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Nio will likely beat Tesla to market with a solid-state battery. Does that matter?
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2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E range test: At 70 mph, true to EPA highway resultsThe Ford Mustang Mach-E isn't a 300-mile EV for highway road trips; but it delivers what the EPA ratings suggest and possibly better.
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China’s biggest search engine is forming an electric car company with GeelyBaidu is reportedly negotiating to use the SEA platform for upcoming Volvo and Polestar vehicles for a venture powered by its own software.
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Lightning eMotors creates electric motor coaches at lower cost and CO2 impactElectrifying existing buses and commercial trucks and vans can help companies cut their costs and their carbon footprint.
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Tesla record, Fisker electric pickup, Mazda rotary, Big Tech partnerships: The Week in ReverseWhich carmaker, like Tesla, isn’t planning to use lidar sensors in its driver assistance system? Which carmaker made an argument against one-pedal driving? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 8, 2021. Nio is set...
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GM rebrands itself around EVs, launches “Generation E” ad campaign"Nobody will be left out" says one of the new ads launched by GM for future EVs to be built on its Ultium platform.
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Hyundai has confirmed it's in the running to provide the underpinnings and battery tech for an Apple car.
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VW explains how the ID.4 electric SUV gets smart about coastingVolkswagen argues that there are good reasons to encourage coasting and mild regen versus one-pedal driving.
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Apple partner Foxconn helps revive EV startup BytonFoxconn will help start production of the M-Byte EV, although it's unclear what the Taiwanese contract manufacturing giant gains.
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Fisker electric pickup: Super-efficient "radical" truck coming in late 2023?An electric truck from Fisker might offer a countertake to the Tesla Cybertruck, with an edgy design but focus on efficiency.
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Ford Mustang Mach-E: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021The Mustang Mach-E is the first non-Tesla SUV to hit 300 miles, and with pony-car heritage cues it takes electric cars somewhere new.
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GCR’s Best Car To Buy 2021 nominees pair efficiency with leading-edge techFrom next-generation interfaces and sophisticated driver aids to over-the-air updates, the Best Car To Buy contenders are by no means no-frills.
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Going fully electric is good, but do the plus-sized battery packs of upcoming electric trucks still make them worth pointing to as green picks?
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2020 hindsight: What did Leaf, Volt, and other best green cars of 2010 teach us?Ten years later, plug-in hybrids like the Chevy Volt are still struggling to achieve that model's functionality and popularity, but the Nissan Leaf was the start of something big.
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Toyota RAV4 Prime: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2021 finalistWith 42 miles of electric range and a rated 38 mpg as a hybrid, the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime gives a market bestseller leading-edge versatility.
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Volvo XC40 Recharge: Best Car To Buy 2021 finalistThe 2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge qualifies for our Best Car To Buy 2021 finalists for its style, packaging, and technology, even though the small electric crossover lacks the range of some competitors.
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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid SUV: Most powerful Wrangler yet, and trail-rated at $49,490Jeep has designed its Wrangler plug-in hybrid to have the same off-road credentials as the rest of the lineup—with all-electric operation of up to 25 miles.
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Another fuel-cell outage hampers Bay Area fuel-cell driversAn outage highlights the bizarre logistics related to keeping hydrogen fuel-cell models like the Toyota Mirai, Honda Clarity Fuel Cell, and Hyundai Nexo fueled.
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With some used parts as well as some off-the-shelf ones, Rich Benoit built an electric Mini Cooper for less than $3,000, not counting very many labor hours.
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Toyota solid-state tech; battery price plunge; Mach-E, Mirai, Q5 PHEV all driven: The Week in ReverseWhich global automaker started a new brand for hydrogen fuel-cell tech? Which EV startup plans to make an electric RV? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending December 18, 2020. It’s been an unusual week, from the standpoint...
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Canoo's $33,000 electric delivery van aims for efficiency and ownership costsThe van uses the same "skateboard" platform as the Canoo passenger vehicle revealed last year, with an estimated range of up to 230 miles.
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First drive review: 2021 Audi Q5 plug-in hybrid is for “Zoom town” weekend warriorsThe 2021 Audi Q5 e 55, or Q5 55 TFSI e, offers 19 miles of plug-in range and 27 mpg in hybrid mode, and it strikes the right balance for outdoorsy tech professionals.
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First drive review: 2021 Toyota Mirai goes faster and farther, but is that enough?The 2021 Mirai moves to a rear-wheel drive platform borrowed from Lexus and gets improvements to the fuel cell stack, the interior, and the tech throughout.
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First drive review: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV redefines the pony carThe Mach-E is the first non-Tesla to be able to hit 300 miles of range in some forms; we take a first drive in a Premium 4X version rated at 270 miles.
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