Eric C. Evarts, Contributor
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Cybersecurity is big for cars, and a Tesla proved why last week.
The thief used Tesla's smartphone app to open and drive away in a Model S from the Mall of America, in Bloomington, Minnesota, ...
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What's the most exciting electric car for 2019? Take our Twitter pollWe've reported that 2019 will be the year of the electric crossover SUV, with new models coming from Audi, Jaguar, and Mercedes-Benz, in addition to a Mustang-like mystery SUV from Ford, and several new electric SUVs from startup automakers. That led us to wonder which new electric cars our readers...
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California Legislature passes zero-carbon power plan for 2045California has long been in the vanguard of clean energy when it comes to cars. Now, as the state fights a battle against the EPA and the Trump administration to maintain its ability to lead the nation in clean cars, the California Legislature has passed a new plan to radically clean up power...
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First all-electric, drive-in movie event in the US–in upstate New YorkJust before National Drive Electric Week organizers planned to hold what they call the first electric-car-only drive-in movie event in San Francisco next Thursday, Green Car Reports reader Michael Kamm wrote to us wondering if we’d be interested in a story about an all-electric drive-in movie...
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Mercedes EQC, Ford electric SUV, more Chevy Bolt EVs, make your voice heard: The Week in ReverseWhich upcoming SUV looks like a sports car? What's happening to hybrid sales as electrics take off? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Sept. 7, 2018. Friday, we noted the kickoff of National Drive Electric Week, the eighth...
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Everybody move up: Tesla shuffles executive ranksLate Friday evening, Tesla announced an executive reshuffling after a month or more of chaos within the company. The blog posted to the company's website from CEO Elon Musk on Friday announced that the automaker appointed Jerome Guillen president of automotive operations. Guillen, whom Musk says...
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The annual National Drive Electric Week will occur this weekend with electric-car rallies and events in at least 300 cities across the U.S. and several more in Canada and New Zealand.
The event aims...
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2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e plug-in hybrid will have more range, 6 cylindersOn Friday, BMW revealed the next-generation X5 plug-in hybrid, with significantly more electric range and a 6-cylinder engine replacing the 4-cylinder in the current X5 plug-in hybrid. Based on the new third-generation X5, BMW says theX5 xDrive45e iPerformance will have up to 50 miles of electric...
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GM to expand Chevy Bolt EV sales, bring battery production to USAs part of a sweeping update on General Motors' electric-car plans, CEO Mary Barra announced the company will expand production and sales of the Chevy Bolt EV. At the same time, GM is expanding battery production for the Bolt EV from South Korea to a new factory in Michigan. In a blog post on...
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Supplier tests compact 100-kwh battery pack in BMW i3Using new battery-pack architecture, BMW battery supplier Lion Smart has crammed triple the battery capacity into a BMW i3s. Lion Smart's 100-kilowatt-hour battery gives the little city car a range of 435 miles on a charge, in the same footprint as the original battery pack. Lion Smart has...
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Ford releases photo of electric not-Mach 1 SUV
Ford released a teaser image of its hotly-anticipated 300-mile electric SUV, which it says will no longer be called the Mach 1. The company previewed the car at a closed event in March, but wouldn't allow photographs or sketches. The sketch released Thursday of the rear of the car hasn't evolved...
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Ford requests exception to electric-car noise rule for police cruisersIt's tough to sneak up on bad guys in a loud car. That's Ford's argument in requesting an exception to a long-awaited rule that will require electric cars to make noise when they're driving at low speeds, according to a report in The Verge. First proposed in 2010, the rule has had a long gestation...
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With its latest self-driving car concept, Volvo wants to take on the airline industry.
Without a need for a steering wheel, Volvo opened up the interior of its 360c concept to accommodate a coffee...
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Toyota recalls 2016-2018 Prius models for fire riskToyota is launching one of its largest recalls on one of its most popular models—the Prius hybrid. Covering all Toyota Prius and Prius Plug-in models built between June 2015 and May 2018, the recall involves a wiring harness for the car's hybrid power control unit, which can chafe and start a...
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The new 2020 Tesla Roadster that wasn't in SwitzerlandTesla made a lot of noise about a big surprise it planned for the Grand Basel auto show, a celebration of architecture and design in Switzerland's northern industrial city. The company teased that it might show a new pre-production prototype of its new Roadster. The much-hyped car has twice...
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It's a long(er) story? 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC scraps 200-mile range estimateOn Tuesday, Mercedes-Benz revealed initial specs for its EQC mid-size electric SUV, with a quoted range of 200 miles from an 80-kilowatt-hour battery pack. Now, perhaps following criticism that 200 miles won't make its new electric SUV competitive even with older offerings, the company updated its...
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Should classic cars be converted to electric power? Twitter poll resultsGreen Car Reports readers sometimes leave themselves open to having extreme viewpoints. Such were the results of last week's Twitter poll, when we asked: "Should classic cars be converted to electric power?" We asked the question following what seemed like a rash of announcements of people doing...
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2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC specs revealed (Updated)Mercedes-Benz released initial specs of its newest electric car, the EQC crossover SUV, Tuesday in Stockholm. Mercedes estimates that the EQC will offer about 279 miles of range when it goes on sale in the U.S. next year. That compares to the Jaguar I-Pace's estimated range of 240 miles and the...
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Will electric cars eliminate conventional hybrids from the market? Take our Twitter poll Eric C. EvartsA new report from California shows electric cars are replacing hybrids—not conventional, gas-only cars—on the roads.
There could be many reasons for that, but the most obvious is that...
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GM working on ultra fast charging system for electric cars like the Chevy Bolt EV (Updated)Automakers are in a new race, not for miles per hour on a track or the street, but in miles per hour regained while an electric car is sitting at a charger. GM is the latest automaker to join the race toward faster-charging electric cars, with a new project to develop an "extreme fast charger" that...
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Commentary: How to make your voice heard on fuel economy freezeDrivers are not helpless in the face of government plans to roll back fuel economy standards. A joint August proposal from the EPA and NHTSA to freeze planned increases in fuel economy standards is out for public comments until Oct. 23. Public comments can make a difference. DON'T MISS: Trump...
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Formula E develops new off-road Extreme E racing seriesFormula E, the first all-electric worldwide racing series, plans to expand beyond street racing to remote parts of the planet with a new series. Called Extreme E, the new series would use SUV-like race cars to tackle the wilds of lands such as the Arctic and the Himalayas. Formula E CEO and founder...
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Mercedes-Benz EQC, Byton M-Byte, Faraday's Future, fuel-economy demands: The Week in ReverseWhich company started testing new electric cars in China? What's different about a new travel trailer in Europe? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending August 31, 2018. Friday we learned that Chinese startup electric-carmaker...
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Byton begins road testing its electric car in ChinaChinese electric-car startup automaker Byton has begun testing its upcoming M-Byte electric car in China, the company said Tuesday. The company introduced the car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, and gave reporters rides to demonstrate its self-driving and electronics...
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