Eric C. Evarts, Contributor
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Last week was our monthly sales extravaganza at Green Car Reports, where we endeavor to report the sales of every plug-in (and hydrogen fuel-cell) vehicle sold in the United States, and publish a ...
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A Tesla with a candy dish? Musk plans new confectioneryRunning Tesla, Space X, the Boring Company, and others apparently isn't enough. Elon Musk, the famed CEO of Tesla who says he hasn't had time to shower while ramping up production of the company's critical Model 3, now says he plans to start another company. In a war of words with fellow...
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Tesla lockout, Hyundai battery shortage, TDI update, Elio lives, credit disagreement: Today's Car NewsVolkswagen is returning recalled TDIs for sale at its dealerships, and we drive one that has had a software update to address emissions violations. Is it as good as we remember? Tesla makes good on a promise to reduce the number of its contractors by locking them out of facilities this morning...
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Battery shortage interrupts Hyundai Ioniq Electric salesJust when it looked like sales might take off for a variety of electric cars, a global battery shortage has put a damper on sales of models from Hyundai. We got a heads up from a Canadian reader that customer orders for the Ioniq Electric in Canada have been put on hold due to a global shortage of...
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Tesla reportedly locks out contractors in midst of Model 3 ramp upLast Wednesday, during Tesla's earnings call, we learned that CEO Elon Musk planned to restructure the company and to cut the number of contractors used at Tesla's factories. That day came suddenly this morning. Electrek reported this morning that it had obtained an internal memo from Musk noting...
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Conservative conference shows disagreement over purchase incentives for electric carsYou can’t always make assumptions about where people stand on any issue based on their political affiliation. You can tell a lot more by following the dollars that flow into their wallets. This fact burst into raw display at last month’s Spring Policy Summit of the secretive American...
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Tesla's future, going to court over diesels and emissions, collectible Prius, 'Lexus lanes' and Autopilot stunt: The Week in ReverseWhat's the latest type of vehicle to go electric? And what's likely to deliver your next case of Budweiser? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, April 20, 2018. On Friday, we learned that federal investigators, are...
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VW executive charged, Tesla rebuked, Nissan Rogue Hybrid, electric Winnebago, and Kia Niro: Today's Car NewsFormer Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn was charged in federal court with fraud over his role in hiding VW's diesel emissions cheating. Tesla was thrown off the investigation into a fatal crash in one of its Model X SUVs by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) after making a public...
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Winnebago builds electric campers—to tow your electric carWinnebago is selling zero emissions versions of its 33-foot and 38-foot Class A motorhomes from its custom Commercial Shell division.
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Kia Niro electric car debuts in KoreaBased on the Niro hybrid and plug in hybrid already sold stateside, the Niro EV takes the concept one step further by dispensing with the gas engine altogether.
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Tesla sales, really fast charging turns on, Canadian sales, beer semis, and used chargers: Today's Car NewsLast night, we heard a critical call from Tesla; investors had said it was a make or break moment for judging whether the company would survive to keep building the Model 3—and now we know the results. Electrify America turns on the first of its 484 new high-powered charging stations, a...
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You've heard of certified pre-owned cars, maybe even certified pre-owned electric cars. Now you can buy a certified pre-owned home charging station to go with your certified pre-owned electric car.
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Tesla earnings, cash-burn up; Model 3 production, barely
The company has not reached its goal of producing 5,000 Model 3 cars a week, reporting a maximum production of 2,270 cars a week the week before it shut down the line the third week in April, which it said was to remove production bottlenecks.
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FedEx and UPS burn less gas to deliver boxesThe biggest news comes from FedEx, which pressed its first hydrogen fuel-cell delivery truck into service on the East Coast, outside of Albany, N.Y.
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California EPA lawsuit, Porsche Cayenne e-Hybrid, Toyota Avalon Hybrid, and electric delivery trucks: Today's Car NewsCalifornia filed suit against the EPA over its proposal to roll back emissions and fuel economy standards. We get a first look at the new Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid and do a full first-drive of the new Avalon Hybrid. FedEx and UPS each get new electric delivery trucks to clean up your Amazon orders...
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What level is appropriate for fuel economy standards: Twitter poll resultsWe didn't know last week when California and 16 other states might file a lawsuit against the EPA over President Trump's decision to roll back emissions rules, but it seemed pretty clear that it would happen soon. Our Twitter-poll subject for last week still managed to address the topic directly...
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California and 16 states sue EPA over emissions rulesCalifornia, along with 16 other states and the District of Columbia, have formally launched a long-anticipated lawsuit against EPA over its proposed rollback of emissions rules for 2022 through 2025.
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Tax exemptions expiring, Subaru compliance, a collectible Prius, and new Twitter poll: Today's Car News Eric C. EvartsThe sales-tax exemptions that have helped encourage drivers to buy plug-in cars in Washington State are about to expire. So far, legislation to extend them is going nowhere. Subaru admits that its...
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Jay Leno says Toyota Prius will someday be collectibleCar collectors also gravitate towards car that represented turning points in automotive technology or design, and the Prius does that in spades.
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Subaru admits cheating on fuel-economy and emissions testsJapan began investigating the company last year for falsifying fuel-economy and emissions reports at its two factories in the country, and Subaru has now confirmed that final testing data was manipulated on more than 900 cars going back to 2002.
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Should California be able to set its own emissions standards? Take our Twitter pollWith a legal showdown approaching between the Trump Administration and California, we thought it was high time to ask our readers who you think should govern emissions standards.
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Washington State clean vehicle tax exemption to expire May 31Now the Evergreen State is about to lose its tax exemption for plug-in cars. The two year program, started in July 2017, was so successful that it is scheduled to run out of credits at the end of May after 11 months.
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Teslas will start paying to drive in L.A.'s "Lexus lanes"By a 10-to-1 vote last week, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to eliminate free access to the lanes by so-called "sticker cars,"
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