Bengt Halvorson, Senior Editor
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Tesla 2020 deliveries, Model 3 quality, Fisker “radical” electric pickup: Today’s Car News Bengt HalvorsonTesla 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...
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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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Fisker electric pickup: Super-efficient "radical" truck coming in late 2023?An electric truck from Fisker might offer a countertake to the Tesla Cybertruck, with an edgy design but focus on efficiency.
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Ford Mustang Mach-E: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021The Mustang Mach-E is the first non-Tesla SUV to hit 300 miles, and with pony-car heritage cues it takes electric cars somewhere new.
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GCR’s Best Car To Buy 2021 nominees pair efficiency with leading-edge techFrom next-generation interfaces and sophisticated driver aids to over-the-air updates, the Best Car To Buy contenders are by no means no-frills.
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With electric trucks and SUVs coming, is it time to reevaluate what a green car means?Going fully electric is good, but do the plus-sized battery packs of upcoming electric trucks still make them worth pointing to as green picks?
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A series of pandemic-related delays means that we close 2020 without as many new fully electric models on the market as we anticipated at the beginning of the year.
But with the Model Y, Tesla...
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Polestar 2: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021 finalistThe Polestar 2 electric car was engineered partly in Sweden and is made in China; with emphases on sustainability and performance, it's intriguing but expensive.
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2020 hindsight: What did Leaf, Volt, and other best green cars of 2010 teach us?Ten years later, plug-in hybrids like the Chevy Volt are still struggling to achieve that model's functionality and popularity, but the Nissan Leaf was the start of something big.
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Toyota RAV4 Prime: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2021 finalistWith 42 miles of electric range and a rated 38 mpg as a hybrid, the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime gives a market bestseller leading-edge versatility.
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Volvo XC40 Recharge: Best Car To Buy 2021 finalistThe 2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge qualifies for our Best Car To Buy 2021 finalists for its style, packaging, and technology, even though the small electric crossover lacks the range of some competitors.
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Review update: 2021 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid gets 50 MPG, in a look loud enough for social distancingThe 50-mpg Hyundai Elantra Hybrid manages to pack more smoothness and subtlety into the Ioniq Hybrid's system—but with styling that's anything but subtle.
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Even with $8,000 tax credit extended, fuel-cell lease prices won't change, automakers say Bengt HalvorsonAn $8,000 federal tax credit on qualifying hydrogen fuel-cell passenger vehicles has been extended through January 2022 though the latest economic stimulus bill passed by the U.S. Congress. The bill...
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Another fuel-cell outage hampers Bay Area fuel-cell driversAn outage highlights the bizarre logistics related to keeping hydrogen fuel-cell models like the Toyota Mirai, Honda Clarity Fuel Cell, and Hyundai Nexo fueled.
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VW is launching ID.4 electric SUV on up-front value and ownership costs, not tech potentialInitial ownership-cost numbers will be emphasized as VW positions the ID.4 electric vehicle as an alternative to gasoline and hybrid rivals.
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Toyota solid-state tech; battery price plunge; Mach-E, Mirai, Q5 PHEV all driven: The Week in ReverseWhich global automaker started a new brand for hydrogen fuel-cell tech? Which EV startup plans to make an electric RV? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending December 18, 2020. It’s been an unusual week, from the standpoint...
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Canoo electric van, Tesla Model Y, Americans eager for more EVs: Today’s Car NewsThe Tesla Model Y is a finalist for our yearly accolade. More Americans are interested in electric cars, with some asterisks including charging. And Canoo has shown an electric delivery van that thinks around the box. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. California-based Canoo on Thursday...
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Audi Q5 plug-in hybrid review, good news about battery prices, Toyota ICE ban pushback: Today’s Car NewsWe drive the Audi Q5 plug-in hybrid. Toyota is pushing back on EV bans. EV battery pack prices have fallen more than anticipated. And the Kona Electric and Nexo have been recalled. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Hyundai Kona Electric EV and Hyundai Nexo hydrogen fuel-cell models are...
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Report: Toyota CEO claims EVs worsen CO2 emissions, pushes back on proposed ICE bans Bengt HalvorsonHas Toyota changed its tune on electric vehicles, as it prepares to push its solid-state battery technology to market?
Earlier this month a report suggested that might be the case—which could...
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First drive review: 2021 Audi Q5 plug-in hybrid is for “Zoom town” weekend warriorsThe 2021 Audi Q5 e 55, or Q5 55 TFSI e, offers 19 miles of plug-in range and 27 mpg in hybrid mode, and it strikes the right balance for outdoorsy tech professionals.
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Mirai first drive, Lordstown electric RV, VW smart-grid wallbox: Today’s Car NewsThe Lordstown Endurance could be the basis for a fully electric RV. Volkswagen is testing a new wallbox with bi-directional charging. And we get a first drive in the 2021 Toyota Mirai. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. While most wallbox hardware provides AC current, a new wallbox...
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Lordstown Endurance electric pickup will spawn electric RV project with Camping WorldThe companies plan to build a Class C electric RV based on the skateboard chassis and platform of the Lordstown Endurance electric pickup.
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Mustang Mach-E review, Subaru EV, Mercedes’ electric SUVs, diesel truck sunset: Today’s Car NewsEuropean truckmakers target early retirement for diesel. Mercedes-Benz will make electric SUVs in Alabama. Subaru edges ahead with its first electric vehicle. And we take our first drive in the Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Our first drive of the 2021...
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First drive review: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV redefines the pony car
The Mach-E is the first non-Tesla to be able to hit 300 miles of range in some forms; we take a first drive in a Premium 4X version rated at 270 miles.
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