Which eagerly anticipated electric crossover might be arriving many months early? What company teased its first mass production electric car? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending October 25, 2019. At the end of the week, we brought you eight of the automakers vying for a...
Bollinger prices its tough electric SUV and pickup. The VW Golf relaunches with plug-in hybrids and diesels part of the European offerings. The Audi A6 plug-in hybrid isn’t headed Stateside. And we rounded up eight automakers that have big plans for China and perhaps the U.S. and beyond. Are they headed for boom or bust? This and more, here...
Bollinger prices its tough electric SUV and pickup. The VW Golf relaunches with plug-in hybrids and diesels part of the European offerings. The Audi A6 plug-in hybrid isn’t headed Stateside. And we rounded up eight automakers that have big plans for China and perhaps the U.S. and beyond. Are they headed for boom or bust? This and more, here...
At almost twice the volume of the U.S., China is the world’s largest car market. Its government has aggressive plans to put the country at the forefront of global electric-car development, deployment, and sales. China’s entrepreneurs have responded energetically, with more than 60 electric-car brands now on the market or promised. Some...
At almost twice the volume of the U.S., China is the world’s largest car market. Its government has aggressive plans to put the country at the forefront of global electric-car development, deployment, and sales. China’s entrepreneurs have responded energetically, with more than 60 electric-car brands now on the market or promised. Some...
At almost twice the volume of the U.S., China is the world’s largest car market. Its government has aggressive plans to put the country at the forefront of global electric-car development, deployment, and sales. China’s entrepreneurs have responded energetically, with more than 60 electric-car brands now on the market or promised. Some...
Audi's electrification onslaught has officially begun. Between the launch of the all-electric e-tron crossover and the introduction of the flagship A8 and volume-chasing Q5 in plug-in form, we're seeing a side of Audi that was just years ago borderline irrelevant to its long-term production goals. The configuration itself shares a lot in common...
On Thursday, VW unveiled its eighth-generation Golf for the 45th year of the venerable nameplate, and one of the most prolific nameplates on the planet to usher the small car into its sixth decade of production. Although the car will be sold in nearly every corner of the world, equipped with one of eight powertrains, it won't make its way to the...
A $450 billion climate change proposal from Senator Chuck Schumer would give consumers vouchers to buy American-made electric and hybrid cars and trucks.
I have a proposal that is supported not just by environmentalists but also by labor and large automakers.
Bollinger announced Friday a starting price for its exclusive B1 electric SUV and B2 electric pickup: $125,000. According to the Detroit-based company, buyers who want first dibs on the trucks can reserve a build with a refundable $1,000 deposit. The B1 and B2 are both back-to-basics trucks in the style of a vintage Land Rover or Land...
Mazda shows its first electric car, in concept form. Mitsubishi showed how plug-in hybrids and off-road adventure aren’t mutually exclusive. Honda was indeed considering the U.S. for its city-sized E. And Tesla has announced that the Model Y crossover is arriving early—next summer, it says. This and more today at Green Car Reports...
Mazda's new concept may sport a set of suicide doors and have an optional rotary engine, but it's not a performance coupe; it's an electric crossover, and it's aimed squarely at the European market. The Mazda MX-30 borrows its designation from the old "Mazda eXperimental" nomenclature closely associated with piston engines (as opposed to Rotary...
Mitsubishi pulled the sheet off its Mi-Tech plug-in hybrid off-road concept at the Tokyo Motor Show Wednesday, showing off the convergence of an advanced all-wheel drive system, a new take on its much-loved plug-in hybrid system, and a go-anywhere concept-car package. The Mi-Tech is little more than a well-appointed off-road buggy, but Mitsubishi...
The United States narrowly missed being included in Honda's distribution plans for the new E urban electric car, its project manager has revealed, and if attitudes change, Honda's plans might too. "The U.S. was included in the beginning," Kohei Hitomi told Jalopnik. "I personally wanted to see it." But three years ago, he says, that changed...
All electric vehicles in the U.S. will soon be required to make warning sounds so pedestrians can hear them coming.
In a company update released Wednesday to investors, Tesla formally confirmed the launch of the Model Y electric crossover has been moved up to summer 2020. To meet that timeline, production of the Y could begin as soon as early 2020, versus the summer to fall 2020 timeline (with first deliveries before the end of 2020) that Tesla had originally...
The electric-car maker’s revenue declined, but it said it had removed “substantial cost” from its operations.
Lexus reveals its vision of an electric car in the year 2030, and announces it will unveil its first fully electric car next month. The i3 is due for another range boost. And we get a glimpse of Nissan’s first fully electric crossover. This and more today at Green Car Reports. We’ve waited years for this. Nissan’s long-overdue...
The BMW i3, which always seems to be on the precipice of discontinuation, is slated for yet another series of hardware upgrades to keep it relevant in the growing EV market. Even in the middle of re-positioning its electrical models as more mainstream-friendly offerings, BMW has given the model battery upgrades and new editions to keep it fresh...
