Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2020

And how well does the solar roof in the Hyundai Sonata work in boosting miles? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Solar Roof System in the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid will keep. Wireless charging gets a step closer to something viable for commercial trucks.

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Hyundai Solar Charging Green Cars 107

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

We look at the shortlist of safest electric cars and plug-in hybrids. The Sono Sion solar car is no more. And will worries over gasoline-car resale value drive subscription models? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Sono Motors announced that the Sono Sion solar car project has been terminated.

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PHEV Solar Gasoline-Electric Cars 93

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Which upcoming solar EV was crash-tested? ” This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 11, 2023. In a first drive of the 2023 Honda Accord Hybrid, we found that while this longtime top-selling sedan isn’t.

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Honda Hybrid Conversion Hyundai 105

Green Car Reports

MAY 21, 2020

Tesla reportedly adds bidirectional charging hardware to its cars. And how much will you need to pay to get that Sonata Hybrid with the solar roof? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Global electric vehicle sales won’t fall as much this year as the whole vehicle market.

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Market Hybrid Charging Tesla 125

Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2019

Toyota tests a solar-powered Prius in Japan. And General Motors cleans up not just its cars, but its factories and tires. Hybrids aren't just for cars and trains anymore. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The Connecticut Supreme Court will decide the future of Tesla stores. In Japan, Toyota.

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Prius Clean Cleaning Solar 120

Green Car Reports

JUNE 11, 2022

Which “expensive” electric car did a Senator drive to Washington, D.C.? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 10, 2022. How many miles apart is the federal government asking for EV fast-chargers?

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Cadillac Washington Fisker Plug-in 107

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Today, we've got a cheaper hybrid SUV, the first of three Best Car To Buy 2018 finalists, a prize-winning solar sedan, and millions for much faster electric-car charging. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We also covered the very unusual.

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Solar Hybrid Electric Cars Charging 62

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

This and more, today at Green Car Reports. The 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is officially out, in U.S. spec, and it includes all the goodies that were suggested early on—like the solar. GM presents some more information about its electric vehicles, ahead of a deeper download next month.

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GM Hybrid Hyundai Cars 94

Green Car Reports

JUNE 11, 2022

Which “expensive” electric car did a Senator drive to Washington, D.C.? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 10, 2022. How many miles apart is the federal government asking for EV fast-chargers?

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Plug-in Washington Fisker Solar 98

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 7, 2019

And why again is Toyota so committed to hybrids and not electric cars? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending December 6, 2019. Sono Motors is aiming to make a compact car powered mostly by solar panels. We asked.

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Solar Europe Batteries Battery 78

Green Car Reports

JUNE 16, 2017

Today, electric postal vans, jobs in renewable energy, better used Tesla prices, and a plug-in hybrid minivan recall. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Coal has been in the news quite a lot lately, but jobs in solar energy.

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Solar Minivan Price Energy 85

Green Car Reports

MAY 2, 2020

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 1, 2020. GCR recently spent some time with the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, which will be. Which upcoming electric vehicle was officially canceled this week?

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Hybrid Solar EPA Hyundai 109

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2019

Walmart sues Tesla over solar panel fires at its stores. And we run down the best deals on plug-in, hybrid, and electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Mercedes-Benz released a new electric van. A new survey shows the top reasons consumers avoid buying EVs.

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Mercedes Solar Tesla Cars 69

Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2020

And will Tesla’s cars get bidirectional charging ability in the near future? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 22, 2020. Which automaker revealed a completely new electric vehicle that’s already been canceled?

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Solar Green Cars Toyota Cars 103

Green Car Reports

JULY 22, 2019

Hyundai releases details on the 2020 Sonata Hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid will get a solar roof, digital key app, and a sportier. VW advances voice commands. Protean introduces in-wheel motors on casters for electric buses. And the U.S.

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2020 Hyundai Hybrid CO2 76

Green Car Reports

APRIL 12, 2021

What did hybrids look like a century ago? And Aptera’s “never charge” solar car goes to the track. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Panasonic expresses some skepticism about the battery format Tesla sees as the future. Tesla’s putting its 94-mile Model 3 out in the open, in Canada.

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Aptera Three Wheeled Batteries Battery 90

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Today, we've got a different approach to electric trucks, a complicated combustion engine, more solar power, a plug-in future Ford, and some worries about U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Over the weekend, as we do every seven days, we ran down last week's most important green-car stories.

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Plug-in Solar Escape Future 82

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: the rotary engine lives on in prototypes for a Mazda 2 range-extended electric car, Via Motors lets the sun shine on its new solar tonneau cover, and we drive the 2015 Honda Fit Hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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2015 Honda Solar Engine 73

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 16, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports, it''s all about the 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid and its EPA gas-mileage rating. Home solar gets cheaper, we have an electric-car recall and a crash test of a different electric model, and we finish with a fun photo gallery. As rumored earlier in the day.'

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Solar Electric Cars Hybrid MPG 68

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Today, we have confirmation of the all-electric Kia Niro EV, pros and cons of automaker subsidization of electric-car fast charging, and why Toyota thinks plug-in hybrids will catch on more quickly than battery-electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Solar power hit a new high in the U.S.

