Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Why did one man have to visit so many dealerships to buy a plug-in electric car? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, September 2, 2016. Friday, a new Chevy Volt owner.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 28, 2014

We revealed the full list of 2015 Best Car To Buy nominees yesterday, and today you can vote for your favorite in our poll. Also, get the first details on the 2016 Chevrolet Volt''s four-cylinder range-extending gasoline engine, and see which city can now boast Tesla Model S taxis. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

I was at the end of a 3-year lease and a 6-month extension on my 2018 Chevrolet Volt Plug-in Hybrid. It’s now what’s know as an orphan car—no longer in production as GM moves to full electrics. Electric-only range of the Volt has not only not diminished , but I’m regularly see 60-mile estimated ranges after a charge.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: How the Chevrolet Volt really works, Tesla seeks workers for a second California facility, and why we can''t buy cars that get 60, 70, or 80 mpg. All this and more on Green Car Reports. See how their second.'

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Ten years ago, the Volt Dance was still fresh in our minds; Ford CEO Alan Mullaly invested more in its electric programs and said that by 2020 EVs would become more important than hybrids (and more dominant in the company’s lineup); the Leaf was on its way to be something very, very big; and we really had our bets on at least one of.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 7, 2017

It's now time to shop for a new car for my wife, as her wonderful 2006 Toyota Prius has 144,000 miles and we're ready for something new. So I thought I might throw the question out to Green Car Reports readers. What car should replace our 2006 Prius hybrid?

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

And, which of five new cars should win our Best Car To Buy award for 2015? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, November 7, 2014. Our Friday story featured a map that shows where you can buy a Tesla.'

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Today, we''ve got the first details on the second-generation Voltec electric-drive system that will power the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, analysis of how Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz plan to compete with Tesla Motors, and the 2015 Audi A3 TDI is the first of our five nominees for Green Car Reports 2015 Best Car To Buy award.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

What strong new competitor to the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid will go on sale December 1? Which vehicle did we name our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2018? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, November 17, 2017.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

What battle did electric-car maker Tesla Motors bring on itself? And, which of five new cars should win our Best Car To Buy 2015 award? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, October 31, 2014.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 25, 2012

Who buys a Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid car? It’s a question that we’ve tried to answer in the past, examining initial sales data from General Motors to try and create the automotive equivalent of an indentikit Volt buyer.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The announcement of the Chevrolet Bolt concept car came like a thunderclap at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. After unveiling the 2016 Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, General Motors CEO Mary Barra rolled out a bright orange five-door hatchback electric car.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 4, 2016

Today, we reveal our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy, the 2016 Chevrolet Volt. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We also have fourth-quarter Tesla delivery figures, and a preview of expected automotive debuts at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It's the Year in Reverse.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 18, 2015

It's important to understand how important a car the Honda Civic compact sedan is in the U.S. Between the Civic sedan and its coupe sibling, Honda sells more than 300,000 of them a year--or roughly 20 times this year's sales of the Chevy Volt. The Civic nameplate is more than 40 years old, and it's stood for smart, relatively.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Today, the 2016 Toyota Prius is the most fuel-efficient car without a plug, as well as one of our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy nominees. Also, General Motors switches up its marketing tactics for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, and Nissan and BMW partner on DC fast-charging stations.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 11, 2010

Most of the focus on new green cars--like the 2011 Nissan Leaf, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, and a slew of new and existing hybrids--has been on how consumers will adapt to them.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

One week after our sister site GreenCarReports announced the contenders for the 2011 Best Car To Buy Green award, the judges have crowned an all-electric car the winner.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Today, it's your chance to buy a Tesla Model 3 (for three times its list price), Nissan gets the A-OK to expand its Tennessee battery plant, and Paris is ready to kick internal combustion engines to the curb. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Bosch showed off its new 48-volt battery ready for us in mild-hybrid vehicles.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Owners of the Chevrolet Volt are the most satisfied with their purchase, according to the US publication, Consumer Reports.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

