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Oddball classic electric cars turn up on internet classifieds from time to time. Last week, we may have pointed to the ultimate example—the first of 43 1960 Henney Kilowatts, made by an upstate-New York limousine and ambulance company that had fallen on hard times. It made us wonder what types of classic electric cars our readers might be most interested in restoring or owning themselves as icons of progressive EV milestones. Our Twitter poll last week asked, "Which classic electric car (or truck) would you like to restore?" We came up with four possibilities from different electric-car...
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Maserati joins ranks of EV holdouts among exotic automakers
Although it announced the end of using Ferrari engines in its cars last week, Italian luxury-carmaker Maserati won't be going all-electric any time soon. "This is a brand that needs combustion engines,” Maserati's North American chief, Al Gardner, told Motor Trend in an interview earlier this...
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Dyson patents show possible Tesla Model X competitor
Dyson, the maker of snazzy, high-tech vacuum cleaners, has said for two years that it will build electric cars starting in 2020. Now the company has released patent drawings that give a hint of what at least the first one may look like. READ THIS: Dyson plans to build its electric car in Singapore...
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VW ID 3 Deposits; Porsche diesel fines; best deals; Colorado EV pushback: Today's Car News
Volkswagen gathered 10,000 deposits for its new ID 3 electric car. Germany fined Porsche $600 million over diesel-emissions cheating. The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers headed to Colorado to head off the state's effort to mandate electric vehicle sales there. And we rounded up all the best...
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Best deals on plug-in, hybrid, and electric cars for May 2019
With rising interest rates and falling federal plug-in vehicle tax credits on some models, the best deals on electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and conventional hybrids are a little harder to find versus a few months ago. Our partners at CarsDirect.com still found some leases on plug in cars as low as...
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VW ID 3 racks up 10,000 deposits in first day
Three years after Tesla started taking $1,000 reservations for its Model 3, Volkswagen is racking up similar orders for its upcoming ID 3 hatchback in Europe. Perhaps not to the degree, sure. Tesla amassed 180,000 orders for its "affordable" long-range electric car in one day in the US, while VW...
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Lobbyists representing the automakers suggest that a voluntary program would be a better way to get electric cars and plug-in hybrids to the market.
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VW electric efforts, GM Workhorse deal, Chevy Volt deals: Today's Car News
President Trump announced a deal—or at least a dealmaking effort—to build Workhorse electric trucks at GM's Lordstown, Ohio, factory. Volkswagen is preparing to smash a new electric car track record with its ID R race car. A report notes that the company may also be planning to sell...
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Report: VW might offload niche brands, nix electric sports car platform
Volkswagen's transformation from the world's leading maker of diesel cars to focusing on electrics isn't coming cheap. The company has reportedly paid as much as $30 billion to put its diesel emissions scandal in the rearview mirror (mostly), and it's investing up to $50 billion more to develop...
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Trump tweets that Workhorse electric truckmaker may take over Ohio GM plant (Updated)
President Donald Trump praised the move for the Lordstown plant and said GM would spend $700M in the state as part of the deal.
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Mercedes-Benz EQC, VW ID 3, FCA emissions boost Tesla: Today's Car News
Electric cars are starting to roll out from German automakers. Volkswagen gave a name to its new electric hatchback, and started taking orders. And Mercedes-Benz rolled the first electric EQC SUV off its assembly line in Germany. Details emerged of Fiat Chrysler's deal with Tesla to share emissions...
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VW names fully electric hatchback ID 3, starts taking deposits in Europe
The Volkswagen ID hatchback due to go on sale in Europe this year, at last, has a name: ID 3. And in Europe, as of today, it’s available for order. The hatchback, which is an evolution of the first Volkswagen ID Concept, from 2016, says that it’s “the third major chapter of...
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Electric-car sales skyrocketed in the U.S. last year as Tesla Model 3 production ramped up. The growth came not only as Tesla's production blew through its allotment of federal tax credits, but also as changes based on the 2017 tax law raised many taxpayers' tax bills, come last month. Anecdotally, we heard complaints from quite a few readers who bought electric cars (mainly Tesla Model 3s) in 2018 (before Tesla tax credits began winding down), who said most of the federal Plug-in Vehicle Tax Credits they earned were swallowed up in higher tax bills that came due last month. READ THIS: If you...
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Report says Fiat Chrysler emissions deal worth $2 billion to Tesla
Analysts should no longer be worried about whether Tesla has enough cash to meet its immediate needs. In addition to $2 billion it raised in stocks and convertible bonds last week, the company signed a deal with Fiat Chrysler last month to share its emissions credits in Europe with the...
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First Mercedes-Benz EQC rolls off assembly line in Germany
German automakers have all said they will go all-in on electric cars, yet so far, few have actually arrived, with the Audi E-tron trickling into a few U.S. dealerships last week. Now Mercedes-Benz has announced that it produced its first new electric EQC SUV on Monday at its factory in Bremen...
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Which classic electric car (or truck) would you like to restore? Take our Twitter poll
Electric cars are making history—and not for the first time. Last weekend, we featured an electric car from a forgotten era, the (very early) 1960s. Electric cars from 35 years later grabbed the public imagination after the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car" turned General Motors into a...
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Lincoln plug-in hybrids and EVs are part of its renewal, not just for California
The 2020 Lincoln Aviator and 2020 Lincoln Corsair that arrive this year both have plug-in hybrid versions, and they pave the way for a 2021 Lincoln electric car.
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2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric gets more range and power, faster charging—in Europe
The 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric will get a big boost in range along with more power when it goes on sale later this year in Europe. New specs released by Hyundai's European sales organization point to a significant update to the car, though when Green Car Reports reached out to Hyundai's U.S. arm...
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Shortages of raw materials for batteries, as well as a new lawsuit among battery suppliers, may lead to delays in some upcoming electric cars. On Thursday, according to Reuters, Tesla's global supply manager for battery metals, Sarah Maryssael, told a conference of mining executives and lawmakers in Washington that the company expects global shortages of nickel, copper, and other minerals needed to produce batteries for electric cars, because new investments in mining the materials haven't come quickly enough. Compounding potential supply chain shortages for electric automakers, LG Chem sued...
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Electric car hopeful Nio closes California office amid layoffs
China's Nio, which aimed to build its own electric vehicles in China and sell some in the U.S., has decided to close some of its U.S. operations.
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Tesla raising cash after sluggish start to 2019, and Elon Musk is buying big–Update
Tesla expects to raise up to $2.3 billion to boost the company's cash reserves for the year.
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Polestar will qualify for $7,500 electric-car credit separately from Volvo
Electric-car brand Polestar will operate independently from Volvo.
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Tesla Model 3 becomes eligible for Canada's EV tax credit with 93-mile version
Tesla announced a new entry-level version of the Tesla Model 3 for Canada on Wednesday. The new version is designed to limbo under the $45,000 (Canadian) price cap on Canada's new $5,000 (Canadian) electric-vehicle tax credit, which was itself designed to exclude wealthy Tesla buyers from receiving...
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2020 BMW 7-Series plug-in hybrid rated just 16 electric miles
The plug-in version of the 7-Series, called the 745e xDrive, gets a bigger engine for 2020 and a bigger battery.
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