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Green Car Reports' top 10 greenest cars for 2019

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Green Car Reports’ top 10 fuel-efficient vehicles all have one thing in common: plugs. The most efficient vehicles on our list did more with their energy than the. Efficiency went further and farther for 2019 model-year vehicles in almost every sense of the two words.

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Fiat 500e review, F-150 Lightning price cut, diesel hybrids, curbside EV chargers: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Do EVs need a breakthrough in battery energy density before they make environmental sense? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 12, 2024. And which luxury EV is bringing back the appearance of an internal combustion grille? In a first drive.

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Toyota energy storage, Mercedes EQB details, Ford CEO on EV shakeout: Today’s Car News

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Toyota gets in the home energy storage business—albeit only in Japan, for now. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Mercedes puts a price on its EQB electric SUV. And Ford’s CEO sees EVs as the spark for a big industry consolidation. Is the auto industry headed for a big shakeout, and a price war over EVs?

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Chevy Silverado EV home energy, Foxtron EVs, deeply partisan gas-vehicle ban: Today’s Car News

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And GM sees an energy business far beyond EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. General Motors this morning confirmed that it aims to offer its first home energy system in the 2024. Californians support the 2035 gasoline vehicle ban, but it’s split along party lines.

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Introducing Green Car Congress Discussions: a forum area for the user community

Green Car Congress

Green Car Congress is launching a new forum section for the community of GCC readers to post and to discuss developments in energy, transportation, and sustainable mobility not covered on the main GCC site: research and ideas, questions, analysis, reactions to current events, and whatever else strikes your fancy.

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Last-mile electric van, clean-energy pinch, mobile charging for trucks: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

And could the pandemic pinch material supply for EV makers and the clean energy sector? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Nissan’s Leaf-based van for Europe gets larger. More mobile charging is on the way for bigger electric trucks.

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China iCET releases 2014 Green Car China report ranking mainstream cars by green and health impacts

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Only hybrids performed very well on both the green rating and the smog index. China’s Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (iCET) recently released its 2014 Green Car China Annual Report , an evaluation of mainstream vehicles on sale in China by their lifecycle impacts and their health impacts. Green rating.