Electric Aircraft Start-Up Accuses Rival of Stealing Its Secrets
A lawsuit by Wisk, partly owned by the Google co-founder Larry Page, says two engineers took sensitive files and data before joining Archer.
GM on Tuesday announced that the Chevrolet Silverado full-size pickup will be built in an all-electric version at its Hamtramck, Michigan plant. In the absence of other details, the automaker did reveal that the new model will offer more than 400 miles of EPA range. The company has teased the Silverado EV design at several points—most...
The Nissan Ariya is arriving soon and going through final development tuning. GM is adding a 400-mile Chevy Silverado pickup to its electric future. And President Biden’s EV-savvy infrastructure plan might have hit a snag. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Biden administration already faces one big obstacle in Capitol Hill: It...
President Biden last week unveiled a detailed infrastructure plan with substantial funding for electric-car charging—more than for roads and bridges, in fact. That's already drawing controversy, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Biden's $174 million "investment to win the EV market" is a comprehensive plan to spur EV adoption...
The Nissan Ariya is expected to start deliveries later this year, but in the meantime Nissan has released a short video highlighting chassis tuning for the 300-mile electric crossover. It features Ariya prototypes being tested at the automaker's Hokkaido proving ground in Japan. While the United States market isn't mentioned in this Europe-centric...
California looks at how utilities in the state might use V2G technology to balance the grid. SK Innovation is back in the U.S. battery game. The GMC Hummer EV SUV gets pricing, feature details, and WTF. And don’t miss our walk through some of the details in Mercedes’ first true Model S alternative. This and more, here at Green Car...
The idea of using coordinated electric-car charging to stabilize the grid has been discussed for years, but is still in early stages of development. California regulators now hope to bring so-called "vehicle-to-grid" (V2G) technology into focus. V2G requires cars that can discharge power back into the grid, something that isn't widely available...
South Korean battery firm SK Innovation (SKI) will be able to move ahead with plans for large-scale U.S. battery production, thanks to a favorable decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Reuters first reported last week. SK Innovation has been locked in a legal battle with rival South Korean battery supplier LG Chem, which sued...
The 2024 Hummer EV SUV, introduced virtually Saturday during the NCAA’s Final Four tournament, essentially puts the ball in the court of the Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, and every other die-hard off-road SUV. With an all-electric version of one of the icons—and high-consumption eyesores—of the past couple of decades of...
The 2024 Hummer EV SUV, introduced virtually Saturday during the NCAA’s Final Four tournament, essentially puts the ball in the court of the Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, and every other die-hard off-road SUV. With an all-electric version of one of the icons—and high-consumption eyesores—of the past couple of decades of...
Which California EV startup abruptly changed its business plan? Which automaker created a separate plug-in hybrid system for performance cars? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 2, 2021. This week we saw—remotely, of course—several significant electric-car...
It’s been nearly nine years since the first delivery of the Tesla Model S and, love it or not, it’s a template that the 2022 Mercedes EQS has to stand up to. As the first true Model S alternative—roughly the same size, but with more cab-forward luxury, Mercedes went a long way in cementing the impression that it’s going to...
It’s been nearly nine years since the first delivery of the Tesla Model S and, love it or not, it’s a template that the 2022 Mercedes EQS has to stand up to. As the first true Model S alternative—roughly the same size, but with more cab-forward luxury, Mercedes went a long way in cementing the impression that it’s going to...
It’s been nearly nine years since the first delivery of the Tesla Model S and, love it or not, it’s a template that the 2022 Mercedes EQS has to stand up to. As the first true Model S alternative—roughly the same size, but with more cab-forward luxury, Mercedes went a long way in cementing the impression that it’s going to...
Tesla provided a sales and production update for the first quarter of 2021 on Friday morning. The company summed that it made just over 180,000 vehicles globally from January through March, while delivering nearly 184,800 vehicles. While those weren't wildly outside what had been expected by analysts, they're impressive as amid supply-chain...
The Mustang Mach-E electric SUV is as much of a sales hit as Ford had hoped. Mercedes-Benz ups its claims for EQS range. And free-piston range extenders could help make more trucks all-electric. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Mercedes-Benz this week raised its estimated range number for the flagship EQS electric sedan—to 478 miles...
A new kind of internal-combustion range extender for electric vehicles skips crankshafts and camshafts entirely, with packaging that could more easily coexist with battery packs. The UK firm Libertine last month announced that it has been awarded 2.6 million British pounds (about $3.6 million) of Innovate UK funding to develop its free-piston...
Initial sales results for the Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV are tracking with early estimates, and are attracting new customers to the Ford brand, the automaker's first-quarter 2021 sales results show. Ford said it moved 6,614 vehicles off U.S. dealership lots in Q1. This is exactly on pace with what the automaker suggested shortly after the...