The 2019 E-Tron was awarded five stars in government crash testing, Audi announced Tuesday, adding to its new EV's safety top-notch credentials. The E-Tron's five-star overall rating was bolstered by its performance in the government's side-impact and rollover testing, earning five stars for both front and rear passengers in all side impact...
Is Tesla really serious about its radically different Cybertruck, revealed by CEO Elon Musk to a packed room of fans Thursday night? It’s serious enough to already price the truck, open it up for orders, and lock in many specs. The design, which looks like it might be labeled a concept car is indeed part steampunk, part sci-fi-influenced...
Elon Musk’s car company has long promised the vehicle, which it revealed on Thursday. Production begins in late 2021.
Elon Musk’s car company presented its long-awaited pickup truck. Production begins in late 2021.
Elon Musk’s electric car company has long promised the truck, which will be revealed on Thursday. But you probably won’t be able to buy it for a while.
It’s day two of highlights from the Los Angeles Auto Show, and while some of the biggest reveals were made before the press days even started, we have plenty more to report from the show floor. A Hyundai concept points to the future shape of a plug-in hybrid model. The Hyundai Ioniq lineup and the Kia Niro Hybrid are revamped for 2020. The...
Sweden is playing host to a prototype in-road wireless charging network designed to power electric commercial and public transit vehicles as they drive. Work began on the first section of this road last Wednesday. The project, dubbed "Smartroad Gotland," is a testbed for future large-scale inductive charging networks. Utilizing rubber-wrapped...
The Kia Niro EV, with its 239-miles of electric range and sub-$40,000 price before incentives, has brought the Niro lineup a boost over the past year. It’s worth remembering, however, that both the Niro EV and the Niro Plug-In Hybrid are only offered in a limited number of states. The Niro model that’s widely available is the Niro...
Elon Musk’s announcement of a factory in Germany took the industry by surprise, but the deal had been in the works for months.
The 2020 EQC battery-electric crossover is finally coming to our shores, Mercedes-Benz announced Wednesday. It will start at $68,895 (including a $995 destination fee) when it arrives here early in 2020. Power comes from dual electric motors (front and rear) with a total output of 402 horsepower and 564 pound-feet of torque. The front motor...
The 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC battery-electric crossover is finally coming to our shores, the automaker announced Wednesday. It will start at $68,895 (including a $995 destination fee) when it arrives here early in 2020. Power comes from dual electric motors (front and rear) with a total output of 402 horsepower and 564 pound-feet of torque. The...
Yes, the 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric gets a big range boost, to 170 miles, with a bigger (38-kwh vs. 28-kwh) battery pack. And yes, its power rises to 134 hp, from last year’s 118 hp. If you’ve kept up with your electric-car news here, you know those headlines were delivered months ago, with Hyundai’s announcement of the upgraded...
Hyundai has revealed refreshed versions of its whole efficiency-focused lineup of Ioniq hatchbacks, and while it’s the Ioniq Electric that technically changes the most—with a big boost in driving range—the rest of the Ioniq family gets a cosmetic refresh and list of new features that give these models a stronger value...
The Hyundai Vision T concept revealed Wednesday at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show has a future in showrooms, but the future of its plug-in hybrid powertrain isn't certain. The Vision T wears matte-green paint to signal the advances its powertrain makes, versus today's Hyundai gas-powered SUVs. By the numbers, the Vision T measures 181.5 inches...
Today’s edition of Green Car Reports is entirely made up of concept cars and vehicle debuts from the events just before press days at the LA auto show. Check back on site for more from the show throughout the day, and here’s a roundup of what’s new last night and this morning. The Audi E-Tron Sportback adds a swoopy new roofline...
The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E is likely the car that will dominate coverage of the LA auto show, which opens to the public on Friday. Quite a lot of information about Ford’s new electric SUV has already been released, especially for a car that won't be delivered until next fall. Still, we learned several things that surprised us about the...
The newest Toyota RAV4 is also the most-powerful and most-efficient version of the brand's compact crossover. Toyota unveiled the new plug-in hybrid on Wednesday at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The RAV4 Prime uses the same Atkinson-cycle 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine as the RAV4 Hybrid and it makes the same 176 horsepower though torque is up slightly...
The Toyota RAV4 plug-in hybrid unveiled Tuesday night ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show is both the most-powerful and most-efficient version of the brand's compact crossover. Called the RAV4 Prime, it uses the same Atkinson-cycle 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine as the RAV4 Hybrid and it makes the same 176 horsepower though torque is up slightly from...
Just before the start of LA auto show press days, Volkswagen Tuesday evening rolled out the seventh member of its ID electric-car concept family,that it says previews “a potential production car for Europe and North America.” The model is built on Volkswagen’s MEB platform for mass-market electric vehicles, which was conceived to...
It isn’t unusual for shoppers to be at odds between looks, performance, practicality, sustainability, and elegance. Audi on Tuesday night revealed what might be its best attempt yet to break down those barriers—with a swoopier, more elegant version of its E-tron SUV, called the E-tron Sportback. The E-tron Sportback, according to Audi...
