Green Car News
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A new business called BrightDrop will focus GM's electric-vehicle tech and connectivity toward commercial customers.
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Lordstown confirms 100,000 orders for Endurance electric pickup, September production startThe Ohio-built electric pickup, aimed toward fleet customers, says that it has 100,000 orders.
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Base Tesla Model Y, Ford Mach-E range, Baidu and Geely: Today’s Car NewsThe Tesla Model Y standard range arrives just in time to face off with the Ford Mustang Mach-E. We take a look at Mach-E range. Some of Europe still doesn’t see EVs as a green choice. And Geely and Baidu create a new EV company, while rumors swirl about Hyundai and Apple. This and more, here...
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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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Tesla Model Y Standard Range: 244 miles, $43,190 base, 7-seat availableA new Standard Range Model Y undercuts the base Ford Mustang Mach-E in price but beats it in range.
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Survey finds strong enthusiasm for EVs in China, obstacles for other world marketsSome of Western Europe still isn't grasping the environmental benefits of electric cars, a supplier survey finds.
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Baidu 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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Hyundai and Apple, Geely and Baidu, Lucid and Saudi Arabia: Today’s Car NewsTwo tech giants possibly pairing up with major automakers could change the shape of electric vehicles and mobility later in the decade. And Lucid might build cars in Saudi Arabia. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The search engine giant Baidu is reportedly partnering up with Volvo parent...
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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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Lucid is considering an electric-car plant in Saudi ArabiaA Lucid Motors plant in Saudi Arabia could potentially expand the reach of electric cars to new markets.
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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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Sono solar car, VW ID.4 coasting, Mercedes EQS Hyperscreen: Today’s Car NewsVolkswagen says why there isn’t one-pedal driving on the ID.4. Sono Motors is preparing to show the next version of its solar car. And Mercedes-Benz shows a completely new interface due first in its electric flagship. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Mercedes-Benz has revealed a...
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Sono Sion solar-supplemented electric car will get CES debut in prototype formA crowdfunded solar car with a very small budget has managed to move ahead with its production-bound prototype—and plans to build it.
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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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Mercedes-Benz EQS electric luxury car will debut full-dash Hyperscreen interfaceThe next-generation interface for Mercedes-Benz vehicle cabins covers the dash with screen space and is bowing in the upcoming EQS electric sedan.
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Byton reboot, Mazda rotary, Nio flagship, EVs for Honda and Acura: Today’s Car NewsMazda at last confirms a rotary-engine range extender for the U.S. A report suggests GM is making plans to build EVs in Mexico. Nio is going long on driving range but not shying away from battery swapping. And Foxconn provides a lifeline to Byton. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Longtime...
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The MX-30 will arrive in the U.S. as a rotary-supplemented plug-in series hybrid as well as a fully electric model.
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Report: Acura EV to be made in Tennessee, alongside Cadillac LyriqGM could build an electric vehicle for Honda starting as soon as 2023, with an Acura model coming in 2024.
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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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Nio teases 150-kwh battery, next-gen battery swapping for flagship sedanNio's upcoming flagship model could offer the largest battery pack yet in a passenger car.
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Tesla 2020 deliveries, Model 3 quality, Fisker “radical” electric pickup: Today’s Car NewsTesla approaches its pre-pandemic delivery goals for 2020, and its plant in China might have some lessons for Fremont. Fisker’s driver assistance system forgoes lidar, like Tesla. And could Fisker’s product after the Ocean be the world’s most efficient electric pickup? This and...
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Tesla nearly reaches 500,000 deliveries in 2020Tesla made well over 500,000 vehicles in 2020, thanks to its Shanghai factory, and rolled out a new model in a pandemic.
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