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New Leaf battery, Tesla Autopilot, BMW electric-car strategy, Pacific Hybrid recall: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we've got some auto-industry analysis on BMW's electric cars, two updates on recent stories, a look at Tesla's latest Autopilot, and a takedown of a bizarre Swedish study of the environmental impact of electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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BMW vs Tesla; Merkel vs electric cars; $10K off Leaf, i3; Germany's iPhone moment: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, Tesla and its impact on the German auto industry crop up in two very different reports, you can get $10,000 off an electric car (if you live in San Diego), and we honor Dull and Boring drivers. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

old question for electric cars – When will electric cars make a real. presence in the world’s two largest passenger car markets (China and the. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40.

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Opinion: Enablers of disruption in transportation

Green Car Congress

by Mike Millikin, editor, Green Car Congress. The car has become the most computationally complex high-tech device with which the vast majority of consumers will ever come into contact—let alone own. The auto industry has known for a long time that business-as-usual was literally unsustainable.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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EVs from these brands will soon use the Tesla NACS charge port

Baua Electric

market electric vehicles. With the Biden administration’s backing of the SAE standard behind NACS formalized last month—and the standard itself finalized—America is now on the path for a single fast-charging standard for electric vehicles. Many months ago, earlier this year, that future was not at all apparent.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

The reveals of the Canoo pickup and Kia EV6 have heads turning and yet another automaker, BMW-owned Mini this time announced plans that it would only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030. Mini will only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030, the people said. Automakers and Models.

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