Videos

  • 2012 Tesla Model S Signature

    Normally, when a new car launches, it takes a few weeks before owners start posting their own thoughts and ownership experiences online. But although official deliveries of the 2012 Tesla Model S Sedan started less than a week ago, it hasn’t taken long for Model S owners to evangelize online about their new cars. Take Model S recipient and venture capitalist Konstatin Othmer, who posted a video yesterday listing the 10 things he loves the best about his new $97,900 2012 Tesla Model S Signature Performance Sedan. The resulting YouTube video, as you might expect, has the feel of a nicely...

  • 2012 Tesla Model S
    2012 Tesla Model S: 'Opportunity Console' Details Revealed

    If you've ever climbed into a car and struggled to find a place to put that one item you like to carry around, then Tesla might have the solution for you. Tesla Motors has announced details of its 'Opportunity Console', a new concept for the console between the front seats that will allow owners to...

  • 2009 Audi R8 E-Tron Concept
    Audi R8 e-tron Spy Video: All-Electric Supercar On The Road!

    Later this year Audi will start selling its first model to bear an “e-tron” badge, the eagerly anticipated R8 e-tron all-electric supercar. A prototype of the car was recently spotted at the Nürburgring race track in Germany and our sister site Motor Authority has just posted a...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Volt
    GE Opens Electric & Plug-In Test Center In Eden Prairie, Minnesota

    The most effective way of getting regular consumers to warm to electric vehicles, hybrids and other alternative fuel vehicles is to get them behind the wheel. The same applies to business customers, who may be in a position to buy a fleet of green vehicles to replacing ageing current fleets. That's...

  • Star Wars droids C3PO and R2D2 advertise the Prius plug-in in Japan
    Beep Bloop Beep: Star Wars' R2D2, C3PO Sell Prius Plug-In (Video)

    A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... In fact, not that long ago, and right here on earth, a rebel alliance of green-minded folk were attracted to the force of hybrid vehicles. Using less fuel and producing less pollution, the oil empire has never been quite the same since. We're not sure...

  • 2012 Tesla Model S body-in-white
    Tesla Shares 2012 Model S Manufacturing Process

    Tesla Motors has released the first installment in its series of "Inside Tesla" articles, whetting the world's appetite in the run-up to the first 2012 Model S deliveries in only 22 days time. Tesla's George Blankenship shares some insights into the Model S production process, the first aspect of...

  • The 2012 Ford Focus Electric and 2013 Fusion Energi on Jay Leno's Garage

    Comedian and television host Jay Leno comes away quite impressed with the 2012 Ford Focus Electric after taking one for a quick spin.

  • Andromeda portable DC fast charger for electric cars (promotional video screen capture)
    Cheesiest DC Fast-Charging Video Ever: Tight Dress, High Heels Included

    Pretty young women in tight black dresses, 5-inch heels, and sunglasses are too rarely associated with the less glamorous topic of DC fast-charging stations for electric cars. And that's a shame. To rectify this tragic oversight, Andromeda Power has put out a promotional video for its Orca Mobile...

  • Rimac Concept One electric supercar
    Rimac Concept One Electric Supercar Gets Track Time: Video

    We're allowing ourselves to get a little excited over the Rimac Concept_One, a 1,088-horsepower electric supercar from Croatia. Okay, so with a price tag only just on the right side of $1 million and only 88 ever set to hit the road, it's not a realistic proposition for many, but like the Tesla...

  • Green HOV-Lane Sticker
    Want To Drive Your Green Car In CA HOV Lanes? Here’s How

    If you live in California, you’ll know that buying a green car can come with impressive perks, including purchase rebates of up to $2,500 and access to the state's High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes. But you can't just start driving in the HOV lanes if you own a qualifying electric, hydrogen...

  • Renault Twizy first drive, Ibiza
    Renault Twizy Electric Minicar First Drive Report: Video

    GreenCarReports was invited to the island of Ibiza to test Renault's latest electric effort. The Twizy isn't your average electric vehicle, so this won't be your average review. Instead, we'll aim to answer some of the multitude of questions we were asked via the site and via Twitter. What is it?...

  • Fisker Atlantic concept unveiling before New York Auto Show, April 2012
    Fisker Atlantic Unveiled, But What Are Fisker's Chances? (Video)

    Standing on a New York City street with taxis, buses, and sirens in the background isn't necessarily the best place to shoot a video, as the clip above pretty much proves. But it was the backdrop for our segment on Fisker Automotive--since there were three 2012 Fisker Karma range-extended electric...

