Clean Power Plan, Nissan Leaf Nismo, Tesla Semi: Today’s Car News

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt  [photo from 2014]Today, the EPA signaled its intent to dismantle the Clean Power Plan, the Nissan Leaf Nismo popped out, and California may be the first place in America where gas engines are a distant memory. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The big newsmaker today came not from Washington, D.C., but near the coal mines of Appalachia: EPA head Scott Pruitt...

EPA to roll back Obama-era greenhouse gas policies on coal power plants

Coal trains by Flickr user Kimon Berlin (Used under CC License)EPA head Scott Pruitt told miners in Kentucky on Monday that he intends to begin dismantling former President Barack Obama's signature climate-change agenda effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions from coal power plants. Standing alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Pruitt told reporters at an event in Hazard, Ky., that, "The...

Tesla: Model 3 production problems prompt electric Semi delay

Teaser for Tesla semi truck debuting in SeptemberTesla’s aggressive goals for Model 3 production have run into a series of setbacks, and the knock-on effect spilling over into the company’s planned electric semi truck debut, which has again been pushed back from its overdue September launch. Elon Musk announced the later, November 16 unveil date for Tesla Semi via Twitter, while...

Say hello to The Car Connection’s 2018 Driver’s Choice Awards

2018 Nissan LeafJust like Green Car Reports, our sister site The Car Connection names its Best Car To Buy award winner every year. But The Car Connection's editorial team is not the only one to get a say in this. We want you to choose some award winners as well. It's the 2018 Driver's Choice Award, and there are six categories: best performance car, best green...

Solar-powered car race kicks off 30 years of World Solar Challenge

World Solar Challenge 2017Although a car powered solely by solar power is far from reality, the 30th anniversary of the World Solar Challenge showcased just how far the technology has come. World Solar Challenge kicked off its celebrations with this year's iteration of the solar-powered car race in Darwin, Australia, on Sunday. From the starting point, the teams will...

Bill could ban gasoline-car sales in California by 2040

California state capitol, SacramentoCalifornia, long a leader in emission reduction and electric-car incentives, may be ready to take the next big step: a full ban on the sale of new cars powered by gasoline or diesel. Such a ban would follow India, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Norway, and others around the world with aggressive targets to reduce emissions and curb...

Range Rover’s plug-in hybrid, Ford thinks green, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Tesla’s Hawaiian solar-energy project: The Week in Reverse

2019 Land Rover Range Rover Sport P400eWhich plug-in hybrid compact crossover is finally coming to America, after so many delays? What does Ford plan to do in the next few years now that the Michigan automaker is diverting money from internal combustion engine development into electrification? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for...