Eric C. Evarts, Contributor
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The U.S. Postal Service is adding seven electric delivery trucks to its fleet in Fresno and Stockton, California, a region in the state's central valley known for its poor air quality.
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Report: Audi e-tron faces battery-related delay in EuropeBringing new electric cars to market is harder than it looks. Audi's e-tron SUV was scheduled to go on sale in Europe by now, but its rollout in Europe has been delayed to next month, according to a report today from Automotive News Europe. Back in October, Audi told the German newspaper Bild am...
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Electrify America adds city charging, fills in highways in second cycleOver the next 2-1/2 years, Electrify America plans to expand its network of DC fast chargers for electric cars to include more cities, as well as to finish more of its build-out along highways across the U.S. Electrify America is a division of VW founded to use money from Volkswagen's diesel...
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Green New Deal introduced to Congress aims to cut emissions, create jobsUntil now, the Green New Deal proposed by various Congressional Democrats has been mostly a theory—the idea that a concerted national push, with significant federal support, could accomplish goals of significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions while spurring the economy and creating...
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BMW iNext, electric Lyft, Tesla Model 3 price cut, profitable GM EVs: Today's Car NewsTesla cut prices on the Model 3—again. BMW revealed the next version of its iNext SUV winter testing in Sweden. Lyft plans to give customers and drivers electric lifts. And GM CEO Mary Barra says the company's electric cars won't be profitable until the early 2020s. All this and more on Green...
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Lyft plans to give riders and drivers an electric liftLyft is the latest car-sharing company to sign onto an effort to make ride sharing cars more efficient. The post-millennial taxi service announced that it plans to introduce "thousands" of electric cars onto its platform and make it easy for riders to choose them using a new "Green Mode" in the...
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After revealing the concept-car at a private event last September, BMW has revealed the, well, next iNext.
Following the concept, the next version of the car is a test mule, complete with camouflage...
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Tesla Model 3 price cut another $1,100, for base price of $44,100For the second time in barely more than a month, Tesla has cut the price of its entry level Model 3. On Jan. 1, the company cut prices $2,000 on all its models to partly compensate for a $3,750 reduction in the federal tax credit its buyers can receive. (Tesla's tax credits are phasing down as...
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Tesla batteries, EPA comments, Hyundai and Kia plug-in availability: Today's Car NewsActing EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said electric cars are "not grounds for concern" at the EPA—yet highway safety and car prices are. Tesla buys a company that builds ultracapacitors. Hyundai and Kia aim to avoid the dreaded "compliance car" label with their EV sales—barely. We...
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How important is it that your next electric car be made in the U.S.? Twitter poll resultsAs automakers scramble not to be left behind in the race to electric cars, nations are increasingly doing the same. It's looking more and more like electric transportation could be the next technological revolution, and countries (or automakers) that don't build up robust battery supplies and...
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Tesla buys ultracapacitor company to boost energy densityMaxwell Technologies, a San Diego company that specializes in ultracapacitor energy storage, announced Monday that it is being bought by Tesla in a stock swap valued at $218 million. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said in the past that he expects ultracapacitors could provide a more likely bet for a...
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Analysis: Wheeler says electric cars "not grounds for concern" at the EPA. Really?The EPA may publish window stickers for all new cars that list their fuel efficiency, but it's not clear the agency's acting administrator has read them. At BloombergNEF's Future Mobility summit in San Francisco, on Monday, Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler told Bloomberg, "It is not the...
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Solar primer, Tesla Powerpacks, Mercedes diesel lawsuit, GCR turns 10: Today's Car News Eric C. EvartsA longtime reader and plug-in car owner lays out an effective roadmap for going solar. Tesla and Electrify America reach an agreement to install Tesla stationary battery storage at some EA DC...
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Diesel lawsuit proceeds against Mercedes-BenzWhile Volkswagen has reached a historic settlement and had to buy back hundreds of thousands of its diesel cars in the U.S., it isn’t the only automaker to be investigated for cheating on diesel emissions. Fiat Chrysler recently agreed to recall its Ram and Jeep EcoDiesels and pay owners for...
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Tesla battery packs coming to Electrify America chargersElectrify America has been billed as a charging network to compete with Tesla's Superchargers. Now it turns out, they may be partners as well. In an announcement on Monday, Electrify America said it would install Tesla stationary battery packs at 100 of its locations to balance power demand and...
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Kia Niro EV drive, Tesla service, electric car ads: Today's Car NewsTesla plans to make service quicker, easier, and automatic. National Electric Vehicles Sweden bought a stake in Swedish supercar maker Koenigsegg. And our latest Twitter poll asks for readers' opinions about electric-car ads. All this and more on Green Car Reports. In our first chance to drive the...
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What EV advantages should ads emphasize for the masses in 2019? Take our Twitter pollWith as many as ten new electric-car models arriving on U.S. roads in 2019, automakers are showing a new willingness to advertise them. Notwithstanding Audi's ad for its upcoming lineup of electric cars in Sunday night's Superbowl, few automakers until now have put the kind of marketing muscle...
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Tesla aims to make service quicker, roadside assistance automaticSoon, if your Tesla breaks down, you may not even have to call a tow truck. Your car will do it for you. That was one of the goals Tesla CEO Elon Musk laid out for 2019 in a conference call with investors last week as part of a larger push to streamline the company's service processes. Musk didn't...
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Swedish automakers all seem to be going electric, and Chinese investors are bringing them together.
In the latest announcement last week, Hong Kong health-insurance conglomerate Evergrande Health...
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Tesla profits, GM doubles down on EVs, Mustang and 911 hybrids: The Week in ReverseWhich company showed a new hybrid system this week? What new retro-themed electric car does Volkswagen plan to build? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Feb. 1, 2019. The news this week centered around Tesla, as it often...
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Tesla squeeze, broadband charging, EV education, EPA science: Today's Car NewsThe British parent of Virgin Media plans to use Virgin's broadband wiring to build public electric-car charging stations. Electric-car charging info site Chargeway sets up its first installations in Portland, Oregon. And the EPA appointed a noted skeptic of climate action. All this and more on...
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EPA adds climate skeptic to science board
Science at the EPA has been a topic of much debate, and a lot of turmoil since President Trump took office. In that way, the addition of eight new members to the agency's much discussed Science Advisory Board isn't surprising. What may more surprising to some is the makeup of the new members...
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Commentary: Tesla races to outrun perfect storm from tax credit, production, cost hurdlesTesla's earnings call on Wednesday showed the company making money—but struggling to keep doing so. Based Tesla's financial reports as well as its recent moves to restructure its model lineup and cut prices in response to a cut in federal tax credits for its buyers, there are a few things...
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Forget light poles, British firm to build chargers from cable boxesThe future of electric-car charging may be down in the trenches. At least British broadband provider Liberty Global hopes so. The company, which owns Virgin Media, plans to start a pilot project using Virgin Media's cables and trenches that run to thousands of neighborhoods around Britain. Since...
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