When the Testa Model 3 was first announced, much of the excitement around it stemmed from a promised $35,000 base price. But that entry-level Model 3 remains an automotive unicorn. In fact, to get a $35,000 Model 3, you have to order off-menu. Tesla doesn't advertise the $35,000 Model 3; the cheapest version shown on the automaker's website at the... The $35k Tesla Model 3 still exists—off-menu
When the Testa Model 3 was first announced, much of the excitement around it stemmed from a promised $35,000 base price. But that entry-level Model 3 remains an automotive unicorn. In fact, to get a $35,000 Model 3, you have to order off-menu. Tesla doesn't advertise the $35,000 Model 3; the cheapest version shown on the automaker's website at the... 
Cold-weather performance is still a concern for some electric-car shoppers, although the effect of cold on EV battery packs is better understood now than when the first modern electric cars went on sale almost a decade ago. A recent group test of 20 electric cars in Norway (via InsideEVs) reiterates some of that knowledge, and showed that some... 
Even as electrified crossovers trickle into the market, automakers such as Hyundai increasingly turn to sedans to deliver high efficiency without high price tags. Case in point: The 2021 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid that made its first appearance Tuesday in Hollywood, California. The 2021 Elantra Hybrid rides on a new platform shared with the... 
Volkswagen has some electric urban hatchbacks in the works—based on its platform for affordable, mass-produced EVs. Coal isn’t making much economic sense. And we took Honda’s first hybrid crossover out for a drive. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Honda’s first electrified light-truck model—the 2020 Honda... 
Renewable energy is not just better for the environment, it's also becoming cheaper than coal for electricity generation in many parts of the world, according to a new report. Over 60% of current coal-fired power plants are producing electricity at a higher cost than new wind or solar installations would, according to findings of the Carbon... 
As Volkswagen begins Europen deliveries of the ID.3—the first of a family of electric cars based on its modular MEB platform—the automaker may be planning a smaller model based on the same platform, according to a new report. Potentially the smallest of the ID family of vehicles, the VW ID.1, will go on sale in Europe in 2023, reports... 
In the Zen environs around Tucson, Arizona, this past week, It didn’t take any level of meditation to understand what the 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid brings to the increasingly crowded cohort of compact hybrid crossovers: poise. The CR-V Hybrid drove with the flow along stop-and-go boulevards, and it felt easy to pilot as my co-driver and I... 
Volkswagen talks ownership costs for its mass-market electric cars. The Tesla Model Y starts arriving—and so does a little more information about it. And another report suggests that building new roads and lanes may be making traffic worse. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. First deliveries started for the Tesla Model Y late last... 
The Volkswagen ID.3, the first of a family of electric cars based on the automaker's MEB platform, is now in production in Europe. VW claims customers there will benefit from significantly lower ownership costs than comparable internal-combustion cars. Low ownership costs are often used by automakers to distract from any price premium electric... 
Decreasing traffic congestion isn't as simple as building more roads, according to a new report. New road construction may actually be making traffic worse. Called The Congestion Con, the report (via Curbed) found that traffic congestion has increased significantly over the past two decades--even as road construction has boomed. The United States'...