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2017 Volkswagen e-Golf: first drive of updated 125-mile electric car

Green Car Reports

The 2017 Volkswagen e-Golf, the only battery-electric car sold by VW in the U.S., While the current model year is winding to a close, 2017 e-Golfs are just now reaching dealers in the handful of states where the compact electric car is offered for sale. But with an EPA-rated range of 125.

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Texas restores $2,500 electric-car purchase rebate, except for Teslas

Green Car Reports

It also generates more renewable wind energy than any other state in the union. Its auto-dealer lobbyists, however, are equally large and powerful. Ah, Texas, the state that was formerly a nation and continues to do things slightly differently. Its politics is bare-knuckle, its hats are big, and so are its ranches.

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Natural-Gas Stepchildren, Iron Butt Record, Has Tesla Beaten Dealers? Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

If you''ve never heard of the Iron Butt Assocation, you may not be a motorcycle rider--but you''ll be interested in the first electric bike rider to win the honor. Plus a crack in the dealer opposition to Tesla Motors, and some encouraging news on wind and solar energy. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Kia is offering up to $12,000 off 2024 EV6 and EV9 models with new discounts

Baua Electric

If you’ve been eyeing a new Kia electric vehicle, now may be the perfect time to start shopping. The EV6 was introduced in March 2021 as Kia’s first dedicated electric car based on Hyundai’s E-GMP platform (the same one underpinning the IONIQ 5). After launching in August 2021, Kia has sold over 210,000 EV6 models globally.

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Chevy Dealership Adds Solar Trackers

CleanTechnica EVs

Cutting pollution and global heating emissions in the United States is dependent more than anything else on 1) shifting from fossil fuel powered vehicles to electric vehicles and human-powered transit, and 2) switching from coal and natural gas to solar and wind energy.

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Mazda MX-30 Electric Car

Electric Vehicles India

Mazda MX-30 Electric Car. Mazda, a 100-year-old automaker has now made its entry into the electric vehicle market. Even bigger companies that believed to keep their originality can’t withstand the winds of change. Mazda MX-30 Electric Car. For the latest electric vehicles news, follow electricvehicles.

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Driving the Tata Tiago.ev electric car from Mumbai to Pune - A Test Report

Plug In India

By Kamlesh We managed to recharge the car from 40% to 60% in 15 minutes! This o nly consumed five units of electricity! The efficiency and the frugality of this car is amazing! Electric Car : Highway and Hill Drive Test | Mumbai to Pune Pre Journey Chat We were at the Reliance Jio Pulse BP fast charger in Santa Cruz, Mumbai.