A Ford Mustang hybrid originally planned for an upcoming redesign has been cancelled as Ford moves to make the entire Mustang lineup electric within the next five years, Autoweek reported Wednesday. The Ford Mustang Hybrid was originally announced in 2017 and was slated to debut in 2020 on the current-generation Mustang platform. That obviously...
Ford’s Lincoln luxury brand has not been particularly known for radical automotive designs. But the Model L100 Concept—named after the 1922 Model L and in celebration of the brand’s 100th anniversary—shows that the brand is thinking about a dramatically different kind of luxury car in the future. The Lincoln Model L100...
Acura has confirmed that it will bring back a badge it’s used once before for its upcoming American-built electric SUV, due in 2024. The Acura ZDX EV is set to be the first model from the brand to follow the design direction previewed in the Precision EV Concept the brand showed for the first time Thursday. The ZDX badge was originally used...
Acura has revealed the Precision EV Concept, which shows a shift in design priorities for Honda's luxury brand as it enters its own electric and automated-driving era. The concept, which made its debut as part of Monterey auto-enthusiast events this week, was created at Acura’s LA design studio and is the next big future-design statement...
Dodge goes loud-and-proud with its electric muscle car. Tesla tops a study of the charging experience. Acura shows how its design draws out in EVs. Evidence mounts for BMW shifting its battery strategy. And we distill the list of eligible vehicles for the EV tax credit down to a very few. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The IRS has...
The Tesla Supercharger network was the first comprehensive DC fast-charging network in the United States, and it remains the best in terms of customer satisfaction, according to a new J.D. Power study. The Supercharger network scored 739 out of a possible 1,000 points, making it the only DC fast-charging network to score higher than the industry...
BMW is poised to begin its shift to cylindrical EV battery cells by partnering with China's EVE Energy, Automotive News (subscription required) reported recently. EVE has signed contracts to be BMW's primary supplier of battery cells in Europe for a new line of EVs debuting in 2025, according to the report, which cited anonymous sources familiar...
The new climate, tax and health law signed by President Biden extends a credit for electric vehicle buyers. But there are new strings attached that kick in at different times.
The Dodge Charger Daytona SRT muscle-car concept makes burbling, rip-roaring internal-combustion V-8 muscle car sounds, has a new iteration of iconic Coke-bottle muscle-car-era proportions, and a rips off “blazing” quarter-mile times with the help of a multi-speed transmission. With the exception of those blazing quarter-mile times...
The revamped EV tax credit that was ushered in Tuesday when President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, dramatically and immediately cuts the number of eligible EV and plug-in hybrid models. It also leaves a lot of room for interpretation on whether buyers for the rest of the 2022 calendar year might be able to claim it at all. But with...
The Kia Sportage Plug-In Hybrid slots in at a lower price than the RAV4 Prime. We take a look inside the Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV. And the Dodge Hornet R/T attempts to give a sportier edge to plug-in hybrids. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. With a 30-mile electric range, all-wheel drive, and a performance-car flavor with plenty of...
Pricing for the Kia Sportage Plug-in Hybrid has been released—just in the nick of time for buyers of this model to no longer qualify for the federal EV tax credit. The 2023 Kia Sportage PHEV will start at $39,785, including a destination charge of $1,295. That’s for the X-Line AWD; the top-trim X-Line Prestige costs $44,285. Kia...
Mercedes-Benz has teased the interior of its EQE SUV, the next model for its electric EQ range, ahead of its planned October 16 debut. Slated to be built in the United States, the five-seat EQE SUV will follow the seven-seat EQS SUV that's set to arrive later this year as a 2023 model. As the name states, it will also be the SUV version of the...
As part of a Speed Week event in Pontiac, Michigan, Dodge has revealed the 2023 Hornet, a performance-themed compact car—er, crossover—that brings some pint-size punch back to the Dodge lineup. The Hornet will be offered as an R/T plug-in hybrid or GT model with a more powerful gasoline engine, and according to the company, it’s...
Polestar confirms what looks a lot like a rival to the Tesla Roadster 2.0. Foxconn plans to build electric tractors alongside the Lordstown Endurance. And it’s the end of the EV tax credit as we know it. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. With President Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act today, it’s likely goes away for...
With President Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday, time is nearly up to get your purchase paperwork completed for a new EV or plug-in hybrid and still earn the federal tax credit. While the revamped EV tax credit contained in the bill includes many top-level provisions that are likely to set the supply chain up for more...
Foxconn will manufacture self-driving electric tractors for startup Monarch Tractor at the same Ohio factory where it plans to assemble EVs for startups Fisker and Lordstown. California-based Monarch announced completion of a contract-manufacturing agreement with Foxconn last week. Production of the Monarch Mk-V tractor is scheduled to begin at...
Polestar this morning announced plans to put an electric roadster, called the Polestar 6, into production—with a market arrival in 2026. The Polestar 6 is expected to very closely follow the O2 electric roadster concept first shown in Los Angeles this March. The hardtop convertible will be built on Polestar’s own aluminum platform and...
Owners of battery-powered cars sometimes struggle to refuel on longer trips because public chargers don’t work or malfunction while cars are plugged in.
We look at the lowest-priced U.S. EVs. An industry group drops its lawsuit over tighter diesel tailpipe rules. How much better for emissions are electric pickups? And a Chinese automaker claims to have the world’s fastest-charging mass-production EV. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Short supply and strong demand, supply-chain...
