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

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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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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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OECD paper presents and analyzes policies and programs to foster market growth of green cars

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Timing and sequencing of energy technology policy. Given the specific barriers, suggests author Andrea Beltramello, there is a role for government to support the development and diffusion of green vehicles, including through policies to strengthen the markets for green cars. Source: OECD. Click to enlarge.

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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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Karma Revero goes electric; GM ups renewables; cheap gas and few green-car deals: Today’s Car News

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Green-car deals are surprisingly hard to find this month. GM ups its renewable energy investment, however a poll last week pointed out that its allegiances might be the bigger image problem right now. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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