Future Cars
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Over the past six months, Toyota has made some remarkable decisions about its present and future car technologies. After years of staunch opposition to battery-electric vehicles, it committed to launching one by 2020. Now, the company has decided to offer its proprietary hybrid technology in volume to other automakers. DON'T MISS: Toyota battery R&D will allow all-electric car in 'a few years,' likely 2020 That decision, announced two weeks ago as part of a wider announcement of powertrain strategies by the company, marks a clear change of course. Since 1997, when the company launched the...
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Mitsubishi electric cars to use Nissan-Renault platforms: report
Mitsubishi, Renault, and Nissan may soon share a common electric-car platform.
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Nissan and Renault to share common electric-car platform in future
The Renault-Nissan Alliance's best-selling electric cars could share a common platform in the future.
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Fisker EMotion 400-mile luxury electric car: new teaser photo released
We've seen it teased a couple of times in shadowy photos, and now we have the first renderings of the whole car. In this case, "it" is the Fisker EMotion, the latest striking, low-slung sedan drawn by car designer Henrik Fisker. This is to be the second car to bear his name, following the 2012...
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Chrysler to reveal new electric car at CES, maybe a minivan: report
With the introduction of the 238-mile Chevrolet Bolt EV this month, the aging Fiat 500e three-door hatchback's 84 miles of range becomes woefully uncompetitive. So Fiat Chrysler Automobiles needs a new all-electric vehicle to comply with California zero-emission vehicle rules—despite its...
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Which type of Green Car Reports articles are least valuable? Poll results
Last week, we wrote about the results of a Twitter poll we put up to get a feel for what our readers like best about the site. The flipside of "most valuable" is "least valuable," so we put up the same list of choices again, this time asking survey respondents to rank their least favorite types of...
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We've now been running a series of Twitter polls for several weeks, and last week we decided to use one poll for a different purpose. We wanted to survey our audience, which we haven't done in any large-scale or systematic way. A Twitter poll isn't particularly scientific, but like reading the comments on articles, we thought it might give us a sense of readers' sentiment. DON'T MISS: Which electric car will history view as most important? Poll results We asked our Twitter followers—who we presume to be mostly readers of the site—which kinds of articles they find most valuable on...
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Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda to run electric-car division
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda will lead the company's new electric-car division.
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Mazda to offer electric car in 2019, maybe with range extender?
Mazda may launch an electric car in 2019.
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Toyota battery R&D will allow all-electric car in 'a few years,' likely 2020
The signals are now unmistakable: Toyota will offer a battery-electric car for sale in 2020. After a decade of condemning electric cars as suitable only for the smallest vehicles in around-town use, the world's largest car company is changing its tune. Yet another news story out of Japan has...
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Jaguar I-Pace electric concept at LA Auto Show: video walkaround
Electric vehicles are hardly a new concept any more, but they've largely been the province of Nissan and Tesla. Add another nameplate to that battery-powered mix. The future of Jaguar arrives next year, in the shape of this gas-free SUV. Meet the Jaguar I-Pace concept. CHECK OUT: Jaguar I-Pace...
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Jaguar I-Pace electric SUV concept breaks cover at LA Auto Show
Luxury electric cars: seems like everyone's doing them, doesn't it? The latest to join the growing pool of pricey battery-electric sedans and crossover utilities is the Jaguar I-Pace, revealed tonight as a concept at a splashy event before the Los Angeles Auto Show. But the British maker has...
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Mercedes-Benz plans to launch a new electric-car sub-brand called EQ.
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New Fisker electric car: 'butterfly doors' ... but strange hype too?
We're slowly learning more about Henrik Fisker's planned 300-mile electric car, as the designer has now released a pair of teaser photos of the vehicle. It appears to have scissor doors that pivot toward the sky, for instance. And its aggressive front end looks an awful lot like the VLF Force 1...
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Is Infiniti now ready to launch an electric car, after all?
Infiniti may build an electric car in response to Chinese demand.
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Faraday Future to unveil production electric car at CES in January
Faraday Future will unveil its first production model at CES in January.
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2019 BMW i5 crossover utility vehicle rendered from patent drawings
With BMW having decided to offer not only plug-in hybrids across its range but also fully electric versions of its core models, its 'i' sub-brand is in a curious position. Is there a future for the high-tech vehicles designed for maximum efficiency when battery-electric powertrains are rolling into...
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Kia to boost hybrid, electric offerings, add fuel cell in 2020
Kia will add a fuel-cell car around 2020, as well as more hybrid and plug-in electric models.
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Audi's electric SUV will be called simply "e-tron."
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Long-delayed BMW i8 Spyder plug-in hybrid due in 2018
The BMW i8 Spyder will arrive in 2018, according to BMW CEO Harald Krueger.
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Plug-in hybrid next-generation Mini Countryman teased before launch
The next-generation Mini Countryman will include a plug-in hybrid powertrain option.
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What will be the most unexpected thing about Tesla Model 3? Poll results
Three long-range electric cars at affordable prices will move the industry forward over the next year or two. The Chevy Bolt EV is within several weeks of arriving at the first dealers that will carry it, and a second-generation Nissan Leaf should go into production by the end of next year. That...
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Could future VW Beetle return to rear (electric) powertrain?
As any experienced journalist knows, you hear lots of good stuff in the corridors and private conversations of any large industry event where media are present. That applies to auto shows too. Which is how we came to hear an intriguing rumor about the possible production direction of the...
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Mercedes previews new electric car lineup with Generation EQ concept
Mercedes-Benz took to the stage at the 2016 Paris auto show with a quirky new concept car that the German automaker says serves as a forerunner to its upcoming lineup of electric cars. Mercedes chief Dr. Dieter Zetsche said that one of the biggest hurdles automakers will face in the future is...
Andrew Ganz