An electric Jeep Wrangler is revealed, and its plug-in Wrangler gets EPA ratings. Rivian’s network of adventure-focused charging locations starts to take form. And BMW won’t yet put an expiration date on internal combustion. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Jeep has revealed a fully electric version of its Wrangler off-road...
BMW expects electric cars to account for half of its global sales by 2030, but doesn't plan to stop developing internal-combustion engines, the automaker announced during its annual conference last week. BMW also said it will have a dozen all-electric models on the road by 2023, covering 90% of market segments, and expects the Mini brand to be...
The 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe may have unprecedented off-road capability for a plug-in hybrid, but it falls short on electric range. The official EPA electric-range rating for the Wrangler 4xe is 22 miles. That's 3 miles short of what Jeep estimated when the plug-in hybrid SUV was unveiled last year. The Wrangler 4xe also gets an efficiency rating of...
Jeep has said that battery-electric models are in the brand’s future. Yet the fully electric Jeep Wrangler first shown Monday is what amounts to a concept truck at the early idea stage. The reveal of the model, called the Jeep Magneto concept, came in advance of the annual Easter Jeep Safari, set for March 27 to April 4 in Moab, Utah. The...
Colorado’s 42 state parks, remote as they might be, will all soon be getting at least a couple of Level 2 electric-vehicle charging connectors. The Colorado sites, though compatible with all modern EVs, will be part of a so-called Rivian Waypoints network, including a total of more than 10,000 Level 2 charging connectors to be installed by...
Where did Tesla lobby for higher taxes on gas and diesel vehicles? Which two electric vehicles had their identical recall issues handled differently—showing an advantage to over-the-air updates? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 19, 2021. The Volkswagen Group...
In the aftermath of a diesel scandal five years ago, executives made a commitment to electric vehicles that now is paying off.
Amazon adds San Francisco to the big-city regions now using Rivian electric delivery trucks. We get some follow-up time driving the Honda CR-V Hybrid. And those seeking a speedy charge while shopping have a new option in the Midwest. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The charging network EVgo has partnered with Meijer for Midwest DC fast...
The Honda CR-V Hybrid is a quiet giant in the grand shift that’s happening in the auto industry. Yes, you might still be able to get non-hybrid versions of the Honda CR-V, or its rivals like the Toyota RAV4, Hyundai Tucson, or Ford Escape, but each year the portion of these that are selling as hybrids becomes a little larger. It’s the...
Amazon has begun testing the first of a planned 100,000 Rivian electric vans on delivery routes in San Francisco. The city is one of 16 where Amazon plans to deploy electric delivery vehicles in 2021, according to a company press release. The rollout began in Los Angeles last month, and will ramp up with 10,000 of the electric vans entering...
