What electric car started its ramp-up toward U.S. mass production next year? Have sales of vehicles with tailpipes already peaked? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending August 21, 2021. This week, we got an in-person look at the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV and found it...
The Genesis GV60—the Hyundai luxury brand's first dedicated electric vehicle, due next year—is shaping up to offer a technology first: It will be one of the first global-market EVs with original-equipment wireless charging. The hardware, claimed to be supplied by WiTricity, will initially only be offered (or enabled) in South Korea...
General Motors has expanded the recall of Chevrolet Bolt EV models due to battery-related fire concerns—to include 2019-2021 Bolt EV models and new 2022 Bolt EV and EUV models. GM just earlier this week confirmed that it planned to replace all battery modules on affected 2017-2019 Bolt EV models, subject to be adjusted after an additional...
The recall now covers 2017-2022 models. The latest move, to add three more model years, will increase costs by $1 billion.
Tesla announced Thursday that it plans to build a humanoid robot in prototype form next year. The so-called Tesla Bot, or Optimus Prime, was revealed as part of the company’s AI Day, intended to stoke enthusiasm in the company’s different, cameras-only AI-based approach toward future self-driving capability. And CEO Elon Musk appears...
Automakers will soon face higher fines for gas guzzlers. Tesla reveals a robot. Nissan shows a spicier side of e-Power. VW shows it can build its mass-market EV in the U.S. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen has produced the first U.S.-made VW ID.4 electric car, at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory. Although just a validation...
Stricter federal fuel economy and emissions rules, outlined earlier this month in concert with the EPA, and coordinated with a goal for more EVs, will require automakers to make more efficient vehicles—along with some EVs. But that isn’t the only thing they’ll have to contend with. The penalties for failing to comply with those...
Nissan on Tuesday unveiled a performance-tuned hybrid hatchback for the Japanese market. While it won't be coming to the United States, the Nissan Aura Note Nismo shows the tuning potential of the automaker's e-Power series hybrid system, which is expected to appear in future U.S.-market Nissan models. Short for "Nissan Motorsports," Nismo is the...
The first Volkswagen ID.4 electric car has rolled off the production line at the automaker's Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory, VW Group of America CEO Scott Keogh announced Thursday in a LinkedIn post. Mass production doesn't start until next year, however. Finished in Glacier White Metallic, the first completed car is a validation build used to...
Genesis shows an electric crossover that’s related to the Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6. The Kia Sorento Plug-In Hybrid is rated at 32 electric miles. And is the Ioniq 6 electric sedan delayed? This and more in this very Hyundai roundup, here at Green Car Reports. The Genesis luxury brand, from Hyundai, has revealed its first dedicated electric...
