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Electric cars go to D.C., green-car deals, Tesla vs dealers (again), EPA court ruling: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, a rare Porsche plug-in hybrid surfaces, we've got the month's green-car deals, Tesla is battling car-dealer lobbyists (again!), and advocates take electric cars to Washington, D.C. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Ten years ago last month, the U.S.

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Volkswagen Group acquires Ballard automotive fuel cell patent portfolio, extends engineering services contract in US$80+ million deal

Green Car Congress

and Golf GTE; Audi A3 e-tron; Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid) with more such models coming, company executives have been consistent in saying that the modular architecture and toolkits would support hydrogen fuel cell solutions as well, market conditions permitting. Earlier post.).

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That Was the Year That Was

Clean Fleet Report

We took to the road to report on most of the new EVs hitting the market, as well as plug-in hybrids, fuel cell electric vehicles, hybrids and the best of the legacy internal combustion engine models. Volvo, Lucid, Porsche and Jaguar had low sales while Mini, Genesis, Toyota and Subaru were just beginning their sales. Looking to 2023.

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VW Group head of research says its time for electrification, but progress has been extremely low; We need more

Green Car Congress

Electricity used to charge plug-in vehicles should come exclusively from renewable energy resources, such as wind and solar power, he suggested—otherwise, there is no greenhouse gas emission advantage over a conventional vehicle with optimized fuel consumption.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

Washington state has an abundance of power very cheap from all the hydro. If you bring a Tesla to an EVgo charger, when you plug in, the communication back and forth from the vehicle to the charger is the problem. It’ll charge anything—a bus, a truck, a Porsche, doesn’t matter. Tesla’s the best. That’s the handshake.