Which brand announced the development of its urban electric van concept? Which proprietary charging network made some of its chargers available to more EV drivers this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 5, 2021. In one of our most popular pieces of the week...
The plan finally approved on Friday will address transportation, water, broadband, energy and public safety needs that have been building for years, sometimes decades.
Will Mini build a rival to the Volkswagen electric Bus? We follow another round of twists and turns toward a renewed EV tax credit. And Panasonic is pushing toward mass-production of Tesla’s 4680 format. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Panasonic is sounding increasingly on-board with mass production of the larger-format 4680 cells...
Volkswagen's electric bus may soon have a rival from Mini. In a press release detailing sustainability initiatives, Mini said it is developing a production EV that could take design inspiration from the Vision Urbanaut concept first shown in 2020. The release said Mini is "working on the development of a new vehicle concept for the premium compact...
Panasonic is preparing to mass produce large-format 4680 battery cells for Tesla, and facing new manufacturing challenges as part of that process, the head of the company's new consolidated battery division in a recent interview with Nikkei Asia. "In terms of product development, the technological goals have largely been achieved," Kazuo Tadanobu...
The most controversial part of the expanded $12,500 EV tax credit so far hasn’t been the spending itself, but the requirement that vehicles getting the top amount—$4,500 of the $5,000 boost the program is being given—will need to be union-made. As part of an updated measure spanning climate issues and social spending introduced...
Volkswagen on Wednesday teased a prototype version of its Microbus-inspired ID.Buzz electric van that could closely resemble a production version due for customer deliveries in 2023. A camouflaged ID.Buzz was shown briefly by Klaus Zellmer, head of marketing and sales for the VW brand globally, during the livestream of the ID.5 crossover reveal...
Volkswagen is giving the ID.4 the crossover coupe treatment. Unveiled on Wednesday, the Volkswagen ID.5 provides European buyers the option of a sleeker electric crossover, but it's unlikely to reach the United States. Apart from the curved roof, the ID.5 looks identical to the ID.4, and both models have a common interior design as well. The ID.5...
Hyundai has given an additional glimpse of an all-electric SUV concept that previews its upcoming Ioniq 7, due in 2024. The concept, called Seven, is due to be fully revealed at the LA auto show later on November 17. According to the company, the Seven concept “captures Hyundai Motor’s future design and technology innovation in the...
Flashy new car technology may be exciting, but it might also be distracting us from what we need.
Tesla Model 3 prices rise yet again. The Fisker Ocean will offer a choice of very fast-charging battery packs. And Ford eyes the electric restomod potential of its drive systems. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The upcoming Fisker Ocean will offer very fast charging—peaking at more than 250 kw—thanks to two packs to be...
Tesla has once again made changes to the Model 3 lineup, including a price increase for the base version. The Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus, which was previously the de facto base model, has been replaced by an unnamed base rear-wheel drive Model 3 trim level, per Tesla's website. All-wheel drive Long Range and Performance versions remain in...
Fisker and CATL on Tuesday announced a battery-supply deal for the Fisker Ocean electric SUV, which Fisker said is on track for a November 2022 production start. Under the terms of the agreement, CATL will supply two battery packs for the Ocean and a total of 5 gigawatt-hours of cells annually from 2023 to 2025, Fisker said in a press release. The...
Volvo is applying mild-hybrid tech to the rest of its lineup on the way to all-electric. Volkswagen is seeking a way to charge the Taycan and other premium EVs very quickly without charge cords. And Tesla is now accepting other brands’ EVs at a select few Supercharger stations. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla has said for...
Volvo’s march towards electrification continues at a brisk pace, powered in large part by a growing portfolio of electric vehicles (like the C40 Recharge that arrives in the first quarter of next year) and the T8 plug-in hybrid versions that it offers on many of its other vehicles. But the Swedish automaker isn’t stopping there. Volvo...
Volkswagen Group of America is launching a joint research project with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to develop high-power wireless charging for electric cars. Using a Porsche Taycan as a test bed, teams from VW, ORNL, and UT Knoxville have upped the power level of...
Hertz had said that it would convert more than 20 percent of its rental fleet to Tesla’s cars, a deal that helped propel Tesla’s stock value beyond $1 trillion for the first time.
Non-Tesla electric cars can now charge at 10 of the automaker's Supercharger stations in the Netherlands. It's a first step toward potentially opening the network to other EVs. The pilot program opens 10 stations to owners of EVs that accept the Combined Charging Standard (CCS); they'll still have to use the Tesla app to access them, an explainer...
Many Greek islands are being used for innovative experiments to drive the clean power shift.
The company updated registration documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.