  • Infiniti LE Concept at New York Auto Show, April 2012

    The Infiniti LE Concept was one of the few pure concept cars at last week's New York Auto Show media days, a design study that wasn't a production model but just an indication of how a future car might evolve. In reality, though, Infiniti hasn't bothered to disguise the fact that the LE Concept is a pretty close approximation of a production car that will arrive in the luxury maker's lineup within two years. The concept Infiniti LE is an all-electric vehicle, the first from Nissan's upscale arm, that's large enough to be called a mid-size sedan. It rides on the platform of the Nissan Leaf now...

  • Fisker Atlantic concept unveiling before New York Auto Show, April 2012
    Fisker Atlantic: Video, Photos From New York Auto Show Launch

    Despite the travails of Fisker Automotive, it's safe to say this: Henrik Fisker knows how to design striking cars. The Fisker Atlantic unveiled last night is a stunning mid-size sport sedan. Or, perhaps, sport sedan concept, since it wasn't shown in motion. The Atlantic range-extended electric...

  • Fox News commentary on Chevy Volt (screen capture), March 2012
    Right Wing Volt Flip-Flop? Now It's An Energy Security Hero! (Video)

    You may have heard and read more than you want to on the media distortions and lousy reporting about the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car. Former GM product czar and climate-change skeptic Bob Lutz has been a lonely voice in his series of Forbes pieces slamming the distortions (the most...

  • Blind driver Steve Mahan in Google's Self-Driving Toyota Prius, March 2012
    Blind Man Drives Prius, With A Little Help From Google (Video)

    Steve Mahan got into a Toyota Prius hybrid, drove to the dry cleaner's, picked up some clothes he'd left to be cleaned, and drove home. The trip was about a mile and a half. Steve Mahan is legally blind. He's lost 95 percent of his vision. He did it, though, with a little help from Google. The car...

  • 2012 Tesla Model S
    2012 Fisker Karma Vs. 2012 Tesla Model S: Video Debate

    The last U.S. volume carmaker started from scratch by entrepreneurs whose brand is still with us was Chrysler, and that was in 1924. But Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive are both looking to change that. Tesla started a few years ago with its electric Roadster sports car, and is about to introduce...

  • Volvo C30 Electric Arctic Test Drive
    Volvo C30 Electric Car: How Quickly Does It Warm Up In Cold Weather? (Video)

    Last week, we headed to Kiruna, Northern Sweden, where Volvo showed us just how its C30 electric car coped with harsh winters in the frozen arctic. Thanks to an interview with Volvo C30 Electric program manager Annelie Gustavsson, we’ve already explained the theory of keeping the C30 and its...

  • The electric-powerd Superbus undergoes winter systems testing.

    Dutch astronaut Wubbo Ockels is also the driving force behind the development of a high-speed, electric powered bus.

  • John McDole shows off his Volt's gun rack.
    Our Semi-Exclusive Interview With The Volt Gun-Rack Guy

    John McDole, the inventor behind the Volt gun rack, shares his thoughts on the Volt, its critics and the politics surrounding the car.

  • 2012 Chevrolet Volt
    Latest GOP Slap At Volt: Can't Hold A Gun Rack (Hint: Bad Idea, Boys)

    Real Americans only drive pickup trucks (imported oil be damned). It's obvious because slaps at green cars and fuel-economy rules have become a staple of political campaigning among certain candidates. Yesterday, Newt Gingrich mocked the current Administration's promotion of fuel-efficient cars in...

  • Stuntbusters electric vs. gasoline drag race
    Stuntbusters: Which Is Quicker, Gasoline Or Electric?

    People are competitive. Put two of them together, and they'll want to out-do each other at something. That's why racing has been a part of human culture for so long - whether on foot, on horseback or with cars, the competitive nature of humans comes to the fore. So while we're interested in the...

  • Toyota FCV-R hydrogen fuel-cell concept car, 2012 Detroit Auto Show
    Toyota FCV-R Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle Concept: Video

    One of Toyota's more distinctive vehicles on display at last month's Detroit Auto Show was the FCV-R fuel-cell concept. Joining electric, plug-in hybrids and regular hybrids on Toyota's green car roster, the forward-thinking Japanese automaker is clearly keen to explore every avenue. Toyota has...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Volt
    New Chevy Volt Ad Hits Back At Critics With 'Just The Facts'

    To say the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car has become a political punching bag would be to understate the obvious. Now, GM is slowly, carefully trying to get the facts about the Volt out to the public at large, hoping to win hearts and minds in a larger battle involving electric cars...

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