250-mile battery-electric vehicle more... Tesla recalls 123,000 Model S electric cars over steering-bolt corrosion
Tesla will recall roughly 123,000 of the Model S electric cars it built from 2012 through April 2016 to replace bolts in the power-steering units of the electric cars. The company said the bolts could corrode in cars used on roads where calcium or magnesium salts are used to melt ice. The Model S steering would not fail even if the bolt sheared... Tesla Looked Like the Future. Now Some Ask if It Has One.
Production delays and other problems have presented the electric-car maker and its founder, Elon Musk, with a crisis of confidence among investors.