University of Michigan (U-M) researchers claim "significantly flawed" analysis led the United States Postal Service (USPS) to downplay the environmental benefits of electric mail trucks. The Postal Service has used its analysis to justify not making its entire fleet of next-generation mail trucks electric, which has drawn criticism from the White...
Tesla was the highest-scoring brand in J.D. Power's 2022 U.S. Tech Experience Index Study, which evaluates advanced-tech features in new cars. The study ranks brands by problems per 100 vehicles, the same metric used in J.D. Power's annual Initial Quality Study, which is considered an industry benchmark. Included for the first time, Tesla achieved...
Hiding a thousand feet below the earth’s surface in this patch of northern Minnesota wetlands are ancient mineral deposits that some view as critical to fueling America’s clean energy future.
There's a dirty side to creating clean cars.
Battery supplier CATL’s cell-to-pack tech will allow a 600+ mile range in an EV out early next year. Genesis prices its Electrified G80 and expands EV sales. Toyota is examining the use of hydrogen fuel cell tech with renewables. And Honda has announced plans to make a great many EV batteries in the U.S. This and more, here at Green Car...
Honda Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution on Monday announced plans to establish a joint venture company for making lithium-ion battery cells in the U.S. that will power “Honda and Acura EV models for the North American market,” according to the companies. The joint-venture plant will represent a combined investment of $4.4 billion and...
The announcement comes as the auto industry ramps up its efforts to switch to electric vehicles.
Toyota announced last week that it’s collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to provide a new proof point for hydrogen fuel-cell tech—in a megawatt-scale, multitasking power-generation package that might potentially be used for renewable energy storage and smoothing the grid...
Hyundai’s Genesis luxury brand has announced that the Electrified G80 luxury sedan for the U.S. market will start at $80,920 and be offered in a single, very well-equipped configuration. The Electrified G80 isn’t a hybrid, as some might suspect from the badge; it’s a fully electric version of the gasoline G80 sedan. It comes with...
Mining in parts of the Pacific Ocean was meant to benefit poor countries, but an international agency gave a Canadian company access to prized seabed sites with metals crucial to the green energy revolution.
China-based Zeekr announced Saturday that it will be the first global brand to take advantage of the Qilin battery and third-generation cell-to-pack technology from CATL, the largest EV battery supplier in the world. It said that the battery tech will first be used in its Zeekr 009, which it calls "the world's first electric luxury MPV," with...
There are better ways to use batteries than putting them in premium EVs.
What controversial option on Tesla vehicles was given a price increase this week? Which EV maker announced this week that its tech will be used in watercraft? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending August 26, 2022. Some of the biggest news of the week remained solidly in the EV...
Enforcement could be complex and legal challenges are likely. But ultimately, experts say, success or failure will depend on steady supply and buyers’ appetite.
Kia on Thursday revealed a bit more about how its upcoming EV9 electric SUV will fit into the market. And it includes a few surprises. The production EV9, which is set for a world premiere in the first quarter of 2023 and a U.S. introduction in the second half of 2023, is currently undergoing the final stretch of durability testing. That has...
E.V.s will bring down emissions, but the materials needed to build them have other environmental costs. We explain why, and talk about ways to limit the harm.
Ford has raised prices on its 2023 Mustang Mach-E electric SUV, by up to $8,300 versus the 2022 model. The automaker said in a release issued Thursday that the price hikes are “due to significant material cost increases, continued strain on key supply chains, and rapidly evolving market conditions.” Here, they also incorporate a change...
The move to phase out gasoline-powered cars, with other states expected to follow, matches automakers’ plans. The challenge will be making it happen.
Mercedes and VW look to Canada for the EV supply chain. BMW, GM, and Ford aim to incentivize off-peak charging. And California is putting its 2035 gasoline vehicle ban into policy. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. California is making its planned 2035 end date for gasoline vehicles the official policy today—and it’s likely...
California is taking a big step toward a goal of ending new internal-combustion vehicle sales by enshrining the planned 2035 end date as policy. Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order in September 2020 calling for a ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars by 2035. On Thursday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the...
