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A review of the 1959 Charles Town-About electric coupe shows how much has changed in the development of electric vehicles, and the concerns that still sound familiar today.
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Electric crate motor kit is ready for your EV project: What would you make?An affordable electric "crate" motor kit is almost here—although you'll be on your own for the battery.
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GM electric van, Bollinger Frunkgate, RAV4 Hybrid recall: The Week in ReverseWhat is the top-selling sedan in California? Which automaker has done a half a million battery swaps? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 5, 2020. First, something for electric-car fans to celebrate: In California, the...
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Audi E-Tron fast charging: Why predictability was a priority over peak powerMaking DC fast-charging stops predictable is important—more so than peak-power bragging rights, argues Audi.
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Report: GM electric van for fleets due as early as 2021GM is preparing electric vans for commercial delivery fleets by late 2021, according to Reuters.
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World's largest commercial electric airplane flown for 30 minutes, can go 100 milesAlthough the batteries rely on a future of much-improved energy density, the flight is a major step for electrified flight.
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Some very long items will fit in the Bollinger B1 or B2 trucks, thanks to cargo features that make use of their all-electric layout.
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Electric cars from BlueIndy car sharing now face the crusherElectric cars face the crusher, and many charging stations could be ripped out, too, in a big city that isn't so welcoming of EVs.
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Audi team to create "highly efficient electric car" due in 2024, speed up EV developmentThe German automaker is creating something that sounds like Ford's Team Edison, aimed to fast-track electric vehicles.
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Electric oil tanker, Tesla price drop, RAV4 Prime cost, Mach-E tech: The Week in ReverseWhich carmaker might be planning a second upcoming electric truck? And what country moved to incentivize plug-in vehicles this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 30, 2020. This week we brought a number of strategy...
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2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime: 42-mile plug-in could cost less than RAV4 HybridThe RAV4 Prime has a price tag—and considering state incentives and the EV tax credit it could be cheaper than the Hybrid.
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Ford isn’t worried about low gas prices fueling EV avoidanceFord's top executive for electric vehicles notes that if EV sales are tied to ownership costs above all else, they're doing something wrong.
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Ford's electric-vehicle chief, Mark Kaufman, revealed more details about Ford's upcoming electric vehicle that will make it different than anything else from the Blue Oval.
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Tesla lowers prices on all but Model Y, appears to drop free SuperchargingU.S. market prices for the Tesla Model 3, Model S, and Model X all dropped by up to $5,000 overnight.
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2021 BMW 530e plug-in hybrid: Quicker, but will it go more electric miles?BMW has added XtraBoost for 40 more horsepower, although the plug-in hybrid is still no cheerleader for plug-in hybrid potential in acceleration, mpg, or miles.
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Where will sales of electric cars, hybrids land after the vehicle-sales free fall?May sales data will point to a "new norm" about buyer priorities—and that definitely applies to electric cars and plug-in hybrids.
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Electric oil tankers: A slick use of renewable energy?Even the ships carrying the oil are going all-electric. Now as for that oil...
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Musk: Tesla Cybertruck won't be downsized, but smaller follow-up truck a possibilityNever mind what he says to Jay Leno. And suddenly there are potentially two Tesla Cybertrucks in the mix.
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Which automaker revealed a completely new electric vehicle that’s already been canceled? And will Tesla’s cars get bidirectional charging ability in the near future? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 22, 2020. The biggest actual product announcement came at the beginning of the week, and it concerned hybrids. Toyota introduced two new all-hybrid vehicles. The 2021 Toyota Venza is a sleeker, more upscale alternative to the RAV4 Hybrid, while the 2021 Toyota Sienna repositions the minivan toward being a...
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How the Sono Sion electric car will use every body panel as a solar panelThe Sono Sion solar electric car has more than a solar roof. Sono recently outlined some of the challenges of charging from all its body panels.
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2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: Prices rise significantly, and so does mpgThe new Sonata Hybrid costs more than the outgoing version, and more than its rivals.
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GM battery chief: 600-mile EVs viable, million-mile battery in sightThe executive in charge of battery technology and EV development suggests that cell tech is moving ahead at a faster rate than anticipated.
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California will mandate more electric cars for Uber and Lyft: Here’s howHuge portions of the Uber and Lyft fleets will be required to go electric—and it's up to those companies to figure out how.
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2021 Toyota Venza is hybrid-only, and an urbane alternative to the RAV4Toyota's first hybrid-exclusive model other than the Prius will be the Venza—with an expected 40 mpg.
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