Nissan is planning to build two fully electric vehicles at its Canton, Mississippi plant, starting in 2025, the company revealed Thursday. One will be a Nissan-brand vehicle, the other the first U.S.-market electric vehicle for Infiniti. The two models were shown briefly in concept form, obscured, but enough to see that the Nissan concept might be...
Nissan is planning to build two fully electric vehicles at its Canton, Mississippi plant, starting in 2025, the company revealed Thursday. One will be a Nissan-brand vehicle, the other the first U.S.-market electric vehicle for Infiniti. The two models were shown briefly in concept form, obscured, but enough to see that the Nissan concept might be...
Some drivers have complained that cars using the company’s Autopilot system have been slowing down suddenly even when there are no hazards ahead.
Official EPA electric range and efficiency ratings for the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrid are in, and they come close to Jeep's estimates. The plug-in hybrid SUV gets an EPA-rated 26 miles of electric range from its 17-kwh battery pack, with an efficiency rating of 56 MPGe combined. Jeep previously said it was targeting 25 miles of...
The 2023 Mercedes-AMG EQE sedan was unveiled Tuesday as the second volume-produced all-electric model from Mercedes-Benz's AMG performance division. AMG already launched a sportier version of the Mercedes-Benz EQS, so now it's moving on to the smaller EQE sedan, which is due this spring as a 2023 model. The AMG version, formally titled...
Bolt EV and EUV production is restarting soon. Fisker is taking money for its $30,000 U.S.-made EV before it’s shown the model. And is ethanol better for global warming? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A recent study funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy has found that corn ethanol is worse for global warming than...
Bolt EV and EUV production is restarting soon. Fisker is taking money for its $30,000 U.S.-made EV before it’s shown the model. And is ethanol better for global warming? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A recent study funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy has found that corn ethanol is worse for global warming than...
Production of the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV, which has been on pause for most of the past six months, will restart on April 4, General Motors confirmed Tuesday. The restart is part of a delicate balance GM faces: On one hand, it needs to produce new electric vehicles—the automaker's future—at a time when demand is especially...
Corn-based ethanol is mixed with United States gasoline supplies to lower transportation-related emissions, but a new study suggests ethanol may be worse for the environment than straight gasoline. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contradicts previous research commissioned by the U.S. Department of...
Fisker on Tuesday announced that it is accepting reservations for its Pear electric car, despite not having actually shown said car yet. The company said this five-passenger "agile urban EV" will have a $29,900 starting price, with deliveries scheduled to start in 2024. Customers can pay $250 now for one reservation, and $100 for each additional...
Lexus is aiming for range and performance in its EVs, with a new concept-car tease. Stellantis warns about charging some Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivans. And Polestar shows how it’s developing its own EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Polestar is putting the focus on performance EVs—and to do so, it’s going...
Stellantis is recalling an estimated 19,808 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans from model years 2017 and 2018 over a fire risk, and is advising owners to avoid charging until further notice. A routine company review of customer data led to an internal investigation that uncovered 12 fires among the affected vehicles, Stellantis said in a press...
Lexus on Monday released new photos of its electric sports car, sedan, and SUV concepts, as well as the 2023 Lexus RZ 450h electric crossover destined for the United States. The Toyota luxury brand revealed its BEV Sport, BEV Sedan, and BEV SUV concepts in December 2021, referring to them as the Electrified Sport, Electrified Sedan, and...
Polestar is based in Sweden and closely related to Volvo. But it has a far more performance-focused view of how its electric vehicles should be conceived—and it’s highlighting that distinction with its Polestar 5, a four-door “GT” fastback likely to arrive in 2024. On Tuesday, Polestar detailed how it’s utilizing a...
With electric cars still supercharging the stock market, it’s no surprise that several automakers made electric vehicles—like the upcoming Chevy Silverado EV, with "Sopranos" star power—the focus for their ads on Super Bowl Sunday. Two big GM Super Bowl ads, including a second reprising Mike Myers' Austin Powers megalomaniac, had...
We drive the dual-motor VW ID.4. Tesla is selling more than 10% of cars and light trucks in California. Super Bowl ads bring EV enthusiasm to the Big Game. The federal government lays out more about its national charging network. And has hydrogen missed its window of opportunity? This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Super Bowl LVI featured...
Modularity has been a mantra for Volkswagen as it ramps up toward its stated goal of “electric vehicles for millions, not millionaires.” Its MEB platform is a flexible foundation for the ID.4 electric crossover you can get now, for the eagerly anticipated electric Microbus reboot, and for many more EVs yet to arrive. The approach helps...
The moment for hydrogen fuel-cell passenger cars to play a major fuel in transportation has passed, and the window of opportunity is closing for heavy-duty trucks as well, according to a new study published as "comment" in Nature Electronics (via Charged EVs). The study's author, from Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research and...
The United States Departments of Transportation and Energy on Thursday announced funding for EV charging infrastructure over five years under the Biden administration's infrastructure law. "A century ago, America ushered in the modern automotive era; now America must lead the electric vehicle revolution," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg...
Heard Californians say that the Model 3 is the new Prius? No exaggeration, they’re everywhere. Tesla surged to a 10.5% market share in California in the fourth quarter of the year, and it maintained an overall 6.5% market share in California for all of 2021, compared to 2.1% for the U.S. as a whole. The figures were part of a quarterly...
