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All-electric Rolls-Royce Spectre concludes winter testing 55km from Arctic Circle; Rolls-Royce 3.0

Green Car Congress

The all-electric Rolls-Royce Spectre has concluded winter testing 55km from Arctic Circle. We refer to this unprecedented era, where we benefit from a multi-control, multi-channel and highly interconnected electronic and electric powertrain architecture, as ‘Rolls-Royce 3.0’. F) and are further cooled to -40 ?C Rolls-Royce 3.0

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Ford is making more Mustang Mach-E electric SUVs than gasoline Mustangs

Green Car Reports

Many longtime Ford Mustang fans weren’t exactly thrilled to see the fully electric Mach-E SUV made a Mustang. Considering all the rave reviews—including here at Green Car Reports, where it won our annual Best Car To Buy award—the electric Mustang has earned its place in the lineup.

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Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

EV Adoption

Volvo to go all electric by 2030 – Volvo announced that its entire car line-up will be fully electric by 2030 and joins GM, JLR, Ford Europe, and other automakers in stating their goals or “aspirations” (in the case of GM) – to end production of gas-powered vehicles by 2030 or 2035 depending on the OEM.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? How did it all start? Having enough electric charge to last a 5-15 minute in silence in a traffic jam. by BLNT, PriusPodcast.com.

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2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo Review

Discover EV

This is the all-new fully-electric Taycan, and the Stuttgart brand has gone to unbelievable lengths to ensure it looks and feels like a Porsche. It’s certainly achieved those goals but is it better than a Tesla?

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Volvo Cars successfully places first green bond, raises €500M

Green Car Congress

The proceeds of the bond will be used to fund the design, development and manufacturing of fully electric cars in line with the company’s recently established Green Finance Framework. A green bond is a type of fixed-income instrument that is specifically earmarked to raise money for climate and environmental projects.

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Review: 2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class works on its quads (motors, that is)

Baua Electric

With the electric version of its military-grade G-Class, Mercedes-Benz promises even more freedom from pavement than all those American-built flagwavers, and it does it all with batteries. Going electric doesn’t just bring the G-Class up to date. Mercedes promises a 0-62 mph time of 4.7