Green Car Reports

JULY 2, 2017

Among electric-car owners and advocates, tiny British sports-car maker Aston Martin has become a company to watch. That's largely due to its CEO for the last few years, Andy Palmer, who had previously led product development at Nissan while it launched the Leaf electric car.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 1, 2023

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 30, 2023. Much of this week’s electric-car-focused news related to the continued shift. Which automakers and charging companies committed to the Tesla NACS connector?

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Led by former Nissan Leaf product planner Andy Palmer, Aston Martin plans to launch a new lineup of electric cars under its Lagonda brand. As a trial balloon, it will launch an electric version of its four-door sports sedan under the Aston Martin brand, the Rapide E.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Aston Martin reveals detailed specifications on its first electric car, the Rapide E. Los Angeles sets targets for electric cars as it prepares to host the 2028 Olympic games. Tesla drops two paint colors for the Model 3 and raises prices for the dual motor all-wheel-drive option.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Today, Aston Martin partners with Chinese electronics company LeEco on electric-car development, the Environmental Protection Agency says new emissions rules won't target race cars, and a look inside Tesla's Fremont, California, electric-car plant. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 16, 2019

Aston Martin revealed the production version of its first electric car, the Rapide E, while California startup electric-carmaker Karma rolled out its updated Revero GT and a new Pininfarina GT Coupe in Shanghai. And our latest Twitter poll asks which new electric cars.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2017

Aston Martin has confirmed its first all-electric car will enter production in 2019 and take the form of the company’s Rapide four-door saloon.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Aston Martin, the British ultraluxury performance-car maker, has turned to an unlikely firm for help with its upcoming RapidE electric car: one of China’s top video-streaming companies.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 1, 2015

We''re on the ground at the 2015 New York Auto Show, and will bring you all of the latest green car news, starting with the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid. We''ve also got reports that Aston Martin will build an electric car, and BMW will boost production of the i8 plug-in hybrid coupe. Today in Car News'

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2017

Many luxury automakers are planning new electric cars, both to meet future emissions standards and as a response to the success of Tesla. So far, though, no established automaker has discussed directly replacing an internal-combustion model with an all-electric one.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Founder and chief engineer James Dyson officially confirmed his company is developing an electric car and is planning for a 2020 launch. Not only has Dyson had 400 employees working on an electric car.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2015

Plug-in electric car sales figures for February are in, and the 2015 Geneva Motor Show is underway. Check out green car debuts like the Aston Martin DBX electric crossover concept, our first look at the 2017 Audi R8 e-tron, and much more on Green Car Reports. Today is a big news day.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Almost any new electric car tends to be pitched as a "Tesla competitor" these days, down to the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV subcompact hatchback. Yesterday, however, British specialty carmaker Aston Martin unveiled a large, sleek, four-door sedan powered entirely by batteries that clearly targets the Tesla Model S.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 14, 2023

4 Classic Car Relaunches Transforming the EV Landscape Automotive History Reimagined as Electric Classic cars have special appeal. Recent relaunches are transforming the electric vehicle landscape. Experts retrofitted the baby blue 1968 model with an electric motor, which the company used to debut its conversion program.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Henrik Fisker has designed some remarkable cars, among them Aston Martins, the BMW Z8, and of course the striking Fisker Karma range-extended electric luxury sedan. That vehicle, launched in 2012 by his namesake company, saw production of less than 3,000 units before the company collapsed in bankruptcy.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

market electric car cost? Which automaker announced it will be designing its own electric motors? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 7, 2020. How much does the cheapest U.S.-market

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 6, 2018

This week's Geneva auto show has seen lots of news about new electric cars, but almost all of them come from luxury brands. The 2019 Jaguar I-Pace has made its debut, Aston Martin announced its Lagonda brand would be dedicated to all-electric vehicles, and so forth.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2018

We ask if classic cars should be converted to electric power in a new Twitter poll. And Aston Martin says it could be first with 800-volt charging capability. All of this and more on Green Car. Researchers from Penn State develop faster-charging lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 7, 2019

Even as more major automakers announce plans to mass-produce electric cars, more companies have cropped up to convert old cars to electric power—even on a mass scale. A company in Montreal is working to convert old Ford F-150s to electric power for fleets.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 3, 2024

Which major automaker might be partnering with Fisker for an electric pickup? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 2, 2024. Ineos Fusilier The off-road maker Ineos announced its first fully electric vehicle, the Fusilier electric SUV.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Taking a Aston Martin Vanquish, a 1903 Daimler and a Renault ZOE on a mini-parade down Regent St this week, [.]. Electric cars' With just a couple of weeks remaining until the opening of the Regent St Motor Show, the RAC gave us a little sneak preview of the weird and wonderful mix of motors which the show attracts.

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My Energi

AUGUST 11, 2021

As part of the partnership, myenergi will supply 20 zappi charging devices to keep electric test drive models fully-charged throughout the four-day event. Heralded as the only event in the world to combine such a diverse range of attractions, The British Motor Show is fast becoming a must-attend show for car aficionados nationwide.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2019

The new projects emphasize how this collective expertise is being brought to bear on the biggest challenges facing the development of next-generation electric car batteries, from their power source and performance to safety and manufacturing. —Faraday Battery Challenge Director Tony Harper.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 3, 2017

Today, we've got some long-awaited Tesla news, two discouraging reports on energy and science from Trump's government, and some promising technology for longer range in electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Over the weekend, we ran down the most important green-car stories from last week.

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