How much would 100 percent renewable energy really cost?

Mulan wind farm [CREDIT: Global Climate Budget 2018]Democratic presidential candidates talked hardly at all in the debates late last month about the Green New Deal, a proposal in Congress, to, among other things convert America's electric power completely to renewable sources. Americans have shown broad support for such a transition. What's been left unaddressed—and which many candidates...

Connecticut Supreme Court to hear dealers’ appeal over Tesla store

Tesla Store Los Angeles [photo: Misha Bruk / MBH Architects]The Connecticut Supreme Court is scheduled to take up the case of whether Tesla should have been allowed to operate stores in the state. It's a case that could help shape a brewing national debate about how consumers buy electric cars, whether current dealers are equipped to sell them, and whether new startup automakers should be subject to laws...

Going hybrid: Planes, trains…cruise ships?

Hurtigruten MS Roald Amundsen plug-in hybrid cruise shipThe Roald Amundsen, an expedition cruise ship that can carry 500 passengers and is designed for rough waters, set out last Monday on its maiden voyage silently, on electric power. It can plug in to charge its batteries when it's in port, but with a schedule reaching to the far poles of the world, the ship cruises mainly like a conventional hybrid...

2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid gas mileage review: The ideal family hauler

2019 Chrysler Pacifica HybridSeating for six, up to 32-miles of EPA-rated all-electric range, and a 30-mpg combined rating set the 2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid up to be not just the ideal minivan but the ideal family mover at this point in time. From our experience—updated with a city drive of the Pacifica Hybrid today—this van delivers more usable all-electric...

Lucid Motors hires away Tesla manufacturing chief

Lucid AIrLucid Motors announced on Monday that it has hired Tesla's vice president of manufacturing, Peter Hochholdinger, to head up its own manufacturing operations. Lucid is a fellow Silicon Valley Tesla competitor, with plans to build a luxury sedan with up to 400 miles of range an up to 1,000 horsepower. One Tesla-owning Green Car Reports contributor...