Nissan's new IMk electric minicar concept previews the next prong of Nissan's electrification strategy, and may also hint at a new BEV platform from a company which has lagged in EV development after taking a strong market lead with its pioneering Leaf. The IMk is more than strictly a functional city car, Nissan says; it's designed to be stylish... Nissan IMk electric minicar concept is so very Japanese, suggests new small EV platform
Nissan's new IMk electric minicar concept previews the next prong of Nissan's electrification strategy, and may also hint at a new BEV platform from a company which has lagged in EV development after taking a strong market lead with its pioneering Leaf. The IMk is more than strictly a functional city car, Nissan says; it's designed to be stylish... 
Toyota and Subaru are joining forces for electric cars, and a lot more. Byton is reportedly considering Korea as an assembly point for trade reasons. And the Mini brand is considering making their cars small again, like they were when they were rebooted. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Mini Cooper Hardtop—that’s the... 
Toyota and Subaru announced Friday that they will expand their partnership into connected-car programs and a co-developed electric vehicle platform. Toyota will also be taking a larger ownership stake in Subaru, while the latter will acquire equity in Toyota for the first time. While the partnership includes plans to build the second-generation... 
China's Future Mobility Corp, parent company of Byton, has inked a deal with South Korea's Myongshin to build the electric M-Byte CUV at the latter's former General Motors facility, potentially allowing the company to bypass U.S. and European tariffs. Vehicles built in Korea can be exported to the U.S. (and parts of Europe) thanks to existing... 
The next-generation Mini Cooper Hardtop will go electric, if boss Bernd Koerber has his way, and it may return to its city-car roots, too. Auto Express reports that Koerber is pushing to make Mini live up (down?) to its name again, after years of bloat and expansion into segments that haven't really suited the brand. For now, he's content to get... 
Tesla pushes a big software upgrade just as it’s in another sales push. “UL Listed” could become a lot more common for EV drivers. Maserati electrifies. And we look at what impeachment might bring to the electric-vehicle market. A little calm, maybe? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. We argue that impeaching and removing... 
There’s a small footnote in the chapters of history being written on Capitol Hill this week: One of President Donald Trump’s signature reforms—to subvert California’s right to set its own emissions standards—now seems like scribbles in the margin on the pages of his administration's legacy. For the electric-car... 
Electricians and home insurers have long recommended—or required, in some cases—that home appliances and electrical devices be UL certified and carry that familiar circular seal. Until relatively recently, some electric car chargers didn't carry it, and there were popular electric-vehicle chargers that carried no UL seal. Automakers... 
Maserati announced a major electrification push Thursday, laying out a road map that will start with a hybrid electric Ghibli in 2020. The Ghibli sedan will be the first in a new range of electrified Maseratis, including an all-electric sports car (which will be the company's first dedicated EV), an electric crossover/SUV, and then battery-powered... 
Would smooth Spotify audio or Netflix video integration sell you on a new electric car? Tesla started pushing out its much-anticipated Software Version 10, or V10, to owners last week, just as it intensified the push to sell what might, by some estimations, be a quarterly record for the company in the third quarter of 2019. Promotional e-mails... 
The owner of a 60-year-old fueling station in Maryland disconnected from the legacy of Big Oil and went all-electric, partnering with the Electric Vehicle Institute and the state energy administration to rip out the gas pumps and install chargers. Depeswar Doley of RS Automotives in Takoma Park told CNBC that he was tired of the way oil companies... 
Which two automakers will reveal production-bound electric cars in October? And which company is involved in research that points to a million-mile battery? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending September 27, 2019. This week product announcements, teases of future products... 
The 2020 Hyundai Kona Electric gets equipped for cold weather. Volvo teases its first electric vehicle. Bollinger shows progress on its niche electric trucks. And there’s a party-line split on whether California has the right to regulate. This and more here at Green Car Reports. A survey released earlier this week found that Americans are... 
The upcoming XC40 EV will roll off the assembly line equipped with the next generation of active-safety sensors, Volvo outlined Wednesday, as it prepares to launch its very first all-electric vehicle. Volvo is just a month away from introducing the XC40 EV, and in the lead-up to its formal debut, the company is teasing the technology that will... 
If the Hyundai Kona Electric had been more widely available in its first year, we might have called it the year’s game-changer. It's a perky, roomy little all-electric hatchback and one that, from what we’ve experienced, doesn’t disappoint on its 258-mile EPA-rated range—with a 2019 price that’s about $30,000 after... 
American consumer opinions regarding the ongoing battle between California and the EPA fall generally along party lines, a survey conducted earlier this week found. While the conflict between the Trump administration and the state of California is constantly deepening, the catalyst for the current situation was the EPA's announcement that it would... 
Bollinger Motors has officially revealed what it calls “its next step toward production,” with "beta-prototype" versions of its B1 electric SUV and B2 electric pickup, in a Thursday evening event near its new Detroit-area headquarters, in Ferndale, Michigan. The prototypes presented are a completely new iteration of the truck’s... 
Daimler is shopping around for its battery cells but being very particular about what goes into them. Mazda is readying its first electric car for multiple markets. And Honda is greening its manufacturing in the U.S. This and more today at Green Car Reports. Mazda has announced that it will reveal its first mass-produced electric vehicle this... 
Honda has completed two virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable power to be produced in Texas and Oklahoma. These new agreements will help the company offset carbon from the energy it consumes at its manufacturing facilities. In 2020, Honda will purchase 530,000 Mwh per year from a wind farm in Oklahoma and then, in the fall of...