Federal financial regulators may be investigating Tesla CEO Elon Musk's tweet about taking the electric-car maker private. Land Rover releases pricing and specs for the Range Rover plug-in hybrid SUV. The EPA rolls out official fuel economy ratings for the Mazda CX-5 diesel. The California Air Resources Board threatens to stray from the EPA if...
The Mazda CX-5 diesel took one step closer to production by receiving an EPA rating. Jalopnik made the find and reported the ratings on Wednesday. With front-wheel drive, the CX-5 diesel is rated at 28 mpg city, 31 highway, 29 combined. With all-wheel drive those numbers each drop by 1 mpg for ratings of 27 city, 30 highway, and 28 overall. The...
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Last week the Trump administration unveiled a broad drawdown of fuel-economy regulations that had been aimed at cutting emissions from passenger vehicles. In the 978-page proposal, administration officials argued those rules implemented by the Obama administration would create lighter, potentially more fuel-efficient vehicles that would be less...
In response to an EPA proposal to freeze emissions and fuel economy standards, California said it will not honor federal vehicle certifications if the proposal goes through. "The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has proposed amending the California Low-Emission Vehicle III Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulation to ensure that cars and light-duty...
By 2024, Land Rover will have a whole new lineup of hybrid and electric luxury SUVs. As we learned yesterday, that lineup will include plug-in hybrid and electric versions of its small Evoque crossover SUV. Now the company has released pricing for its largest, most luxurious plug-in hybrid, the Range Rover P400e. Both will join the Range Rover...
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that federal financial regulators may be investigating a series of tweets sent by Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggesting that the automaker was considering a large-scale stock buyback to take the company private. SEC investigators may be considering a range of violations that include failing to disclose to...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he might take the company private after eight years of public trading. A solar car from Sono Motors begins testing in Europe. A reader tells the story of how airport police ticketed his Nissan Leaf for parking in a "green" parking space. And the Tesla board confirms Musk's privatization offer is under serious...
Six of Tesla's board members issued a statement Wednesday morning confirming that they have been in discussions with CEO Elon Musk about taking the company private. On Tuesday, Musk revealed on Twitter that he was considering privatizing the company after taking it public in 2010. He set a target stock price of $420 a share and said he had...
Solar cars are like sunny days—always waiting for tomorrow. Now the dawn may be breaking on that tomorrow with the small, crowd-funded Sono Sion solar car in Germany. The company has raised enough online funding to begin testing, according to a Reuters report carried by Autoblog. The car is mainly battery-powered, but the roof, doors, and...
Dedicated reader John Briggs wrote in to Green Car Reports share his unfortunate experience with the airport police in Boston. We found his story so compelling, instructive—and dare we say entertaining?—that we felt it worthy of sharing. The following are his words, lightly edited for style. Sometimes a seemingly simple plan can fall...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday he is considering taking the electric car company private. The executive posted on Twitter, "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420 a share." Tesla's stock bounced 7.3 percent Tuesday immediately after the news. Trading was halted for well over an hour on Tuesday. Shareholders could either to sell at 420 or...
The Twitter posts, saying funding was in place for such a move, followed a report that a Saudi fund had taken a stake. The company’s shares soared.
The chief executive cited stock-market pressures as having an adverse effect. The announcement followed a report that a Saudi fund had taken a stake.
Tesla’s chief executive suggested that being a public company, beholden to shareholders, created perverse incentives for people to try to harm what they were trying to achieve.
Tesla’s chief executive suggested that being a public company, beholden to shareholders, created perverse incentives for short-sellers.
Tesla’s chief executive suggested that being a public company, beholden to shareholders, created perverse incentives for short-sellers.
Tesla’s chief executive suggested that being a public company, beholden to shareholders, created perverse incentives for short-sellers.
We round up the best plug-in electric cars for students going back to school. Land Rover plans for a new Evoque plug-in SUV. The EPA says turbochargers and multi-speed transmissions don't save much fuel, but we analyze the claim. And the results are in for our latest Twitter poll. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. It's nearly time for...
Land Rover and its sister company Jaguar each are planning new lineups by 2024 and 2025 respectively. We've heard a lot about Jaguar's plans to launch a gas, hybrid, and electric version of everything it sells by 2025. Land Rover's plans have been more opaque. Now British car magazine Autocar reports that the company will launch four new models by...
Electric cars are changing the automotive landscape, technologically and culturally. Those factors are what often make things classic, whether it's in music, architecture, or automobiles. Various people have weighed in recently on which of today's green cars will become tomorrow's classics, from Hagerty Insurance selecting the Tesla Model S as the...
