Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2018

Dedicated Green Car Reports readers keep us going. In response to our story earlier this month about why Mazda's promised diesel engine for the CX-5 still hasn't made it to the U.S. market, reader sent in evidence that the diesel has just been certified for sale (PDF) in California starting Apr.

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Mazda Diesel California Green Cars 100

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

A longtime reader and plug-in car owner lays out an effective roadmap for going solar. Mercedes-Benz joins the ranks of automakers whose diesel engines are involved in a class-action lawsuit. And Green Car Reports has seen.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

British Columbia plans to ban gas and diesel engines. And we ask what your favorite cars are from the LA Auto Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports. VW reintroduces the I.D. Buzz cargo van at the LA Auto Show. How the media may have popped plug-in hybrids' balloon.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

We''ve got a wide variety of stories today, including a panel of experts discussing the future of battery technology, a new TDI turbodiesel engine from Volkswagen, and changes to the 2014 Tesla Model S electric-car lineup. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 12, 2019

The Chevrolet Equinox will no longer be available with a diesel engine. And we round up the best deals on hybrid and electric cars for July. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Volkswagen will share its affordable EV platform with Ford. VW and Ford expanded.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 12, 2019

After two years, Chevy's experiment with a diesel-powered compact crossover is done. Chevrolet spokesman Kevin Kelly confirmed to Green Car Reports that the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox will not be available with a 1.6-liter We did discontinue the diesel engine option in the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox due to low demand," he said in a.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 18, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: GM may offer diesel engines in its full-size SUVs, a huge electric-car gathering in California is cancelled, and the Airbus E-Fan electric aircraft wows crowds in the U.K. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Will General Motors full-size.'

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Green Car Reports

JULY 14, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla Motors recruits U.S. military veterans, and reports of all-wheel drive for the 2015 Toyota Prius hybrid and a diesel engine option for the 2016 Hyundai Tucson compact crossover. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Catch up with our video.'

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 23, 2017

Today, we look at winter driving in electric cars, why the oil industry doesn't care about plugs, and Fiat Chrysler is in more hot water over its diesel engines in Europe. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 30, 2017

Today, we look at how many Model 3 electric cars Tesla can realistically build in a year, a German Volkswagen diesel probe expands to include former CEO Martin Winterkorn, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne believes a dispute with the EPA over diesel-engine software will be resolved soon.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 17, 2018

Volvo says so-long to diesel engines. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. The IIHS has rated Tesla's Autopilot system, while Tesla has taken the first steps to set up shop independently in China. BMW has teased the self-driving and battery-electric iNext concept.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Which automaker is facing a new lawsuit over emissions from its diesel engines? What companies plan to introduce new electric cars in their fleets? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Feb.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2017

Today, we have a popular updated crossover utility wagon, a defeat for Tesla, a first drive of the new Cruze Diesel, and a radical range extender for electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Mazda's been working quietly on a rotary-engine range extender for electric cars; now it has U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 23, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: We drive the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf electric car and Golf TDI diesel back to back, Tesla halts Model S assembly to prepare for the Model X, and Ford details fuel-efficient engines for the 2015 F-150. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Electric or diesel?

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 9, 2017

Today, the Volkswagen ID Buzz electric-car concept debuts at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show, the 2018 Ford F-150 full-size pickup truck will get a diesel engine option, and a new study indicates electric-car battery costs have fallen substantially over the past few years. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2016

Today, electric-car charging companies ask for independent oversight of $2 billion in Volkswagen diesel fines, the variable-compression Infiniti VC-T engine is scheduled for production in 2018, and new analysis argues that automakers may be making cars bigger because of gas-mileage rules. Charging companies.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 12, 2019

Which engines were involved in the latest diesel emissions settlement? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Jan. This week, we learned that, even as electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2013

Volkswagen has introduced a new version of the Golf GTD (“Gran Turismo Diesel”) in Europe, and plans to bring it to the US market, reportedly likely for the 2016 model year. diesel delivering 184 horsepower (137 kW), 280 lb-ft (380 N·m) of torque, CO 2 emissions of 109 g/km, and a NEDC combined fuel economy figure of 56 mpg US (4.2

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Green Car Reports

MAY 13, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Additional Tesla Motors Supercharger fast-charging stations open in the Northeast, we drive the 2014 Chevrolet Spark with CVT, and Volkswagen develops a new twin-turbocharged diesel engine. The next-generation Tesla electric car.'

