With a $2 Billion Factory From China, a German City Lets Others Worry
Arnstadt’s embrace of a giant new battery plant for electric cars illustrates Europe’s ambivalence toward Chinese investment: Jobs trump geopolitics.
Porsche Taycan performance teased once more—on an aircraft carrier
Fast charging, fast acceleration, the handling of a true sports car, and a premium interior. That sums up part of what Porsche has been aiming to prove with its Taycan, which is due for a full reveal Wednesday, September 4. Ahead of that, Porsche has already boasted of the Taycan’s 24-hour run, covering 2,100 miles, and a recent lap record... World’s largest electric ferry completes maiden voyage
Electric transportation technology is spreading beyond cars to heavy equipment, airplanes, helicopters, and now, boats. The Danish ferry boat Ellen, which made its maiden voyage earlier this month between the Danish islands of Aero and Als, claims to be the world’s largest all-electric ferry. While electric technology is still a challenge... Aptera return, Polestar factory, Bollinger progress, Tesla insurance: The Week in Reverse
What ingredient for electric-car batteries is currently in a state of oversupply? And which electric-vehicle brand from the past dusted off the mothballs and claimed a 1,000-mile range? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending August 30, 2019. On Friday we brought you some... Explorer Hybrid mpg, Lincoln’s plug-in hybrid, Tesla’s China advantage: Today’s Car News
Tesla has been given a purchase tax exemption from the Chinese government. We drive Lincoln’s new plug-in hybrid. The Ford Explorer Hybrid gets fuel economy numbers. And could rust generate power? All this and more at Green Car Reports. After a short stint behind the wheel of the 2020 Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring plug-in hybrid, it’s... Tesla gets official nod from China with tax exemption
The California-based electric car maker Tesla has received a boost from the nation with the world’s largest auto market—China. As part of a declaration posted Friday by the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Tesla is receiving an exemption from a 10-percent purchase tax. The news, which is part of a broad... Rusting sheet metal could generate electricity for EVs
All those rusty buoys, boats, and piers along the world’s coastlines could be doing something much more useful, say scientists at CalTech and Northwestern University. They could be generating electricity. In a paper released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last month, chemistry professors Tom Miller from CalTech and... 2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid rated at up to 28 mpg combined
Gas mileage numbers for the 2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid are out, and they’re a bit better than Ford had hinted earlier on. The U.S. EPA has rated rear-wheel-drive versions of the 2020 Explorer Hybrid at 28 mpg combined (27 mpg city, 29 highway), while all-wheel-drive versions of the Explorer achieve 25 mpg combined (23 mpg city, 26 highway)... 2020 Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring plug-in hybrid is a placeholder, not a game-changer
Sometimes, in the long development cycle of new, greener vehicles, automakers hit an awkward stopping point. Pencils down—it’s time to turn in your work. Sometimes that stopping point leaves us with vehicles that don’t advance the notion of cleaner cars very much. The 2020 Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring plug-in hybrid has caught... RAV4 plug-in hybrid, Tesla insurance, Nio battery swapping: Today’s Car News
Tesla is launching its own insurance product. Nio positions battery-swapping as an alternative to fast-charging. GM faces another drop in its EV tax credit amount next month. And there might be a Toyota RAV4 plug-in hybrid in the works. All this and more at Green Car Reports. Tesla has launched an insurance product. It’s so far only...