Toyota will spend $1.3 billion on a N.C. electric car battery plant.
The plant, which will employ 1,750 people, will be located outside of Greensboro.
Toyota says North Carolina battery plant will pave the way for US-built EVs
A Toyota battery plant in North Carolina will make cells starting in 2025, bound for American-built hybrid and electric vehicles, the company confirmed on Monday. Called the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite, the $1.29 billion plant in Randolph County, North Carolina, will provide 1,750 jobs and builds on a commitment to U.S.-built batteries that... Future of Leaf, Tesla Cybertruck crab mode, battery storage for fast-charging: Today’s Car News
Nissan hints at the future of the Leaf. Electrify America is betting on battery storage. The Tesla Cybertruck will crab-walk. And the Best Car To Buy finalists list is out! This and more, here at Green Car Reports. This morning, we announced our 2022 Best Car To Buy finalists. Five models met our qualifying numbers and were made available for... One of these 5 vehicles will be Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2022?
Which new green car is the best? Each December we ask this question in earnest, first making a list of all the electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids that arrive by the end of the calendar year, and you can buy early the following year. Now, that’s looking at 2022. As we’ve asserted for years, backstopped by a range of peer-reviewed... Battery storage allows more flexibility for DC fast-charging station locations
Finding new locations for DC fast-charging stations can be complicated, but Electrify America believes onsite battery storage can provide more flexibility. Battery storage enables Electrify America to roll out new DC fast-charging stations in new locations where it might otherwise be cost-prohibitive due to current utility rate structures, the... Tesla Cybertruck gains 4-motor version, 4-wheel steering crab mode
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday confirmed plans for a four-motor version of the Cybertruck electric pickup, along with four-wheel steering that will enable trick off-road maneuvering features. When the Cybertruck was unveiled in late 2019, a three-motor version was confirmed as the top model. But in response to a query on Twitter, Musk said that... Inside Tesla: How Elon Musk Pushed His Vision for Autopilot
The automaker may have undermined safety in designing its Autopilot driver-assistance system to fit its chief executive’s vision, former employees say.
Did Nissan just show the successor to the Leaf electric car?
This past week, Nissan provided the brightest overview of its future product lineup and electric vehicle plans in years—and a very early look at what a Nissan Leaf successor might look like around the middle part of the decade. The summary, called Ambition 2030, marked a restart for Nissan—with a plan to introduce 23 electrified models... El diseño de los coches me está aburriendo
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Rising battery costs, Nissan EV “ambition,” future Toyota EVs and Prime PHEVs: The Week in Reverse
Which petroleum giant partnered for battery swapping? Which automakers turned the focus to hydrogen internal combustion? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending December 3, 2021. By far, our biggest set of stories of the week stemmed from some recent up-close time with...