Faraday Future names a new CEO. Lamborghini shows that supercapacitors work well for saving energy and going fast. And Mercedes-Benz introduces the latest revamped member of its plug-in hybrid family. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. The 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLC350e plug-in hybrid will charge faster, go farther all-electric on a charge...
Faraday Future announced last week that it hired Byton co-founder Carsten Breitfeld as its global CEO, replacing the company’s controversial founder, Jia Yueting. Jia ran into conflict with investors after a separate e-commerce company he owned in China, LeEco, allegedly defaulted on debts and failed to return to China to pay them when the...
Sometimes one model year makes quite the difference; and such is the case for the Mercedes-Benz GLC350e plug-in hybrid. The 2020 version of this model will get refreshed styling, the luxury automaker’s latest cabin interface, and its new, third-generation plug-in hybrid hardware. With more torque, more smoothness, and more battery, the...
Lamborghini, which has the virtue of being able to command high prices for its ultra-exclusive performance cars, is doing what cost-conscious mainstream brands couldn't pull off at this point: The 800-plus-horsepower Sián is a mild-hybrid supercar without a battery pack. The Sián's 48-volt e-motor, built into its transmission, uses a...
The Right to Repair movement aims to help shield owners from efforts by the carmakers to make repairs more difficult or complicated without the manufacturer’s special access to tools, parts, and diagnostics. So far that hasn’t stopped Tesla from doing, well, about exactly that with its original Roadsters. But it hasn’t deterred...
The carmaker is updating its familiar trademark at the same time it is beginning a push to make electric vehicles affordable to the masses.
What electric car, formerly called the Mission E concept, made its debut this past week? Where are there many fuel-cell vehicles but not enough hydrogen to keep them filled? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending September 6, 2019. It’s been a Porsche Taycan kind of week...
The Trump administration is aiming to revoke California’s ability to regulate tailpipe emissions. Volkswagen is making a new electric Beetle—but it’s not quite what you might think. Two-speeds are coming—to EVs. And we take a look at Ford’s latest and probably most important hybrid. All this and more at Green Car...
By spring 2020, the Ford Escape Hybrid will once again be the most important battery vehicle in the automaker's lineup. The 2020 Escape Hybrid goes on sale early next year, and with the C-Max departed from its lineup, the 2020 Escape will give Ford an electrified vehicle to appeal to drivers left in the lurch when the last Escape Hybrid was...
Porsche revealed its 2020 Taycan electric car Wednesday and at last confirmed one long-rumored detail: that it would have a two-speed gearbox for the rear wheels. The sports-car maker has said that the low gear is one of the secrets to consistency in the Taycan’s consistent off-the-line launches and reproducibility in acceleration...
