Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

For those who care about the environment and keeping their driving footprint small, one of the most compelling selling points for electric cars is that your car gets cleaner over time—because the electricity you’re plugging into, from the power grid, is being weaned off coal and toward cleaner and more sustainable sources.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 2, 2019

Volkswagen has developed a mobile juice pack for electric cars. The EPA continues to roll back regulations on coal plants to allow them to emit more pollution. For the first time dramatic depreciation on electric cars has begun to reverse. Tesla released sales numbers for the last quarter of 2018.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2020

Coal plants closed and electric cars got greener. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. With a passenger-car hydrogen infrastructure moving slowly but development on hydrogen fuel-cell stacks advancing rapidly, Honda and Isuzu have announced that. Honda looks to trucks for its fuel-cell technology.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 12, 2014

Lots of Tesla news today--including hackers, purchase incentives, even environmental rules in California--plus jet fuel from tobacco, and the odious practice of "rolling coal." All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2021

(In April 2021, the Volvo Group—the heavy-duty vehicle, construction equipment and power solutions provider, distinct from Volvo Cars— and SSAB signed a collaboration agreement on research, development, serial production and commercialization of vehicles to be made of fossil-free steel ( earlier post.)).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 20, 2021

Coal Miners Driving Teslas may seem like an oxymoron at first, but in the case of this particular YouTube channel, it’s actually something pretty amazing. I came across the story of these two brothers while working on another article about GM’s plan to convince Australia to adopt EVs.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 1, 2017

Today, more Tesla Model 3 news, coal may supplant climate change at the EPA, the fate of diesels could be dire, and big rigs won't be in the self-driving fast lane—and least not yet. All this and more on Green Car Reports. A Norwegian crew caught the 2018 Nissan Leaf electric car without camouflage during an advertising shoot.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 15, 2016

Today, we look at plug-in electric car sales for May 2016, Tesla plans to sell electric cars in Nordstrom department stores, and Peabody Coal's bankruptcy reveals the extent of the coal giant's lobbying efforts against climate-change science. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 30, 2019

GM will double its investment in engineering new electric and self-driving cars. A new study shows that electric cars are cleaner than gas, even when using electricity from coal. California documents show that higher-trim versions of the 2019 Nissan Leaf Plus won't achieve the estimated 226-mile range.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 14, 2020. Electric cars are getting cleaner all the time, as coal plants are retired and more. And which California EV startup is aiming for a Tesla-topping 400-mile range?

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JANUARY 28, 2012

How are electric powered cars fueled with electricity from coal power plants better than the gas-guzzler I'm already driving?

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EV Central

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Mitsubishi Triton to target BYD Ute and Ford Ranger with all-new plug-in hybrid system READ MORE: 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV long-term review: Laziness destroys our fuel savings, but plug-in potential is clear READ MORE: Is this a window into the Mitsubishi Triton’s all-electric future in Australia? 2024 Mitsubishi Triton.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 27, 2017

For years, electric-car skeptics raised concerns about what was cleverly dubbed "The Coal Tailpipe": the idea that plug-in vehicles produced just as many harmful emissions as gasoline cars, but in a different place.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Retrain coal miners and refinery workers into green jobs. Here's an idea: 1. Decrease payroll taxes. Increase taxes on dirty carbon-based fuels at the source. Yeah, you know who I'm talking about; ) 3. Save the planet for future generations. Follow the link to whitehouse dot gov to sign the petition.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 1, 2024

In actuality, virtually all road damage is done by diesel semi trucks anyway, not gas or electric cars, so road damage has little to do with passenger vehicles. But Kentucky hails itself as “the premier location in the United States to manufacture electric vehicles,” and is the third-largest coal-producing state.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 4, 2021

you’re reducing the amount of localized air pollution by driving an electric car—yes, even if your local power source is a coal plant. Anywhere you are in the U.S., Not all newbies understand that, and so a few reminders—about air quality itself—can be a useful motivator, perhaps, to spread the word.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Brace yourself, electric-car fans and advocates. DON''T MISS: EPA''s Coal-Plant Emissions Rules.' It may be a bumpy ride for the next few days.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2017

in the electric-car battle, Congress may have saved the EV tax credit, an electric cargo ship that hauls coal, and thoughts on Tesla versus Chevy. All this and more on Green Car Reports. If electric-car buyers struggle with trading luxury and practicality, the brands involved are likely Tesla and.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In a piece of news that hit all channels a couple of days ago, Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Angus Taylor, Minister for Emissions Reduction, were interviewed while filling up a Toyota with grey hydrogen. What made this so cringeworthy was that the headlines and comments were saying that Morrison had changed his tune […].

