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Tesla has revamped its online pricing model, General Motors and Michelin are testing airless tires, and our Twitter followers weigh in on what's most important to them when fast charging.
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Report: Apple once attempted to buy Tesla
An analyst in a CNBC report has confirmed that Apple bid for Tesla in 2013, at $240 a share. Apple is reportedly no longer working on a self-driving car of its own.
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Faster electric cars, California strikes back, BMW batteries, Hyundai recall: Today's Car News
California begins fighting back against the EPA's fuel economy freeze. Austria proposes letting electric cars drive faster. Hyundai recalls Ioniqs. And BMW builds a new battery assembly line for its upcoming electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. California issued a pointed 400-page...
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Apple self-driving car plans emerge: how will it play with automakers?
Last year, techies, auto journalists, and Apple fans spent a great deal of time debating the existence, technology, and potential prospects of an "Apple car" project that the company never officially acknowledged. The idea that Apple would move from fast-turn, high-volume, very profitable consumer...
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Woz is getting a Chevy Bolt EV after all; it arrives today
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak bought a Chevrolet Bolt EV to use as his "main car."
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Apple Car always faced insanely great odds, now apparently dead
Apple is reportedly abandoning plans to build its own car.
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Apple may be eyeing a new configuration of lithium-ion battery cell for its rumored electric car.
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Maybe Apple and Google won't take over the car industry after all?
Apple and Google are both experiencing setbacks in their plans to build autonomous cars.
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Chevy Bolt EV electric car shows GM can do Silicon Valley, exec says
Over the last five years, much has been written about autonomous-car efforts from Apple and Google. Could these two massively successful Silicon Valley startups overturn the established order in the global auto industry? The answer remains to be seen, but this month brought news that both companies...
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Apple's Woz likes Chevy Bolt EV better than Tesla Model 3, he says
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak likes the Chevrolet Bolt EV.
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Apple will build electric cars by 2020: Tesla's Elon Musk
Elon Musk believes Apple will build electric cars by 2020.
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Will Apple sell electric-car charging stations?
The question of whether Apple is working on an actual electric car, or just software of some kind for future cars, continues to be a topic of hot debate in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, said in January that it was "an open secret" that Apple is making an electric...
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Today, Elon Musk gives us a glimpse at his effective (yet Machiavellian, maybe) management practices, Volvo shows us what may be coming for its V40 and XC40, and Apple puts more of its money where its money is, up next. Elon Musk on how to win friends and influence people: "In order for us to be confident of achieving volume production of Model 3 by late 2017, we actually have to set a date of mid-2017 and really hold people's feet to the fire, internally and externally," he said. Apple's investment of $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing may prove that the tech company has...
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Apple takes a bite out of Uber, invests $1B into chief China rival
Apple will invest $1 billion into Uber's main car-hailing rival in China, Didi Chuxing, the tech company announced Thursday. Reuters reported that the investment will only add to the Chinese company's sizable coffers—Reuters reported Didi is worth around $20 billion–but the investment...
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Apple's Making An Electric Car: Tesla's Musk Calls It 'Open Secret'
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is certain Apple is trying to make its own electric car.
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Green Car Reports Now On Apple News
If you're reading Green Car Reports, you're likely carrying some of the latest tech to go along with your electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or diesel car, right? While you may already have the Green Car Report's iOS app, life is all about freedom of choice. So we have good news for Apple News...
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Apple Electric Car Is "Committed Project," To Ship In 2019: Report
Apple is reportedly speeding up its electric-car project.
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Apple Wanted To Use BMW i3 As Basis For Its Own Electric Car: Report
BMW and Apple have long cooperated on advanced technology. The German carmaker was the first in the world to incorporate iPod recognition into a car, more than 10 years ago. And the BMW i3 battery-electric car is not only highly advanced technologically--with its carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic...
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You've been asking for it, and we've been listening. You want to read Green Car Reports on your Apple iPad, maybe even your iPhone, and you want a native app that runs seamlessly with iOS to do it with Wait no longer: Our app is now here. The powers that be at Apple have approved it, and it's ready to download with a tap or a click. DOWNLOAD APP HERE: Green Car Reports app on iTunes The Green Car Reports app will give our latest news stories at a glance, with an infinitely scrolling and photo-rich home screen. You can tap your way through breaking news, analysis, videos, road tests, and much...
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App Lets Tesla Driver Control Model S Electric Car From Apple Watch
A third-party app could let drivers control their Tesla Model S electric cars from an Apple Watch.
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From Making iPhones To Electric Cars: Foxconn To Offer $15K Plug-In Vehicle
Smartphone-maker Foxconn wants to build its own electric car.
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Did Apple Discuss Buying Tesla With Elon Musk Last Fall?
On Wednesday, Tesla will report its full-year financial results for 2013, a year in which it seems to have sold more than 20,000 Model S electric luxury sedans. It's an impressive figure for the startup electric automaker, and enough to make you wonder what Tesla could achieve with one of the...
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Tesla Stores Changing Dealer Relationship, Says Ex-Apple Exec At Ford Seminar
An ex-Apple executive says Tesla Motors' dealer model could be the future of car sales.
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From Apple To Tesla: Woz Follows The Trend, Buys Model S
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has had his eye on a Model S electric car for some time.
Stephen Edelstein