by Green Car Reports | May 22, 2019 | Automotive Technology
Audi reveals details of its new 2020 A5 55 TFSI e quattro for Europe. Our readers weigh in on the fairest way for electric-car drivers to contribute to road maintenance in our latest Twitter poll. Yes, Apple tried to make a move for Tesla—years ago. And we take a look...
by Green Car Reports | May 22, 2019 | Automotive Technology
Tesla has long been called the Apple of automakers for its alternative approach, its rampant fan base, and its Silicon Valley roots. But the interest could go deeper. Financial analyst Craig Irwin of Roth Capital Partners revealed Tuesday that Apple tried to buy Tesla...
by Green Car Reports | May 22, 2019 | Automotive Technology
Last week, after several states proposed new registration fees on electric cars, ostensibly to pay for road maintenance, we wondered what our readers thought would work best. We have nothing against electric-car drivers paying their fair share for road maintenance,...
by Green Car Reports | May 22, 2019 | Automotive Technology
Audi released the 2020 Q5 55 TFSI e quattro—the first of its new range of plug-in hybrids—in Europe on Tuesday, with some impressive specs. The company says the crossover will have 25.9 miles (40 kilometers) of electric range on Europe’s new WLTP driving cycle...
by Green Car Reports | May 22, 2019 | Automotive Technology
When I bought my first Tesla Model S back in 2013, it had already been named that year’s Green Car Reports’ Best Car to Buy, and Consumer Reports had just declared it the best-scoring car they’d ever tested, noting that it broke their rating scale. The Model S was an...
by Green Car Reports | May 21, 2019 | Automotive Technology
The EPA plans to stop counting potential lives saved from new pollution rules. GM reveals a platform that’s connected to the future. Stanford scientists devise a way to use seawater to make hydrogen. And our latest Twitter poll asks what types of incentives work...
by Green Car Reports | May 21, 2019 | Automotive Technology
The EPA is following through on plans to reduce the number of deaths it counts as attributable to air pollution, reportedly in an effort to support the Trump Administration’s plans to shore up the coal industry. The plans were first discussed at a meeting of a...
by Green Car Reports | May 21, 2019 | Automotive Technology
On Monday, we took a look at how electric cars have become the new norm in Norway. There, they’ve moved beyond early adopters and die-hards to the early mass market. In Norway, 31.2 percent of new-car buyers chose an electric car. It’s like this not just...
by Green Car Reports | May 21, 2019 | Automotive Technology
The biggest problem for hydrogen fuel-cell cars has been where to get a plentiful, affordable supply of hydrogen that doesn’t contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. Now scientists may have come up with what some have called the holy grail of clean...
by Green Car Reports | May 21, 2019 | Automotive Technology
As future cars go electric, self-driving, and more connected with the outside world, they’re going to faster connectivity inside the vehicle. To that end, General Motors just introduced a new electronic platform for its vehicles that it says can carry 4.5...
by Green Car Reports | May 20, 2019 | Automotive Technology
Electric cars have become “normal” in Norway. Hyundai aims to keep particulates out of the cabin. Hawaii fights climate change with a sea wall. And CEO Elon Musk takes another razor blade to Tesla expenses. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Oil-rich...
by Green Car Reports | May 20, 2019 | Automotive Technology
Tesla may have only enough money to survive another 10 months, CEO Elon Musk told employees in an email on Thursday. The email was first reported by Reuters, which was shown a copy. In response, Musk told employees he will review “all expenses of any kind...
by Green Car Reports | May 20, 2019 | Automotive Technology
Climate scientists have issued frequent warning about the effects of rising sea levels from global warming on cities such as Miami and New York. But among the first places in the U.S. that may suffer the effects of climate change could be Waikiki Beach in Honolulu,...
by Green Car Reports | May 20, 2019 | Automotive Technology
As virtuous as one might be in choosing a vehicle that doesn’t produce tailpipe emissions, there’s a hazy reality to traveling by car: That you’re stuck breathing emissions from other gasoline or diesel vehicles—especially fine particulate emissions, which are some of...
by Green Car Reports | May 20, 2019 | Automotive Technology
Norway has only 5.26 million people—about half the size of Los Angeles County in population, and with only about 35 percent of LA’s vehicles on its roads. But there’s one measure in which Norway trumps America’s most saturated EV market. Per capita,...
by Green Car Reports | May 19, 2019 | Automotive Technology
The 1916 Owen Magnetic Tourer that crossed the Bonhams auction block last month was more than a beautiful snapshot from an obscure moment in American automotive history. As one of the technological wonders of its time, the Magnetic Tourer didn’t have any mechanical...
by Green Car Reports | May 18, 2019 | Automotive Technology
What U.S. state wants to charge $1,000 per year for registering an electric vehicle? Which vehicle brand said no to a future that retires the internal combustion engine? And what might California’s regulatory agency be considering in response to upcoming Trump...
by Green Car Reports | May 17, 2019 | Automotive Technology
California considers some extreme options as the federal government prepares to reveal new fuel economy rules. Carbon dioxide levels are climbing while growth in renewables has slowed. And BMW deals with an issue that can shut down the i3. All this and more on Green...
by Green Car Reports | May 17, 2019 | Automotive Technology
The past couple of weeks have seen the convergence of two troubling trends. Perhaps most troubling, the Scripps Institute of Oceanography released data last week from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere...
by Green Car Reports | May 17, 2019 | Automotive Technology
Some BMW i3 models from the 2018 model year are being recalled for an issue that could cause sudden power loss and shutdown. At root of the issue is a printed circuit board, part of the Electric Motor Electronics (EME) module, that may not have been made to...
by Green Car Reports | May 17, 2019 | Automotive Technology
The Trump Administration is expected to reveal more details about its revised vehicle fuel economy rules in upcoming days or weeks. These rules could still include what the EPA and DOT proposed last year—a coordinated attempt to strip California (and thus all the...
by Green Car Reports | May 16, 2019 | Automotive Technology
A preliminary report released on Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board has confirmed an important piece of information in the fatal crash involving a 2018 Tesla Model 3 earlier this year: Autopilot was engaged. On March 1, the Model 3 was traveling...
by Green Car Reports | May 16, 2019 | Automotive Technology
Mercedes-Benz plans to go all-renewable—globally. Honda names its electric city car that’s bound for Europe. And Volvo names its battery suppliers. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Volvo took an unusual step in naming its official battery suppliers for...
by Green Car Reports | May 16, 2019 | Automotive Technology
In an announcement last month, Volkswagen joined Nissan and Tesla as the only automakers to explicitly warranty not just the batteries in its cars but specifically how much life it expects them to retain. Frank Blome, the head of VW’s Center of Excellence in...
by Green Car Reports | May 16, 2019 | Automotive Technology
Mercedes-Benz’s CEO-apparent Ola Källenius laid out a plan Monday, just after the Norway launch of its EQC electric SUV, that outlines the development of an entire “carbon-neutral” passenger-car fleet. Källenius, currently the head of product...
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