Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2020

And how about a solar driveway? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. At least one company is now enabling solar driveways, via paver tiles, and says that a connected solar driveway together with energy storage might power. Tesla might give more owners access to Autopilot as an upgrade.

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Solar Mercedes Energy Storage Green Cars 96

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 7, 2021

Sono Motors is preparing to show the next version of its solar car. And Mercedes-Benz shows a completely new interface due first in its electric flagship. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen says why there isn’t one-pedal driving on the ID.4.

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Mercedes Solar Cars Green Cars 124

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

A solar tonneau could help charge electric pickups and make them more useful at worksites. Rivian shows pre-production electric trucks being made. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hyundai adds a little more availability for the Nexo fuel-cell vehicle. Rivian has provided.

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Hyundai Solar Available Charging 122

Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2022

Electrify America is going big on solar to offset its charging network. Honda teased its Prologue electric SUV. And Kia sees electric vans are part of the mobility future. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Honda on Wednesday.

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Kia Honda Hyundai Green Cars 158

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Polestar gives a glimpse of a future flagship electric car. Researchers suggest much higher solar cell efficiency without rare materials. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. And Hyundai is working on giving transmissions more smarts, not necessarily more gears.

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Solar Concept Cars Hyundai 107

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 2, 2021

Home solar and smart energy systems are converging around electric cars. And an all-electric “baby Jeep” might be in the works. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Some Tesla owners could be getting money back for time when software updates pinched range. In a first drive of the 2022.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 9, 2021

Lightyear’s solar car is set up to outdo Tesla on efficiency. Stellantis, the parent of Dodge, Jeep, and many more brands, is hatching some big electric vehicle plans. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. After yesterday’s announcements heralding electric muscle cars from Dodge.

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Jeep Dodge Plug-in Cars 147

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The bubble car gets another electric remake. Rural California is getting fully-solar-powered charging stations. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Inspired by the Isetta minicar of the 1950s, the fashionable, urban-focused Microlina electric car will be.

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Honda Solar California Hybrid 89

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Hyundai and Kia plan to put solar panels on cars. VW won't rule out sharing electric cars with Ford. A prominent electric-car advocate takes issue with GM's plan for a national mandate. All this and more on Green Car Reports. As solar panels get.

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Kia Solar GM Hyundai 83

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2019

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

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Mercedes Solar Tesla Cars 69

Green Car Reports

JUNE 21, 2019

Tesla's home solar business is sliding. And yes, the trucks picking up the trash can go electric, too. All this and more on Green Car Reports. It's a war of words in Washington over emissions and fuel economy standards.

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EPA Solar California Congress 72

Green Car Reports

JULY 10, 2021

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 9, 2021. Which charging network is presenting air quality updates at its chargers? Which EV startup teamed up with Pininfarina?

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Pininfarina Dodge Solar Green Cars 156

Green Car Reports

MAY 17, 2022

Electric RVs could embrace solar and aero. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Genesis GV60 is one of a growing group of premium electric crossovers that will include the Audi Q4, Mercedes EQB, Lexus RZ, Volvo C40. We review the Genesis GV60. The Cadillac Lyriq has a price tag and range ratings.

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Cadillac Price Lexus Future 98

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 25, 2023

And another solar car was canceled. This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 24, 2023. The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 electric sedan has a price tag for the U.S., and it sets the.

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Price Porsche Hyundai Green Cars 129

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Lightyear gets more investment for its higher-volume solar EV. And we drive the ID.Buzz electric Microbus, but for Americans it remains a couple years off. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. In a review of the VW ID.Buzz electric van—in production.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 15, 2022

Volvo boosts the electric range of its plug-in hybrids. And Sono Motors says its solar car is on pace. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The whole suite of Volvo plug-in hybrids are due to get a range boost—now up to 41 electric miles—with a larger 18.8-kwh kwh battery.

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Hummer Volvo Range PHEV 155

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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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 19, 2019

Tesla plans to rent solar panels. Volkswagen is sizing up some EV-adoption barriers, and a new piece of the ID electric-car lineup is coming to this fall's Los Angeles Auto Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports. As its works to expand the solar business it bought with Solar City.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Aptera is getting Italian carbon-fiber coachwork for its 1000-mile solar EV. And we take the BMW i7 luxury electric sedan for a drive. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Subaru hasn’t been swayed yet by incentives encouraging U.S.-built

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 13, 2021

Hint: It just might be electric. This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 12, 2021. Which EV startup sent out an SOS? Which upcoming full-size pickup has the operating footprint of an 85 mpg gasoline vehicle?

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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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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Toyota finally confirms some electric vehicles on the way. Volvo’s first electric car is on our annual shortlist. And Canoo is planning to show another electric van—this one for making deliveries. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Aptera says you won’t have to plug in.

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Aptera Toyota Recharge Solar 125

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. Fully electric Ford Transit vans will be delivering mail within months under a deal announced by Deutsche Post and Ford.

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Solar Minivan Price Energy 82

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

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Jay Leno drives the high-mileage Aptera solar EV. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. And Lucid is showing different priorities than other electric vehicle startups and legacy. Solid-state cells pass some first tests for safety.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

We''re back from the Labor Day holiday with the latest green-car news. Find out how a range-extended 2014 BMW i3 REx does on a mountain climb, learn about California''s latest clean-air initiative, and see why UBS thinks electric cars will will make residential solar energy practical for more people. Catch up.'

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2014 Solar BMW Cheap 110

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

MW solar park at Chattanooga is owned and operated by Silicon Ranch; VW has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement. Volkswagen inaugurated its largest solar facility in the world—also the largest solar facility operated by an automaker in the US—at its plant in Chattanooga, TN, which produces the Passat model for North America.

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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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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 95

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

GM presents some more information about its electric vehicles, ahead of a deeper download next month. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. spec, and it includes all the goodies that were suggested early on—like the solar. And the Hyundai Sonata will get free miles from the sun.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 28, 2016

Today, we have details on the proposed final Volkswagen diesel settlement, the state of 100-mile electric cars from Nissan, BMW, and Volkswagen, and Missouri's plan to pave a section of Route 66 with solar panels. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2022

The Sono Sion solar car shifts away from Swedish production—to Finland instead. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Lexus has teased a full reveal for its RZ 450h electric SUV, in production form, for April 20—with a version. NHTSA reviews potentially fire-prone EV batteries.

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Finland Lexus Batteries Battery 103

Green Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2018

Tesla's recent layoffs have hit Solar City installers. And an energy industry poll says Americans aren't fond of the electric-car tax credit. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. Chevrolet issues a recall for the 2013 Volt. EPA staff levels are below legal levels. New reports.

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Chevrolet Volt EPA Solar 71

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

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. On this week, Green Car Reports celebrated its 10th anniversary, and found.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 28, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Solar Roadways exceeds its crowdfunding target, a newbie drives the 2014 Nissan Leaf electric car, and Google shows an electric, autonomous test car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Learn why CVTs.'

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

We start off today with some Tesla Model S ownership-cost calculations, move on to carmakers'' answer to our 10 questions on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, and finish with a prediction that solar power will achieve grid parity in two years. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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