Last week, after a spate of introductions of concept electric cars with solar cells, we asked our readers if such a system would add value for them. Despite a lot of reservations and skepticism, a clear majority of readers said it would. Our poll was inspired by a new concept Prius PHV (Prius Prime in the U.S.) that Toyota says can get up to 27.6... Would solar cells add value to your EV? Twitter poll results
Last week, after a spate of introductions of concept electric cars with solar cells, we asked our readers if such a system would add value for them. Despite a lot of reservations and skepticism, a clear majority of readers said it would. Our poll was inspired by a new concept Prius PHV (Prius Prime in the U.S.) that Toyota says can get up to 27.6... 
Some owners of second generation Nissan Leafs are about to get a big update that will cool some overheated owners—if not their cars' batteries. According to a report in CleanTechnica, Nissan will update the cars to allow multiple DC fast charge sessions in rapid succession to make it easier for drivers to take advantage of the cars' full 150... 
Electric cars are taking the West Coast by storm. In California, they amount to 7.8 percent of all car sales. In Washington state, it's more than 4 percent, and in Oregon more than 3 percent. One big selling point is operating costs. At the national average 12 cents per kilowatt-hour used as a target for setting home charging rates in California... 
Ford presented its electric F-150 prototype in action. We got a first drive in a U.S.-spec Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid. Honda is developing a dedicated electric platform for larger cars. And our latest Twitter poll rounds up all the best ads for EVs so far this year. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The 2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid leads the... 
In Ford's first official tease of an all-electric F-150, released Tuesday—with a video here—a test mule is shown towing more than a million pounds. The prototype electric F-150 pickup pulled ten double-decker rail cars, weighing that amount, a distance of 1,000 feet. Then Ford loaded those cars up with 42 gas-powered F-150s... 
When it comes to ads for electric cars, there have been few to choose among, until recently. Now that a variety of traditional carmakers have brought electric models to market, electric car fans finally have a selection of ads they can choose from as their favorites. That's the topic of our Twitter poll this week: What's your favorite EV ad, so... 
Honda is stepping up its EV game going forward—well, more than five years forward. At a "Honda Meeting" company briefing for investors and media in Japan last week, the company revealed that it is working on a new dedicated electric vehicle platform. The platform, which will first be used by 2025, will provide the basis for mid-size sedans... 
You don’t have to look long to see the counterculture influences that persist around Eugene, Oregon. Last week, mostly avoiding tailpipe emissions and driving the 2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid on plug-in charge, we quietly cruised past the eco-villages, community gardens, and co-ops that are a permanent fixture there, to the tie-dyes and... 
Hyundai releases details on the 2020 Sonata Hybrid. VW advances voice commands. Protean introduces in-wheel motors on casters for electric buses. And the U.S. government predicts a drop in carbon-dioxide emissions. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid will get a solar roof, digital key app, and a sportier... 
Hybrids are known for their efficiency. And they're also often known for being not much fun to drive. Partly, that's because they often have transmissions that deliver sloppy shifts, whether that's because they're CVTs or just conventional automatics with long, slow, lethargic shift programming. Now Hyundai aims to remedy that with new shift logic... 
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A new report by the U.S. Energy Information Agency forecasts that for the first time in two years annual carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. will decrease. The report, issued last week, forecasts that U.S. CO2 emissions will fall by 2.2 percent in 2019, in what it says is the largest decrease since 2015. After rising by 2.7 percent in 2018, the... 
Protean, the British builder of in-wheel electric motors has a new idea for electric buses. Not only should they use Protean's in-wheel electric motors, they could use them on the company's newly developed suspension arms that could allow each wheel to rotate 360 degrees on its own axis. Once all four wheels can spin around on their own, like a... 
Volkswagen knows that there’s a frustrating disconnect over voice commands in the car. Through today’s relatively inexpensive speakers and smart devices at home, you’re able to give simple natural-language requests and most of the time it just works. But in the car it’s sometimes a different story completely, with vehicles... 
The 2020 Porsche Taycan will be the first widely available electric car designed around 800 volts—and in Porsche's newest advertisement, the company wants to make sure the power supply is ready. The ad is a mind-bender, giving an up-close look at Nevada's Hoover Dam, which the National Park Service calls the "Greatest Dam in the World" for... 
Which sports car company announced plans to build (in all-electric form) the most powerful production car? What new breakthrough is expected to bring down the cost of hybrids? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 19, 2019. Tesla unveiled its most powerful Supercharger... 
Tesla opened its first fully V3 Supercharging station in Las Vegas. The EPA is delaying its proposal to freeze fuel-economy standards. BMW's new choice in CEO could relate to electric-car plans. And Toyota inked new battery deals with two new suppliers. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Drivers of some Tesla vehicles can now grab up to 180... 
The EPA's plans to freeze fuel economy and emissions standards have been put on hold until at least Labor Day, sources familiar with the plans told Bloomberg earlier this week. Last August, the EPA released its long-anticipated proposal to unwind the steadily rising fuel-economy standards put in place in 2012 under President Obama, in part to... 
As it gradually moves to begin selling more plug-in and electric cars, Toyota is widening its net to secure more batteries. Japan's largest automaker signed a deal this week to buy batteries from Chinese suppliers Contemporary Amex Technologies (CATL) and BYD. The agreement adds to a January deal Toyota signed to buy batteries from Panasonic. All... 
In naming its former head of manufacturing, Oliver Zipse, as its new CEO, BMW is doubling down on its strategy of building electric versions of its mainstream cars, rather than a separate line of EVs. Zipse, who will take over August 16, when current CEO Harald Krueger steps down, is credited with developing the new strategy after the company lost... 