Bengt Halvorson, Senior Editor
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Another relatively new electric-vehicle company has scored a major deal to electrify some of the world’s delivery fleets.
The shipping and logistics company UPS announced last week that...
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Super Bowl ads, Ioniq Electric lease, direct injection tradeoffs: Today’s Car NewsYou picked your favorite electric-car Super Bowl ads. Lucid gives those who put money down far more than a teaser. Hyundai is already discounting Ioniq Electric leases for a new model year. And new modeling results call foul on direct-injection tech. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Over...
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Gasoline direct injection tech might not be worth it, study suggestsA new model from the University of Georgia finds that emissions from GDI could offset any reductions in carbon-dioxide emissions.
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2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric: Lease deals already offset higher price tagJust as the 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric starts to arrive at dealerships, a new round of incentivized leases apply.
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Lucid Air electric sedan will be previewed to reservation-holders before official bowLucid will be revealing its all-electric sedan in New York in April, but will preview it this month to reservation-holders.
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Super Bowl 2020 electric-car ad showdown: Which one gets you charged up?This year's Super Bowl features at least three ads for electric vehicles. Vote and comment on the one you think is the best.
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Tesla Model Y arriving early, GMC electric Hummer teased, “self-charging” debated: The Week In Reverse Bengt HalvorsonWhich other automaker is co-developing Lincoln’s first EV?
Will the next Toyota Prius look like anything like the new Mirai?
This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at...
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Mirai and Prius, Audi Super Bowl ad, BYD electric buses: Today’s Car NewsAudi sings farewell to gasoline in a Super Bowl ad. BYD reaches some goalposts in electric-truck deliveries. And we confirm that the Toyota Mirai and Prius are headed off in their own directions. This and more, right here at Green Car Reports. No, that flashy new Toyota Mirai sport sedan does not...
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BYD has made more electric buses in the US than anyone else—and it hasn’t given up on carsChina's BYD has focused on electric buses and trucks in the U.S.—and it's delivered more electric buses than any other maker so far.
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Audi Super Bowl ad: “Frozen” song, electric vehicles, and climate changeAudi rolls out a new ad for its E-Tron electric vehicles that suggests, about gasoline, that you "Let It Go."
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Does the Toyota Mirai tease a sportier direction for the next Prius?The Toyota Prius and Toyota Mirai have been related up until now, in some ways. With the Mirai headed in a radically different direction, will the Prius follow?
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Tesla Model Y advances, Hummer returns, Lincoln and Rivian team up: Today’s Car NewsHummer is back, as an electric GMC. The Tesla Model Y is coming very soon, and the Model S and Model X got another range boost. And Rivian will co-develop an electric Lincoln. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. GM has confirmed that its rebooted electric Hummer will indeed be a...
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Tesla Model S and Model X get another range boost, 400-mile range now in reach for S Bengt HalvorsonIs a 400-mile EPA-rated range coming soon for the Tesla Model S?
During the Q4 financial call Wednesday, Musk said that the Model S and Model X again have more range than Tesla is stating on the...
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Lincoln confirms Rivian-based luxury electric vehicle will be brand’s first EVThe first electric vehicle from Lincoln won't be the "elegant" version of the Mach-E previously hinted, but the one based on Rivian's skateboard.
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Tesla Model Y getting range boost to 315 miles, deliveries before AprilIn advanced of its quarterly financial update, Tesla announced a boost in rated range for the Model Y—and deliveries by the end of March.
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GM’s electric future, Toyota Mirai details, real-world range test: Today’s Car NewsGM’s electric future includes the Bolt EV. There’s more to tell about the hydrogen fuel-cell Mirai in its transition to sporty sedan. And we have some reassurance on real-world range numbers. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. In a short group interview, General Motors president...
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Real-world highway range: UK test lauds Kia Niro EV, Tesla Model 3A real-world test in the UK finds differing range results vs. rated range, but no unpleasant surprises in the way they reach zero charge.
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2021 Toyota Mirai aims for 400-mile range: More details on sporty hydrogen fuel-cell sedanThe chief engineer of the rear-wheel-drive Toyota Mirai says there's almost nothing carried over to this new hydrogen fuel-cell model.
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Iowa is likely seeing more Teslas on TV. Ride-hailing isn't so green in California. And Karma thinks more about trucks. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.
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California report: To be the green choice, ride-hailing needs to go electricAnd despite sophisticated algorithms, Uber and Lyft have too many "deadhead miles"—meaning miles with the driver and no passenger.
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Karma plans US-built all-electric pickup and SUVCalifornia's Karma Automotive is planning both a pickup and SUV that will be all-electric and potential rivals to Rivian.
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Ad for Presidential candidate Yang features Tesla, talks automationAndrew Yang drives a Tesla Model X while speaking about manufacturing automation, jobs, and the changing economy.
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GM’s all-EV plant, RAV4 EV recalled, Volvo XC40 Recharge, "self-charging" Lexus: Today’s Car NewsGM confirms that it soon will have an assembly plant making only electric vehicles. Volvo opens up orders for its upcoming XC40 Recharge. A survey from AAA finds that range anxiety might be moot once you drive an EV. And wait, the first RAV4 EV is being recalled? This and more, here at Green Car...
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Survey: Owning an electric car will cure range anxiety, other concerns about EVsElectric vehicle ownership erases range-anxiety concerns drivers had prior to driving an EV, a survey from AAA helps underscore.
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