Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Kandi America announced Tuesday that the lowest-priced of its two small, Chinese-made electric cars has been EPA certified and cleared for California roads, and the company is preparing to start deliveries in the state.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Even as sales of small cars drop in California and across the country, sales of electric cars continue to climb, breaking past 5 percent of the market so far in 2019.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

California is considering efficiency standards for replacement tires, helping ensure that hybrids and electric cars sold with efficiency-focused tires would consistently get comparable replacements.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2022

California aims to increase zero-emission vehicle sales to 35% of all new car purchases by the 2026 model year, on the way to ending sales of new gasoline-only cars by the middle of the next decade.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 4, 2018

One problem with electric cars is that they may be invisible. Despite proliferating charging stations, multiplying car models, and extended range for many new electric cars, fewer than half of California drivers are even aware they exist, says Mary Nichols, head of the California Air Resources Board.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The California Air Resources Board will discuss Thursday and Friday raising the state's electric vehicle rebate to offset the expiration of federal tax credits for the two largest electric-carmakers, Tesla and GM. The state offers a $2,500 subsidy for electric-car purchases.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

California will ban the sale of new gasoline vehicles by 2035. Powering all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in California with electricity could raise demand by 25%, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing the opinions of energy-industry executives and analysts. California's.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

California begins fighting back against the EPA's fuel economy freeze. Austria proposes letting electric cars drive faster. And BMW builds a new battery assembly line for its upcoming electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Hyundai recalls Ioniqs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2019

According to Veloz’s monthly “ Sales Dashboard ” tracking news summary: Comparing start and end of year electric car sales for 2018, January sales were 5,991 and December sales were 24,686: a 312% increase. Total electric car sales increased 84% from 2017 (96,847) to 2018 (177,781).

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and state utilities have partnered to offer car buyers a $1,500 point-of-sale rebate for electric cars or plug-in hybrids. Unlike other purchase incentives, the California Clean Fuel Reward (CCFR) is taken directly off the purchase price or lease of a new vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 23, 2021

California has more electric cars than any other state, but now the high cooling demands due to a heat wave could impact drivers' ability to charge their EVs.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A California incentive for plug-in cars is about to be reduced by half. Effective November 2, the California Clean Fuel Reward (CCFR) for electric cars and plug-in hybrids will go from $1,500 to $750.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 29, 2024

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Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2021

Lucid shows us the interface in its Air electric car. California rules mean you might not worry as much about how long future EV batteries will last. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Policy will make a big difference in EV adoption by the end of the decade.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2021

Southern California Edison has launched its Charge Ready program, the largest electric passenger vehicle charging infrastructure program in the nation run by an investor-owned electric utility company. Businesses, government agencies and other organizations in Southern California can now sign up to participate in the program.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 3, 2019

Chinese electric-car startup Nio announced Thursday that it will close an office in California and lay off 70 workers, according to a report in The Verge. The report cites a filing with the California Employment Development Department.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2017

California continues to lead the country in adoption rates for cars that plug in, both battery-electric and plug-in hybrid models. The state offers numerous local and statewide incentives, and many utility companies reward customers for choosing an electric car over a fossil-fuel powered vehicle.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2020

The 600-mile Dyson electric car was revealed this weekend. And ride-hailing is going to have to clean up its act in California. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Polestar 2 electric car is on its way to U.S. Polestar outlines where its first U.S. showrooms will be.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 2, 2020

As it prepares to launch mass-market electric cars, Ford is touting its stance in favor of California's stricter emissions standards. Ford was the only United States automaker to commit to a voluntary deal to meet tougher California standards—something the automaker reiterated in a short video last week.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2021

Minnesota has officially become the first Midwestern state to adopt California's stricter emissions standards, as well as a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate requiring the highest-volume automakers to sell electric cars. As previously discussed by lawmakers, the new rules go into effect January 1, 2024, for 2025 models.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 1, 2020

The top-selling car in California is now an electric car, and it’s one that was designed, engineered, and built there: the Tesla Model 3.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 22, 2020

California has more electric cars than any other state, and a local utility wants to put them to work powering the grid. Southern California Edison (SCE) plans to launch a demonstration project for "vehicle-to-grid" or "V2G" technology, in which vehicles both charge and discharge power to the grid.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 5, 2020

The Fiat 500e electric car will return for a second generation, but this time it will likely not be sold in the United States. After withdrawing both gasoline and electric versions of the 500 from the U.S., This marks the first redesign of the retro city car since 2007. The gasoline 500.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 9, 2020

Electrify America has reached a significant milestone for electric-car charging in California, the biggest market for EVs in the United States. About 15 months after opening its first California charging station, the network has opened its 100th charging station in the state.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 16, 2021

California’s Lucid has produced an electric car with an EPA-rated 520 miles—enough to beat the Tesla Model S in range and efficiency. That, in a car offering up to 1,111 hp, which exceeds the Plaid's 1,020 hp. And it can make shorter road-trip charging stops, with up to 300 miles restored in 20 minutes.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 7, 2021

Plug-in vehicles—including battery-electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen fuel-cell cars—are nearing one in 10 new-car sales in California, according to a periodic update from industry group Veloz, referring to the latest data from the state.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Drivers are buying electric cars, and advocates are keeping track. Last month, Veloz, an electric car advocacy organization consisting of regulators, automakers, charging manufacturers and networks, utilities and others, announced that the U.S. had surpassed 1 million electric car sales.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

California has by far the most electric cars of any state, but the permitting process for new charging stations can take substantially longer than elsewhere. A new bill introduced in the California State Assembly aims to address that.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

California officially sold 1 million electric vehicles this month, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC) Chair David Hochschild. California is home to many EV automakers, including Tesla, the leading pure electric car manufacturer in the market today.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In California, public and private stakeholders in the transportation sector launched a new organization— Veloz —to accelerate the adoption of EVs. Its first project, “Electric For All,” is the largest multi-stakeholder, multi-million dollar public awareness campaign in North America.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

As thousands participated in National Drive Electric Week events around the country last week, California took further steps to promote electric cars. Governor Jerry Brown signed six bills intended to spur electric-car adoption through a combination of increased incentives and measures to make ownership easier.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Lots of electric-car news today. Elon Musk hints at a possible second collaboration between Tesla Motors and Toyota, California now has more than 100,000 plug-in cars on its roads, and the Saleen Foursixteen shows exactly what it can do in a new video. All this and more on Green Car Reports. There are.'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 22, 2021

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order last September to have all new passenger car and truck sales in the state be all-electric by 2035.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Today, battery-electric cars are built in volume at only three locations across the entire United States. Tesla builds its three different electric models in Fremont, California; the new 2018 Nissan Leaf has just gone into production in Smyrna, Tennessee; and the Chevrolet Bolt EV is built at the Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2018

Two years ago, Southern California Edison launched Charge Ready, a pilot program to increase the availability of charging for passenger electric vehicles. Achieving California’s ambitious goals for reducing air pollution and harmful greenhouse gas emissions will require 7 million electric cars on California highways by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) released its 2030 vision for California, The California Fuel Cell Revolution. The vision document describes a self-sustaining market in 2030 for fuel cell electric vehicles and renewably hydrogen, and the strategic priorities necessary for realizing it.

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