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

There is, of course, some kind of cursed crossover in the Ven diagram that includes both the Rick rollers of coal and the people who hate science, but anyway, let’s digress. I wouldn’t say he sounds smug and self-satisfied, because I hate understatement too much, but I would say he seems unlikely to buy an electric car any time ever.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 2, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Detecting Tesla Model S electric-car changes, a video road test of the 2015 Subaru Legacy sedan, and new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) coal-plant rules that could spark a political battle. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Could future.'

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 12, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: An electric Mercedes-Benz S-Class may follow the plug-in hybrid model, the latest data on E85 fueling stations, and a proposal to buy out and shut down the U.S. coal industry. All this and more on Green Car Reports. There''s a proposal.'

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The environmental impact of plug-in electric cars is a source for much debate these days. They use less energy on a wells-to-wheels carbon basis than the vast majority of new cars sold in North America, even if they''re recharged on coal-heavy electric grids.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2017

on Tesla battery life, cover an EPA shocker, go over the basics of electric-car charging, and more. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The battery life of Tesla Model S electric cars is looking pretty good, so far. Today, we review data (and lots of charts!) land, water, and.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run. NEO 2018 sees $11.5

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

We all know that electric cars charged from renewable sources of energy are much cleaner than gasoline-powered cars, but what about electric cars charged from electricity produced by a dirty coal-fired power plant?

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2015

One of the advantages of electric cars is that they get cleaner as the emissions associated with generating the electricity to power them decrease. And the good news for electric-car drivers is that the grids that supply their electricity have been getting cleaner--and will likely continue to do so this year and into the future.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 24, 2017

Today, we've got a report from our very, very brief drive in the Chevy Equinox Diesel compact crossover, some interesting survey data on how much electric-car range is "enough," another Tesla-trashes-supercar dragstrip video, and musings on a new Detroit factory and why it's where it is. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 26, 2022

In good green economic news, electric battery maker SPARKZ and the United Mine Workers coal union have announced a labor-management memorandum of understanding for a planned factory in West Virginia that intends to put out-of-work coal miners back to work.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 1, 2015

It''s called "rolling coal"--and drivers of hybrid and electric cars report that it often seemed to be directed at them. Over the past few years, some of America''s, shall we say, less enlightened drivers hit upon a new trend. Green Illinois air pollution emissions legislation'

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Mass adoption of electric cars and renewable energy could significantly decrease global consumption of fossil fuels. In a recent report, ExxonMobil said coal could continue to provide the majority of the world's electricity-generation capacity in 2040, and that.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2017

Why did readers post 1,000 comments when we asked whether Toyota's fuel-cell cars were foresighted or foolish? What good news did we get this week for Tesla Model S electric-car owners? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, April 28, 2017.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

As more plug-in electric cars hit the road, the infrastructure used to generate electricity will need to be increasingly scrutinized. The most straightforward way to get cleaner electricity is to switch to a less-polluting source like natural gas--or better yet, renewable sources like wind and solar.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 25, 2015

It''s a simple fact that electric cars get cleaner when the electricity grids used to power them do. electricity generated from coal has dropped significantly over the past few years--and that fuel has largely been replaced by lower-emission natural. The amount of U.S.

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Electrek

JULY 5, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Battery electric cars now account for 11% of the UK market – tied with diesel. The US consumed more electricity powered by renewables than by coal in 2020, reports the EIA. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2016

With no tailpipe emissions, electric cars have a clear advantage over their gasoline and diesel counterparts when it comes to carbon emissions. Studies have found that even cars charged on dirty, coal-powered grids have overall emissions no higher than a very fuel-efficient internal-combustion car.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2019

For electric-car drivers looking to emit less pollution as the drive, 2019 could be a banner year. electric grid has been getting gradually greener as utilities replace coal fired powerplants with primarily wind and natural gas.

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