It doesn't take long at all on the social media platform of your choice to find someone who's happy with Tesla's cars but upset about their service experience. Yet Tesla's policies can prevent neighborhood garages from doing diagnostics or standard repairs. That could soon change, thanks to a federal right-to-repair directive. President Biden is...
The Italian design firm Pininfarina will help design the Hercules Alpha electric pickup truck as well as other products, Detroit-based startup Hercules Electric Vehicles announced Tuesday in a press release. Pininfarina is a legendary name in the auto industry, with a massive back catalog that includes the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider and Ferrari...
Entrepreneurs envision a “mobility hub” that can save you a spot, help with dinner reservations and offer a place to plug in an E.V. Yes, apps are involved.
La familia Maldonado, de California, perdió a su hijo adolescente cuando un auto de Tesla chocó con su camioneta. Los Maldonado alegan que la función Autopilot tiene parte de responsabilidad por el siniestro.
Trump gutted emissions reductions. The president must make up for time lost.
Electric vehicle SPACs remain the favorite way to scale up startups in the EV sector. VW looks for an Electrify America investor. Solid-state batteries are powering buses, and we check how that’s going. And how long will it take for new EVs to break even on carbon footprint? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen is reportedly...
As each automaker adds urgency to its electric-vehicle business plan and mentions solid-state battery technology as the future, remember this: Solid-state cells are already in use in vehicles, just about every day. Where are they used? No, not a skunkworks in Sweden, or a closed loop in Japan. Public passenger buses in Wiesbaden, Germany, with the...
If you buy a new electric car today, it won't take long for it to have less environmental impact than a gasoline car, but it depends on where you plug in, according to new Reuters analysis. Developed by the Argonne National Laboratory, the Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Technologies (GREET) analytical model used by...
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have already raised $7.5 billion for more than a dozen EV-related startups, but with relatively little to show for it, according to new data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). SPACs are publicly-listed shell corporations that join with startups in so-called reverse mergers, providing a shorter...
Could Electrify America become more than road-trip charging and large-scale corporate atonement? Based on a Tuesday report from Reuters, its owner Volkswagen appears to be interested in building up to something bigger and better with a partner. According to Reuters—citing two people familiar with the matter—VW is looking with Citi for...
One charging network has decided to start showing air quality updates at its chargers. Roaming agreements remain both a pride of the EV charging networks and a point of confusion. Electric garbage trucks are arriving—with plenty of potential to offset those stop-and-go beasts with tailpipes. And are you curious about a plug-in camper based...
Tesla's Supercharger network has long been the most prolific for public EV charging, but roaming agreements are creating a patchwork of other networks that can now compete with Tesla. The latest agreements, according to aan announcement last week from Greenlots, give EV Connect users seamless access to Shell-owned Greenlots' charging stations...
The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will purchase seven Mack LR Electric garbage trucks, Mack announced at the recent WasteExpo 2021 trade show. However, it's only a small step toward eliminating carbon emissions from DSNY's 6,000-vehicle fleet. The order follows delivery of a demonstrator model to DSNY in September 2020, according...
London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has turned its range-extended electric London taxi into a camper van. European deliveries are scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of this year. LEVC claims this new model, dubbed e-Camper, is the world's first all-electric camper van, but that's a bit of a stretch. First off, the e-Camper still has a...
Despite sticker prices in the millions, the storied brand chronically lost money. The Croatian firm Rimac will take a controlling interest.
Despite sticker prices in the millions, the storied brand chronically lost money. The Croatian firm Rimac will take a controlling interest.
A California family that lost a 15-year-old boy when a Tesla hit its pickup truck is suing the company, claiming its Autopilot system was partly responsible.
Anywhere you are in the U.S., you’re reducing the amount of localized air pollution by driving an electric car—yes, even if your local power source is a coal plant. Not all newbies understand that, and so a few reminders—about air quality itself—can be a useful motivator, perhaps, to spread the word. Volta Charging is best...
Which company is being sued over its idle fees at fast chargers? Which automaker’s actions prompted some celebrities to dump a green-car icon? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 2, 2021. “You don’t buy a Hummer for its subtlety,” remarked West...
It was not clear what issues the prosecutors, with the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, are looking into.