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Kia Plug-in Plug Hybrid 75

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 2, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: An updated version of the Audi Sport quattro plug-in hybrid concept will debut at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, the Ford C-Max Solar Energi can recharge at least partly with sunlight, and Kelly Blue Book isn''t optimistic about electric-car residual values. Renewable "pedal.'

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Audi Solar Concept Ford 80

Green Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2019

What company is gradually losing its share of the solar market? What automaker designed its hybrid system specifically for towing and hauling? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 21, 2019. Which gas-guzzling SUV brand might be revived?

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Hummer Hybrid EPA Hydrogen 72

Green Car Reports

MARCH 10, 2015

cities are the best for electric cars, Nissan says it may build a plug-in hybrid crossover in the future, and the Solar Impulse 2 electric airplane begins its attempted globe-circling flight. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Nissan hints at a plug-in hybrid crossover, saying a Qashqai ZEOD concept will.

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Plug-in Nissan Solar Concept 60

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Today, Elon Musk claims Tesla will have a 500-mile electric car by 2025, a report claims the Hyundai Prius-fighter hybrid could debut at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show, and data shows Volkswagen transaction prices have been hit hard by the ongoing emissions scandal. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Hyundai Miles Price Electric Cars 60

Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2015

Today, we take a quick spin in the 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE550e plug-in hybrid, examine a new BMW plug-in hybrid prototype, and check on Fisker's progress in restarting production of the Karma luxury sedan. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Karma Fisker 2016 Plug-in 60

Green Car Reports

MAY 30, 2017

Today, BMW's electric-car plans may have changed, Tesla solar roof tiles can be preordered, A123 is bigger than you think, and VW plans even greater reductions in the environmental impact of carmaking. All this and more on Green Car Reports. If you're interested in the new Kia Niro hybrid.

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Kia Fuel Economy BMW Economy 80

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Which plug-in hybrid compact crossover is finally coming to America, after so many delays? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for.

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Plug-in Ford Green Plug 66

Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

If you’re working on increasing fuel efficiency or you already have an alternative fuel vehicle, you can lessen your carbon footprint by taking advantage of green car care, repair and insurance. You may be wondering if electric and hybrid cars are cheap to insure. Green Vehicles. Electric Cars.

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Green Cars Maintenance Gas-Electric 77

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2010

The Nikkei reports that Sanyo Electric plans to launch mass production of lithium ion batteries for plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles by fiscal 2012 as part of a ¥200-billion investment (US$2.126 billion) over the next three years in rechargeable batteries and solar cells.

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Lithium Ion 2012 Plug-in Li-ion 210

Green Cars News

MARCH 16, 2010

Bicycle enthusiasts in Japan could soon be cycling on solar power after Sanyo Electric installed two solar parking lots for hybrid bikes in Setagaya, Tokyo. The parking lots incorporate solar panels and lithium-ion battery systems with Sanyo also providing 100 electric hybrid eneloop bikes.

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Solar Hybrid Lithium Ion Japan 88

Green Cars News

JANUARY 2, 2014

Ford is to reveal a new solar-powered hybrid concept vehicle at the International CES in Las Vegas next week. Based on the C-Max plug-in hybrid, the new Solar Energi Concept can achieve its full electric driving range from solar power alone under the right circumstances (when it is left in the sun f[.].

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Las Vegas Solar Concept Ford 56

Green Cars News

DECEMBER 29, 2009

From the continued dominance of Japanese manufacturers to the vehicle scrappage scheme; with everything from bankruptcy to exciting new concepts in between – it’s been an enthralling year for green cars and here we look back at the key developments… 2009: A YEAR IN REVIEW FOR GREEN CARS.

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2009 Green Cars Green Scrappage 42

Green Car Reports

MARCH 28, 2015

This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, March 27, 2015. Friday we wrote about one car buyer''s experience in a Tesla. And what new vehicle launch did we guess right about, way back in January? The Week In Reverse'

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Malibu Hybrid Solar Tesla Dealers 60

Green Cars News

JULY 24, 2013

Volvo, in collaboration with Californian design company, Synthesis Design + Architecture (SDA) have revealed a stylish new solar canopy designed to recharge its new Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid car on the go. SDA won the ‘Switch to Pure Volvo’ competition organised by international architecture maga[.]. Latest News'

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Volvo Plug-in Solar Plug 53

Green Cars News

DECEMBER 26, 2009

Given the fact that it has already been at the epicentre of numerous green car developments, it should come as no surprise that the name Toyota has taken another giant leap forward for green motoring.

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Solar Toyota Charging Prius 42

Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

Keep your eye on Magna Electronics, which is rapidly emerging as one of the key players in the green car sector. It is used predominantly in wind and solar applications as well as traction applications, industrial drives and elevator systems.

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Green Cars Green Cars 2008 39

Green Cars News

JANUARY 10, 2014

This week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ford Motor Company unveiled a new concept car that it said could revolutionise how electric cars charge forever. Based on the C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid — a version of the C-Max hatch that we sadly don’t get here in the UK — t[.]. Ford Solar Weekly Column'

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Las Vegas Solar Nevada Ford 53