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Last week, Fiat Chrysler announced plans, along with a $4.5 billion investment, to expand its lineup of plug-in hybrids, including plans to build two new plug-in hybrid Jeeps in the U.S., including the Grand Cherokee and new versions of the Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer planned to roll out in 2020. Last June, at an investors' meeting, late Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne announced that the company is working on a plug in version of the Italian-made Jeep Renegade. Now the company has revealed plans to build another Jeep heading up the plug-in mountain, the Compass. READ THIS: Fiat...
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Electrified Bell Nexus concept shows how Uber Air could take offAlthough flying cars aren’t looking that much closer to reality, your Uber could take to the air in just a few years and be electric. Well, mostly electric, eventually. Hybrid electric-powered vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicles could come into service specifically as air taxis. In...
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Plug-in cars and concepts at Geneva, Tesla Model Y and Superchargers: The Week in ReverseWhich new electric car may be able to recharge 240 miles in less than five minutes? What is the bestselling electric car in the world, and what milestone did it pass this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 8...
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Fiat Concept Centoventi electric car opens Mopar toolbox, looks beyond 500eFiat is 120 years old, and for the Geneva Motor Show the Italian automaker is presenting an electric concept car that celebrates the brand’s “democratic mobility” charge while providing a glimpse of what that idea could mean in the future. The carmaker started with a...
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Tesla Model 3 gets Supercharging V3 first: How about 75 miles of range in 5 minutes?If you road-trip with an electric car like a Tesla, you soon become acutely aware of miles per hour. That's not the miles per hour you see on the speedometer, but the rate at which the car will gain range when being fast-charged. It determines how quickly you can pull out of the charging station...
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Volvo’s US Polestar electric-car plans are in flux over China tariffsHigher tariffs placed on cars made in China won't impact Polestar's future plans for the U.S. but could affect the future price of its cars, the brand said Wednesday. Responding to reports that its CEO suggested that the nascent electric carmaker, which is owned by Volvo, might pull the plug on...
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Volkswagen has already served up a suite of concepts for its upcoming electric vehicles built on its modular electric architecture (MEB). While most of those are likely headed to volume production in some form, now it’s brought out a fun one: the VW ID Buggy concept. In a release on the concept, which bowed at the Geneva Motor Show on Monday, VW points out that the concept has no roof and no doors, “and a body that seems to visually float above the chassis.” DON’T MISS: An electric Thing? VW Thing could return as EV, chairman says (or electric Beetle) The ID Buggy has...
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Volvo taking on Tesla with Chinese-built Polestar 2 electric car: details and photosAhead of the Geneva auto show, Volvo’s Polestar electrified performance-car brand has revealed its first all-electric model and first volume-production model, the Polestar 2. The Polestar could prove to be the strongest alternative yet to the Tesla Model 3, with pricing, range, performance...
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Tesla sets Model Y reveal date, hints at priceIn a Tweet Sunday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company will host an event on Thursday March 14 to reveal its long-planned Model Y SUV. The company will host a reveal event at its Hawthorne, California, design studios, as it has done with all previous models. The company said it will...
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Tesla cuts more than $10,000 off price of Model S and XAlong with its announcement of a new base Model 3 Standard Range last week, Tesla also announced that it would cut prices across the board, including on its more expensive Model S and Model X vehicles. In addition to introducing new standard range Model S and X vehicles in late January, when it...
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Formula E signs on to complete battery recyclingThey say racing improves the breed. Usually that means learning to make cars go faster or handle or stop better. Electric-car racing series Formula E aims not just to improve the performance of electric cars but also to inspire the world to buy cleaner, more efficient cars. Formula E announced a...
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Base Tesla Model 3, Polestar 2, Kandi cars, Volvo and Audi plug-in hybrids: The Week in ReverseWhich two startup companies showed new ways to get more miles out of an electric vehicle? What Chinese automaker received approval to import new models to the U.S. this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 1, 2019...
