By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Walmart sues Tesla over solar panel fires at its stores. Mercedes-Benz released a new electric van. A new survey shows the top reasons consumers avoid buying EVs. And we run down the best deals on plug-in, hybrid, and electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. A new…
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) Hyundai announced last week that it will show a concept car “envisioning its future EV design direction” at next month’s Frankfurt auto show. And now today the brand added that it will step into that future while looking back at the past—to the brand’s first model from the 1970s, 45 years…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Mercedes-Benz plans to introduce the second in its new EQ line of electric vehicles, the EQV van, at next month’s Frankfurt auto show. The company says that a 100-kwh battery pack under the floor will deliver 250 miles of range on the European driving cycle. Mercedes has not confirmed whether…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Auto-loan interest rates have started to fall slightly in August—but that hasn’t yet made it any easier to find great deals on plug-in, hybrid, and electric cars. And yet, the deals are out there. Our partners at CarsDirect.com found deals as low as $179 a month in August. The good…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Walmart sued Tesla on Tuesday, alleging that solar panels that Tesla installed on seven Walmart stores caught fire. The lawsuit accuses Tesla of breach of contract, negligence, and failing to live up to industry standards, according to the court filing. Walmart alleges that the fires resulted in evacuations, and damage…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Porsche covers more than 2,100 miles in 24 hours with its new Taycan electric car. A new report reveals two new electric SUVs coming from Ford. A deal between California and several automakers have thrown EPA efforts to roll back fuel-economy regulations into a tailspin. And our latest Twitter poll…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Luxury automakers have a new strategy for making concerned consumers feel better about buying gas guzzling sports cars and SUVs: Sell them carbon credits. Porsche announced a new program called Porsche Impact that will allow buyers to calculate the carbon emissions of their Porsche, given their driving habits and cycle,…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) In addition to a Mustang-inspired electric performance SUV, potentially named Mach E, Ford is planning two more mid-size electric SUVs to sell alongside the Ford Edge and Lincoln Nautilus. The new vehicles were revealed by three sources familiar with the plans in a report in trade journal Automotive News (subscription…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) On the road to putting its first electric car into production, Porsche ran the Taycan for 24 hours straight at Italy’s Nardo test circuit. Covering 2,128 miles around the circuit in a day carried the car about the distance from Los Angeles to Atlanta. The test primarily demonstrated the capability…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Porsche teased the first look inside its Taycan electric car. Rivian announced that its upcoming R1S SUV will offer four different roof options. We take a tally of DC fast charging. And our latest Twitter poll asks readers if they think crash-test ratings are more or less important for EVs….
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Porsche announced on Monday that its new Taycan electric car will be the first to incorporate Apple Music streaming in its central infotainment display. In the process it provided something perhaps more noteworthy: a first glimpse of the Taycan’s dashboard, which has a digital instrument cluster reminiscent of the iconic…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) As the IIHS and other safety agencies around the world have begun testing electric and other alternative-fuel cars, it seems worth asking whether our readers see these tests as more or less important than those for conventional cars. It isn’t that the cars are more or less safe than the…
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) Five years ago, a frequent matter of debate here at Green Car Reports was whether CCS or ChAdeMO would become the electric-car DC fast-charging standard of choice in the U.S. Soon after that it became quite clear that CCS, with the weight of the European and U.S. auto industry behind it—and…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Hyundai plans a new design language to identify its EVs. Tesla plans to rent solar panels. Volkswagen is sizing up some EV-adoption barriers, and a new piece of the ID electric-car lineup is coming to this fall’s Los Angeles Auto Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports. As…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Electric cars and solar panels are like chocolate and peanut butter: two great things that are even better together. On Monday, Tesla began offering a new solar rental program. Homeowners can choose among three system sizes, for small, medium, or large homes or corresponding electrical use. The company does not…