By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) BMW previews its long-awaited iX3 electric SUV, Volkswagen diesel settlement to bring a fast-charging network to rival Tesla’s Superchargers, and we develop needless range anxiety on the way to the airport in a new Nissan Leaf. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The BMW iX3 will be the…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Depending on where you live one of the biggest challenges with electric cars can be airport runs. They tend to be an hour away, or sometimes more; involve lots of range-sucking highway driving (often in the wee, dark hours of the morning or pitch-dark night), many don’t offer chargers, and…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Mark 2018 as the year that practical, widespread electric-car charging really started coming to America. We’ve had a lot of news about new charging networks coming to the U.S., and it doesn’t look like it will be slowing down any time soon. Following the announcement last week that 100 Walmart…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) When it comes to changing the world, never count out a bunch of college students with pens and wrenches. In response to growing demands to clean up the air, particularly from automotive exhaust pipes, and growing pushback from automakers, a bunch of college students banded together in 1970 to prove…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Which giant retailer will roll out a new Tesla-eque network of fast electric car chargers? What kind of fuel economy will the new Ford F-150 pickup get with its new diesel engine? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending…
By [email protected] (John Voelcker) Within the next two years, three different hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles will be offered to California buyers in small numbers. The 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell vehicle went on sale in California at the end of 2016, and 2018 models just went on sale. The Toyota Mirai has also been available in…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) A sizeable stock of used Tesla Model Ses may make a good alternative for those on the waiting list for a Model 3. Audi reveals details of its upcoming e-Tron electric SUV, including its big battery. VW burnishes image with a revamped logo to go with its upcoming lineup of…
By [email protected] (John Voelcker) With automotive emissions regulations again coming under political pressure, we thought we’d re run this Earth Day question from 2014 in an attempt to answer the question: Why all the fuss? Why do we still focus on green cars some 40 years after the EPA imposed the most significant emissions limits…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Everybody knows the friendly, familiar VW logo—an artistically stacked ‘V’ and ‘W’ nestled inside a circle—whether its from smiling New Beetles running around, or the giant logo on the nose of Jerry Garcia’s legendary bus. Now, according to Bloomberg, the company plans to update the logo again for the electric…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Hyundai has reduced prices on the 2018 Sonata Hybrid, in an effort to sell more of them. The $500 price cut makes the car one of the most affordable midsized hybrids on the market, according to an analysis by Green Car Reports sister site CarsDirect.com. Only the Ford Fusion Hybrid…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Electric car chargers will soon be able to get a fast charge with a quart of milk at Walmarts across the country. Ford releases fuel economy numbers for the new diesel F-150, the Mazda CX-5 diesel is finally certified for sale in California, and a new plug-in hybrid for China…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) A full-sized pickup that can get 30 mpg sounds impressive, and it is. Ford has released the fuel economy ratings for the new F150 Powerstroke diesel, and that’s the highway rating for the two-wheel drive model. In the city it’s rated to get 22 mpg from its turbocharged 3.0-liter V6…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) After Tesla launched the first luxury electric car with the Model S, it relatively quickly took over the mantle as the best-selling luxury sedan. That didn’t sit well with Mercedes-Benz or Audi, the prior kings of the $80,000-plus luxury sedan world. Both companies have now announced an onslaught of plug-in…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Tesla shuts down Model 3 assembly, apparently to reduce automation and ramp up production. 300,000 VW TDIs are sitting on 37 lots around the country waiting for new owners. But are they just sitting? Buick announces a 375-mile electric SUV concept for China, and Mercedes says it will do an…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) As press reports begin to mount up about quality issues with its critical Model 3, Bloomberg reported that Tesla will shut down the Model 3 production line to improve automation on the Model 3 assembly line at its factory in Fremont, California. The company says the shutdown has been long-planned…