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In 2016, Tesla created a fever pitch over its Model 3 promise: $35,000 with a range of 220 miles. The company claimed more than 450,000 reservations were made for the Model 3, at $1,000 each, in part because of that low price and high range. On Thursday, Tesla announced that its entry-level Model 3 is finally available and will be delivered to buyers in two to four weeks. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the low-price Model 3 will be available for ordering outside the U.S. in three to six months. The Standard Range model, which costs $36,200 after a mandatory destination and documents fee, is listed...
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2019 Nissan Leaf Plus vs. 2011 Nissan Leaf: 5 takeaways over 8 yearsWhen a completely new vehicle is introduced, it's generally around for five to seven years before an entirely redesigned generation of that vehicle is launched. By that measure, the 2019 Nissan Leaf Plus we reviewed earlier this week is ancient, with a basic structure in its ninth model...
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Fully electric Porsche Macan due by 2022 will replace gasoline model entirelyPorsche has somewhat publicly, for months if not years, been examining the possibility of producing an electric version of its top-selling model, the Macan. It turns out that may not have been the whole truth, and what's actually now confirmed is a huge step beyond just another version to satisfy...
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Chinese Kandi electric cars a step closer to U.S. arrival (Updated)The federal government has given initial approval for the Chinese electric car manufacturer Kandi to import two electric cars to the U.S. in coming years, the company announced to investors last week. The company, which is known as Zhejiang Kangdi Vehicles Company in China, is publicly traded on...
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First drive review: The 2019 Nissan Leaf Plus delivers more power, 226-mile range at lastAt the moment, there are more Nissan Leafs on the world’s roads than any other electric car in history—closing in on 400,000. As of Jan 1, Nissan had delivered 380,000 Leafs globally, 130,000 of them in the United States. Nissan is entirely aware that honor may not last long. It all...
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Reused Nissan Leaf batteries make happy campers with powered pop-up trailerElectric-car batteries need to get recycled or reused at the end of their road. And campers are always in need of more batteries to stay out longer and run more things without resorting to gas power. Combine the two needs and you get the Nissan x Opus, an inflatable, folding camping trailer that...
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Which electric car gets great satisfaction but subpar reliability ratings? What did a bill in California propose instead of the high-speed rail project from San Francisco to LA? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Feb. 22, 2019. The biggest news this week came with new reliability ratings from Consumer Reports which showed that Tesla Model 3 owners remain highly satisfied with their cars, despite the fact that "they break," as the magazine reported. At the same time, the magazine reported that hybrids are getting better...
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Ford fuel economy, EPA ends talks, better hybrids, Audi ad: Today's Car NewsFord opened an investigation into the way it conducts fuel economy tests. The EPA quit speaking to California in their dispute over emissions rules. Half of Consumer Reports top picks for 2019 include hybrids or plug-in cars. And Audi makes good on advertising the performance benefits of an...
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Ford investigates its own fuel-economy testing methodsFord announced on Thursday that it opened an investigation into the fuel economy testing it does to receive official EPA ratings and federal certification to sell its vehicles in the U.S. The company plans to start by retesting its 2019 Ranger midsize pickup, after employees raised concerns through...
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Satisfying, but not so reliable: Tesla Model 3 joins ranks of enthusiast carsThis article has been updated to include a response from Tesla. Consumer Reports pulled its recommendation for the Tesla Model 3 again, after new survey data from its subscribers showed the car has below-average reliability, the organization announced today. CR surveys its subscribers annually...
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California Autobahn: Bill proposes to cut emissions by adding fast lanesIn the wake of the debate over California’s complicated, delayed, and over-budget Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed rail project, a bill introduced to the California State Senate last week comes up with a simpler solution: just add more freeway lanes, and get rid of the speed limit...
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Ahead of electric-car production, VW demands suppliers cut carbon emissionsAs Volkswagen ramps up to build a new generation of mass-market electric vehicles in the aftermath of its diesel scandal, regulators and environmental groups will likely be paying close attention to their emissions—especially the emissions created in making them. The Financial Times, in a...
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