Green Life
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We put the 32-mile rated electric range of the 2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid to the test, charging it multiple times and aiming to keep the engine off.
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Airbus considering hybrid system for next-gen mainstream passenger jetOn the way to its plan to massively cut carbon emissions, Airbus is reportedly looking at hybrid tech for the replacement for its A320neo.
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Tesla Model 3 transformed into DIY electric pickup
A YouTube star turned a new Tesla Model 3 into a compact pickup, and then filmed a fake ad for it "arriving nowhere."
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Nissan Leaf batteries are lasting a very long time
Based on data from Nissan, it could be time to ramp up efforts for second-life uses for Leaf electric car batteries.
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How can rural drivers contribute to electric driving? Take our Twitter poll
Last week, when we brought you an account of how an electric car wouldn't work in the midst of a medical emergency—in the Midwest, in the winter—boy, did we (and he) get an earful from our readers. That convergence amounted to the perfect storm of difficulty for any electric...
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An electric car can’t fully replace a gas-powered car in my world
We can talk about driving range breathlessly but charging infrastructure is the real short circuit when it comes to electric cars today.
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Incentives, tax breaks, and more breathing room are part of it, but oil wealth leaves the nation with an odd relationship to some of the top-level sustainability questions.
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Epic electric road trip: After 3 years and 33 countries, it's a wrap
Wiebe Wakker took one very long drive in an electric car—for a total of 1119 days, covering 59,000 miles and traversing portions of 33 countries on the way from the Netherlands to Australia. It was, by just about any standard, an epic road trip. Wakker reached Sydney last Sunday, April 7, and...
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Obama, buy that Volt!
Former President Barack Obama made a promise on the campaign trail in 2012. Let's see if he keeps it—if even for his museum.
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Could grassroots racing bridge the electric-car culture clash?
The daily news cycle already provides plenty of fodder for taking sides for or against electric cars. In the real world it’s just not that polarizing. Most people who decide to embrace electric vehicles probably understand that EVs do anything but preclude driving enjoyment; and many want to...
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2019 Nissan Leaf Plus: Drive review of long-range electric car
If more power, a 226-mile range, and a $39,405 base price—before considering the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit you can still get—collectively seems like the sweet spot for the Leaf, you probably have GM to thank. Nissan has admitted that it never planned to push the Leaf above a...
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2019 Jaguar I-Pace electric car range: Why the short circuit?
It’s not unusual for fuel gauges on gasoline cars to be inaccurate. Often they can hug "Full" so long you might suspect it’s malfunctioning—only to then swing rapidly toward the halfway mark and below. Usually these idiosyncrasies are no big deal. When the low-fuel light and chime...
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Colorado, which is taking steps to adopt California’s EV mandate, has always had a different wildcard factor affecting road trips: altitude. The state has the highest portions of the Interstate highway system, including routes spanning past 11,000 feet and varying several thousand feet. Even with a number of electric cars like the Chevrolet Bolt EV now offering well over 200 miles of EPA-estimated range, the range anxiety that was once the norm for any highway trip in more level states still looms large here, where the long grades can be a true test. That’s exactly what I had in...