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Green Car Reports

JULY 21, 2016

diesel engine, and a preview of the 2017 BMW i3 electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Mazda's diesel engine appears. Today, we have details on Elon Musk's updated "Master Plan" for Tesla, the fate of Mazda's U.S.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: Few Americans drive diesel cars as yet, Toyota will unveil a new hydrogen fuel-cell concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, and Johnson Controls develops a compact battery pack for engine start-stop systems. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Have you driven a diesel lately?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Achates Power, the developer of a family of two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston engines ( earlier post ), has been selected by APRA-E under its OPEN 2015 solicitation ( earlier post ) for an award of more than $9 million to develop a multi-cylinder opposed piston engine operating with compression ignition that uses gasoline as the fuel.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 24, 2017

Today, another diesel lawsuit, Tesla backpedals on Supercharging fees, how heat pumps work, and three years and 70,000 miles in a BMW i3 electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Yesterday, the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 19, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Electric-car quick charging''s effect on battery life, Ford and Toyota hybrids score high in Consumer Reports'' used-car ratings, and Volkswagen''s new diesel engine for 2015 models. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The first details.'

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The 2014 Jeep Cherokee gets a diesel engine option in Europe, researchers investigate glucose-based batteries, and the 2017 Audi Q8 e-tron all-electric crossover will likely the Tesla Model X. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Today, a death in the family, a future competitor for Tesla's Model 3, 10,000 plug-ins from one maker in one month, and some Dieselgate engine updates. All this and more on Green Car Reports. liter V-6 TDI diesel engines used in Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen vehicles. We asked our.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Today, we've got important news from California, some reflections on owning a Tesla, and how diesel's decline is helping hybrids. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Over seven years of modern electric cars, it's widely accepted that they lose money for their makers if all costs are fully accounted for.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 26, 2016

Today, Tesla uses secret software to test "Autopilot" autonomous features on customer cars, Volkswagen and Federal regulators make progress on a diesel settlement, and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) drafts guidelines for wireless electric-car charging. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Today, we look at how Tesla technicians service the Model S electric car, a French project to pave roads with solar panels, and the potential health impact of excess Volkswagen diesel emissions. All this and more on Green Car Reports. liter four-cylinder diesel engine. Utilities will lead a surge of.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles'' (FCA) green-car plans could include a new diesel engine for passenger cars. The company hasn''t confirmed this, but a strange clue recently appeared that points to a potential diesel offering for U.S. RELATED: Will Jeep Wrangler Diesel Be Chrysler''s Next EcoDiesel?

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Today, the updated 2017 Volkswagen e-Golf electric car debuts at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show, Elon Musk promises a software update for the Tesla Model S P100D that will make it quicker, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and engine supplier Cummins face a lawsuit over Dodge Ram diesel pickup-truck emissions.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Today, Tesla fights back, a manual gearbox reappears, a new electric land-speed record emerges from the desert, and an unexpected diesel engine arrives in a key compact crossover. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5 two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The increasing stringency of global emissions standards, both current and projected, is driving up the cost for internal combustion engines to meet those standards, although numerous technology pathways exist. As a result, we see a cost line crossing between battery-electric vehicles and diesels. Earlier post.). Matthias Erb.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Today, we envision a diesel-free future in Copenhagen (with many exclusions), ride 4,000 miles across the country on an electric motorcycle, and see that the potential for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles could be in the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Kia Optima Hybrid has been the Korean brand''s green-car mainstay for four years now, but now Kia is taking its hybrid technology in a new direction--at least for some parts of the world. Kia is preparing a mild-hybrid version of the Optima, fitted with a diesel engine, most likely aimed at the European market.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: Texas franchise restrictions make Tesla Model S owners skirt the law, Buick considers diesel power for future models, and New York City "manhole covers" could soon hide wireless electric-car charging stations. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Engineers built a.'

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