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Tesla faces a scandal over range and how it addressed consumer complaints. Lordstown has to face Karma first. And Porsche looks beyond 350-kw connectors for at least one future EV. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. In a first look at its lounge-like road-trip fast-charging stations, Porsche...

A California lawsuit from fellow niche plug-in vehicle maker Karma will need to be settled before Lordstown might be put on the market.

Reuters reported that Tesla last year became "inundated" with customer complaints about range, though it "could not determine" whether Tesla still uses algorithms that exaggerate indicated range estimates.

It hints that early next year a 400-kw upgrade to the connectors of Porsche Charging Lounges should be possible. Which future model will arrive a bit later to take advantage of it?

Nissan hits a million EVs. Tesla is getting creative with sales in Connecticut. And GM is bringing back the Bolt EV—but it appears there’s a lot more backstory to it. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Did GM actually kill the Chevrolet Bolt EV? While the automaker has hinted...

Tesla is still fighting direct-sales bans in some states, and getting creative about how to bypass franchise-focused rules.

While Nissan deserves credit for being among the first automakers to launch a modern EV, its progress in growing sales has been slow.

Tesla has topped the sales charts in California—over Toyota. The current and past five model years of the Nissan Leaf are being recalled. And the Electrify America and Tesla Supercharger networks have a new challenger. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Seven global automakers are...

Get out of the way, Electrify America. Seven automakers are stepping up to give Tesla and its Supercharger network what could be a stronger challenger in North America.

After disengaging one of the Leaf's types of cruise control, it might accelerate again due to faulty programming in its vehicle control module.

Eco-routing has prevented a significant amount of carbon emissions, Google claims as it crunches the numbers. Stellantis sees a future without standalone inverters and onboard chargers in EVs. And is battery swapping tech ready for fleets of electric delivery trucks? This and more, here at Green...

Mitsubishi Fuso and Ample plan to deliver versions of the Fuso eCanter electric van in Japan with the U.S. firm's swapping system, with plans to integrate the system “on a global scale”

The prototype making both redundant isn't ready for commercialization, but Stellantis believes a similar hardware set could be ready for use in production EVs by 2030.

Maps' efficiency-focused routing has prevented 1.2 million metric tons of estimated carbon emissions, Google claims in its latest environmental report.

Stellantis announces a second battery plant with Samsung SDI. We look at why EVs lose more range in the winter than in the summer. And a group of lawmakers in the so-called Battery Belt want to subsidize EV manufacturing but not boost their sales with policy. This and more, here at Green Car...

The California site caters to electric buses intended for longer-range transit and was developed with input from utility PG&E.

The second battery plant will fall under the same StarPlus Energy joint venture as its first U.S. facility currently being built in Kokomo, Indiana and due to ramp up in early 2025.

Electric vehicles lose more range in cold-weather extremes than in hot-weather extremes—generally the opposite of combustion-engine vehicles. And there's a good reason for that.

Why are Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid owners being advised not to plug in? Which SUV costs less to lease as a plug-in hybrid than in standard gasoline form? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 21, 2023. One of the...

Tesla owner satisfaction is trending down. Hyundai shows the new look for its Santa Fe lineup. And there’s quite a deal on the Jeep Wrangler 4xe, enabled by a federal credit. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid currently costs less to lease than the...