by Green Car Reports | Aug 15, 2018 | Automotive Technology
GM files patents for three new active aerodynamic aids. A reader’s family finds enough charging outlets to make a 2,000-mile road trip in a Chevy Bolt EV. Our readers report they often find electric-car chargers that don’t work. And a report draws some...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 15, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Despite electric cars producing no tailpipe emissions, not all of their effects will be environmentally beneficial, according to a recent report by McKinsey & Co. The group, which is often optimistic about electric car adoption, forecasts that by 2030, plug-in...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 15, 2018 | Automotive Technology
General Motors filed patent applications in June for three types of active aerodynamic systems that could make cars more efficient and potentially even give electric cars longer ranges. The three patent applications were all filed as part of Chevrolet’s design...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 15, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Earlier this summer, we began investigating our Twitter followers’ experiences with public electric-car chargers in our weekly polls. In June, we learned that more electric cars get charged at work than at public chargers. Last month, we learned that the type of...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 15, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Readers like David Edwards periodically send letters about road trips they’ve made in their electric cars. While long road trips are becoming somewhat commonplace with Teslas, he points out that they still aren’t common for other electric cars. Just last year, reader...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
We get our first chance to ride in Audi’s new electric e-tron SUV. Chinese electric carmaker NIO plans to start its expansion in the U.S. by raising money. We look at why fuel-economy standards don’t need be loosened to keep cars safer, and we ask...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
At 5 o’clock in the morning, the only sound heard at the summit of Pikes Peak, 14,114 feet above sea level, is the ceaseless whipping of the wind. Inside the Audi e-tron electric crossover SUV prototype, I hear almost no sound at all. Silence, like the e-tron itself,...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Chinese electric carmaker Nio has filed for an initial public offering to sell its stock in the U.S., according to a Reuters report Tuesday. The company, which has built a Formula E race car, an exotic electric sports car, and an electric SUV for China, is looking to...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Smaller, lighter cars always get the blame when politicians want to lower fuel-economy standards. They lobby that too many Americans will be driving lighter cars and that that will lead to more deaths on America’s roadways. That’s exactly the argument that...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Kids are getting ready to go back to school and many will need wheels. Yet many environmentally conscious youngsters—and parents—may no longer accept a gas-burning machine, or at least not one that has to burn gas everywhere it goes. Last week, we suggested seven...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 13, 2018 | Automotive Technology
The VW TDI settlement nears completion. Elon Musk reveals more details about his privatization plan for Tesla. And Electrify America rolls out the “Jetstones” to promote electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Owners of 2.0-liter VW TDI...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 13, 2018 | Automotive Technology
In a public letter to investors Monday morning, Tesla CEO Elon Musk expanded on details of his plan to take the company private. Musk announced Aug. 4 on Twitter that he was considering a privatization plan and had funding “secured.” In the letter Monday,...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 13, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Time is running out for owners of 2.0-liter VW TDIs to file their claims against the company and receive a settlement that could be worth at least $5,100. All claims in the diesel emissions lawsuit must be filed by Sept. 1. So far, Volkswagen has bought back more than...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 13, 2018 | Automotive Technology
If regular automakers aren’t advertising their electric cars well enough, maybe purveyors of electric-car infrastructure can fill in the gaps. Electrify America, VW’s court-mandated effort to build a nationwide DC fast-charge network, is launching its...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 12, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Mining operations get a lot of flack for creating environmental problems around the world. Yet they provide much of the basic material that keeps the global economy humming. Some mining companies are drilling down in their efforts to clean up their acts. As the...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 11, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Which company got a new diesel approved for U.S. sale? What new feature did the IIHS test? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Aug. 10, 2018. Friday, we reported on the IIHS tests of self-driving systems,...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 10, 2018 | Automotive Technology
The 2019 Toyota Prius C gets a price increase. The IIHS compares Tesla’s Autopilot to other “self-driving” systems. We provide a guide to electric-car incentives and tax credits by state. And how Superchargers may defend Tesla against oncoming...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 10, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Competitors are coming for Tesla. Just as the young company begins to ramp up production of its bread-and-butter Model 3 to what CEO Elon Musk has called sustainable levels, Tesla’s European rivals are beginning to roll out their own electric cars. That has some...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 10, 2018 | Automotive Technology
The most affordable hybrid on the market just got a little less so. The 2019 Toyota Prius C will cost $900 more, with a sticker of $22,450, including destination, based on a recent official price list released by Toyota and shared by our partners at CarsDirect. Toyota...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 10, 2018 | Automotive Technology
The king of all financial incentives for plug-in cars is, of course, the federal tax credit of up to $7,500. It’s not the only one, though. With Tesla’s federal tax credit already on its way to expiring and GM’s close behind, it’s worth knowing where to look for other...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 10, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Self-driving systems aren’t ready for prime time, says a new report by IIHS. The Institute tested five cars: two Teslas, a BMW, a Mercedes-Benz, and a Volvo, all with systems that earned top marks in its tests of advanced driver safety aids. In new tests on its...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 9, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Federal financial regulators may be investigating Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tweet about taking the electric-car maker private. Land Rover releases pricing and specs for the Range Rover plug-in hybrid SUV. The EPA rolls out official fuel economy ratings for the Mazda...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 9, 2018 | Automotive Technology
The Mazda CX-5 diesel took one step closer to production by receiving an EPA rating. Jalopnik made the find and reported the ratings on Wednesday. With front-wheel drive, the CX-5 diesel is rated at 28 mpg city, 31 highway, 29 combined. With all-wheel drive those...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 9, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Last week the Trump administration unveiled a broad drawdown of fuel-economy regulations that had been aimed at cutting emissions from passenger vehicles. In the 978-page proposal, administration officials argued those rules implemented by the Obama administration...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 9, 2018 | Automotive Technology
In response to an EPA proposal to freeze emissions and fuel economy standards, California said it will not honor federal vehicle certifications if the proposal goes through. “The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has proposed amending the California...
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