Ending tax credits would kill electric-car market, Edmunds says

2017 Nissan Leaf  The electric-car market may be in for a serious downturn when current federal tax incentives end, assuming the Trump administration declines to extend them, according to a new analysis. In 2010, the government began offering tax credits of $2,500 to $7,500 to the first 200,000 U.S. buyers of plug-in electric vehicles from each automaker. Those...

Most Fords will be hybrid or electric by 2025 … in China

2012 Ford Focus Electric launch, New York City, January 2011 - Nancy GioiaFord has aggressive electrification plans for China. In a recent announcement, the U.S. automaker said that 70 percent of the vehicles it sells in the country by 2025 will be hybrids—either plug-in or conventional—or fully electric. Ford builds vehicles in China through a joint venture with Chongqing Changan Automobile Company, and the...

2017 Tesla Model X electric-car pricing, feature changes

2017 Tesla Model XTesla has released updated pricing and features for its 2017 Tesla Model X all-electric crossover utility vehicle, including lower prices for both the 75D and 90D models. Like the changes released at the same time to the Model S sedan, the new lineup increases the distance between the two lower-end models and the top-of-the-range 100D and P100D...

VW Electrify America plan for electric-car charging across U.S. released

BMW i3 and Volkswagen e-Golf electric cars using Combined Charging System (CCS) DC fast chargingTwo billion dollars is a lot of money. When VW Group of America agreed to fund a $2 billion project to spread zero-emission vehicle infrastructure across the U.S. as part of its settlements in the Volkswagen diesel emission scandal, that immediately changed the playing field for electric-car fast charging. Now the first of four phases of the...

What’s the best Porsche Panamera? It’s a plug-in hybrid now

2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid, 2017 Geneva auto showThe top 2018 Porsche Panamera that money can buy now comes with a plug. That’s according to Porsche Cars North America’s Chief Operating Officer Joe Lawrence, who said as much to Green Car Reports last week during the 2017 New York auto show. “I think what we have with the (2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid) is a...

Tesla Model S pricing, feature changes: breaking them down in detail

2017 Tesla Model SAs its owners know, although much of the car-buying world doesn't, Tesla doesn't believe in the idea of model years. Rather than updating its electric cars each autumn, to correspond to a new model year, it simply changes them when it feels the updates are ready. This can lead to some confusion over the features and capabilities of a give car...

2017 Cadillac CT6 plug-in hybrid sedan reviewed by LA Times

2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In HybridWhile the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and the Chevy Malibu Hybrid rack up four-figure sales in most months, the third vehicle to use elements of that same drivetrain remains all but invisible in the U.S. That's the 2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid, a version of the CT6 large luxury sedan from GM's luxury brand. The plug-in CT6 is the sole...

All-electric Audi e-tron Sportback concept teased for Shanghai auto show

Teaser for Audi e-tron Sportback concept debuting at 2017 Shanghai auto showThe Shanghai auto show is shaping up to be a showcase for all the green cars and concepts that were absent from last week's New York auto show. Among them is a concept for a "four-door coupe" version of the Audi e-tron all-electric SUV that'll go into production sometime next year. The Audi e-Tron Sportback Concept doesn't necessarily preview a...