That plus leadership in all aspects of charging make it Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2024. The 2024 Kia EV9 comes in Light, Wind, Land, and GT-Line trim levels, and so far Green Car Reports has only driven the top-spec GT-Line, offering up 379 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque in its all-wheel-drive layout.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public today with a glittering display of green cars taking pride of place. The show, based at the Los Angeles Convention Center will host more than 30 significant world and North American debuts and feature more than 900 vehicles from sports cars and sedans to crossovers and minivans.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 2, 2010

Any one who buys one of the ChargePoint America programme’s electric vehicles – the Chevrolet Volt, the Ford Focus Electric or the Smart ForTwo Electric – and is located within one of the nine targeted regions [.]. Nearly 5,000 homes in the US will soon be boosted by free home electric vehicle charging points from Coulomb Technologies.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2011

Want to get behind the wheel of the range extended Opel/Vauxhall Ampera (known in theUSas the Chevrolet Volt)? Well now you can… and you don’t even have to buy the vehicle to drive it. Opel and Europcar have reached an agreement to offer the vehicle as a rental car throughoutEurope. The aim is to deploy [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 9, 2009

According to reports, General Motors has splashed out around $1billion developing the Chevrolet Volt, while Chrysler hopes to invest around $448million in its electric vehicle programme. He also spent a year living with the pioneering General Motors EV1 electric car and has driven the vast majority of alternative fuel vehicles.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 23, 2011

A fund to help consumers in Californian buy the latest green cars is expected to run out next month due to unprecedented demand. The Air Resources Board of the California Environmental Protection Agency has announced that its $11.1

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

It has been a longer than expected process of negotiations, but now the board of General Motors has announced its support for a bid from Magna International and Sberbank to buy a majority stake in the European Opel/Vauxhall operations. Tags: Cars Green cars Latest news Vauxhall general motors.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to spend some time with Dr. Prabhakar Patil, the CEO of Compact Power, Inc. CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM by Bill Cooke. Prabhakar Patil.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

Interest in electric cars is surging: •Nearly 52,000 people were wait-listed as of mid-April for General Motors’ electric model, the Volt, due in November. Total cars initially available: 4,700. Bob Lutz, the outgoing vice chairman of GM, has said the company will produce about 8,000 Chevy Volts in 2011.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

What do you need to ask the dealership if buying an EV after the new year? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending December 29, 2023. This week we took a look at the last of our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2024 finalists up close.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Every [Volt] will come equipped so you have some type of charger. Who is going to install that 240 volt charging system in the garage if that’s what somebody chooses to do? For rollout, the guiding principles for all of us are those GM embraced when it announced the Volt: transparency and two-way communications at every stage.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 18, 2024

Compared to first-gen E-Tron, Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2020 , Audi reports the Q6 E-Tron’s battery energy density has risen 62 percent, while energy consumption has dropped 30% and drive-unit costs have dipped 15 percent. Audi believes that’s a more efficient and smoother way to deliver its maximum of 0.3g

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. He's also a contributing editor to Car and Driver , and is the editor of Green Car Reports. They know it will take a little bit longer than a gasoline car because your gasoline stop.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. He's also a contributing editor to Car and Driver , and is the editor of Green Car Reports. They know it will take a little bit longer than a gasoline car because your gasoline stop.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. It’s a shocker that may have many longtime EV fans doing a double take, as for years GM has resisted ideas of bringing back the tech it once championed with its vaunted Chevy Volt—saying among other things that it hurt its ability to vertically integrate its EV battery and propulsion plan.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" The first after-market conversion company, built Felixs car, currently provides vehicles mainly to fleets.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Those wishing to participate will be able to tie into the multi-site webchat from Green Car Congress tomorrow, as well as directly on GM’s FastLane Blog , the EV World site, or the GM-Volt site. Ten million Chevrolet Volts (or equivalent) on the road would account for approximately 0.8% Source: EPRI. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

Whenever you’re home, plug into a 240-volt home charger for a couple hours and with about $4.00 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV The connector that’s included with the CR-V offers a 110-volt power outlet that can run appliances, power tools, camping equipment, or an air conditioner, at up to 1.5 Nowhere in sight.

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