Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2023

A California utility and BMW are working together on greening the grid with V2X tech. ” This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Cadillac gives its long-anticipated Escalade EV a timeline and a badge. And Ford likens its efficiency-focused three-row electric SUV coming in 2025 to a “personal bullet train.”

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. An ongoing California heat wave serves to emphasize the importance of time-of-use rates and smart EV charging in the future. And are heavy EVs a concern for everyone else?

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Honda, BMW, and Ford get together for looking at how EVs could connect to the grid. And we go hands-on with how the Kia EV9 will help back up the home and smooth the grid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Mazda CX-9 PHEV makes the safety honor roll.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

port “off the grid.” This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Toyota has revealed a hydrogen fuel-cell pickup project, and it’s ready to take its biggest U.S. ” And will more than four out of five new EVs sold in North Dakota really still fuel up with gasoline? Toyota is producing.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 23, 2021

This and more, here at Green Car. The controversial USPS contract for next-generation vehicles will rely on Ford components. And Ford delivers some good news about range ratings on the Mustang Mach-E GT Performance.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Lordstown Endurance could be the basis for a fully electric RV. Volkswagen is testing a new wallbox with bi-directional charging. And we get a first drive in the 2021 Toyota Mirai.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 8, 2022

A Senator's "expensive" electric car turns out to be the cheapest one on the market, and helps make a point. And higher coal prices are helping clean the grid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A study sounds the alarm about fast-charging reliability. An interior sketch of the.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 26, 2021

The 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS establishes the serene side of a growing cohort of large electric luxury cars. And are iron-air batteries good for a smart-energy grid? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A dynamic wireless charging project could put the tech on the Interstate in Indiana.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2021

And is the grid ready for big EV delivery fleets? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Lucid Air will get special Pirelli performance tires for EVs. Rivian delays deliveries to September. We take a look at the tech-savvy 3-Series plug-in hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 12, 2021. Which brand just passed Mercedes-Benz in U.S. registrations—with only EVs? Which upcoming EV could be the basis for a future U.S. military vehicle?

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2023

And will wireless bidirectional charging help make Tesla vehicles more useful at home and to the grid? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Kia EV9 will make its debut this month. EV owners are driving farther per day. Tesla suggested in its Investor Day presentation that.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A giant Georgia battery factory is focusing on what might help the grid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Toyota has teased the 2023 Prius, but we’re still wondering what’s under the hood. Congress could delay some of the U.S. sourcing rules holding back EV tax credits. Tesla on.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 11, 2022

Tesla Powerwall owners will ally to smooth the California grid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A new motor design is claimed to be good for performance EVs and wear-free. And Hyundai issues a recall on the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid and PHEV—again.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 5, 2021

California looks at how utilities in the state might use V2G technology to balance the grid. This and more, here at Green Car. SK Innovation is back in the U.S. battery game. The GMC Hummer EV SUV gets pricing, feature details, and WTF.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 22, 2020

A California utility studies using electric cars to stabilize the grid. And the Hyundai Kona Electric might be catching on in Europe as a police car. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Another utility in California is launching a study into vehicle-to-grid.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [ PHEVLERs help support the electric grid. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Flywheel tech helps ease the grid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla vehicles are covering more miles on a daily basis than other EVs. Freightliner is sourcing its electric powertrains from Detroit. And the Audi E-Tron GT bows. According to a study released Monday by a team of U.S.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 3, 2020

city grids need some smart upgrades. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen isn’t yet saying yes to Fisker. Electricity could be the new currency of parking garages. And we take the Model Y for a drive.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 2, 2018

Self-driving cars will provide numerous benefits to electric cars. PG&E partners with Tesla to provide power grid backups. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. In the last week of June, Tesla built 5,000 Model 3 electric cars—a. Tesla Model 3 production reaches a milestone.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 18, 2020

Why did our power grid get cleaner than expected in 2019? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 17, 2020. debut of the Nissan Ariya concept, in Las Vegas at CES, Green Car Reports sampled the e-4orce twin-motor and. Fresh off the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] says it will need a lithium-ion battery cell "giga-plant" for future production, BMW and Toyota agree on a hybrid supercar project, and Pacific Gas & Electric says electric cars aren''t harming the grid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

VW looks at fast chargers that are lighter for the grid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Toyota puzzles over hybrid fuel tanks. Bolt EV drivers get more features for their app. And Colorado may soon make it easier for Rivian and Lucid.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 15, 2011

Today, there are several motivations for buying a car that plugs into the electric grid to recharge its battery pack. Once upon a time, people who bought (or built) electric vehicles were often science-minded, forward-thinking, eco-conscious drivers who sometimes had a hippie past. Times have changed.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 24, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: CEO Elon Musk says China may become Tesla Motors'' biggest market, Virginia scraps its hybrid-vehicle tax, and a New Jersey Honda dealer achieves electric-grid neutrality. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 18, 2017

If you're planning on buying a green car, have you ever wondered if you'll be making the purchase at a green dealership? As cars get more efficient, the carbon emissions related to the infrastructure for manufacturing and selling them should be considered as well.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 3, 2019

All this and more on Green Car Reports. Pumped hydro could deliver more energy storage than batteries. And readers weigh in on what new niche electrics they'd like to see on VW's new ID EV platform. Toyota is following in Tesla's.

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Green Cars News

MAY 28, 2013

While most of the innovations with electric cars have come from Europe, the USA and particularly Japan, it is now Australia''s turn to take the lead by showing the potential of electric vehicles using Victoria''s Smart Grid. Latest News Green cars Electric cars'

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 25, 2018

Not long ago, green car fans had only one choice: a hybrid vehicle like the Prius that gets all its energy from gasoline.

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APRIL 25, 2024

in future updates,” said spokesperson Sanaz Marbley to Green Car Reports. The other necessary piece, the V2H Enablement Kit, costs $5,600 and includes an inverter, a grid disconnect switch, and the 12-volt dark-start battery necessary to move the contactors in the case of a power outage. It’s good for charging at 19.2

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 31, 2013

How do you integrate electric vehicles into the grid? The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) has released its blueprint that offers a roadmap to allowing electric cars to provide grid services and meet consumer needs. Latest News Green cars Electric cars'

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Green Cars News

APRIL 17, 2012

The Green Piece Column. Smart grids-they’ve been in the news a lot lately and their importance is ever growing. Tuesday 17 April 2012. The UK, like countries around the world, is seeking to increase the share that renewable sources play in its energy mix, while also striving for cleaner forms of transport such as electric [.].

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The Upper Midwest stands a lot to gain in the greening of the grid. And Volkswagen teases a little bit more of its latest ID electric-car concept due for a November reveal. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen has teased an electric-car concept, due for.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 24, 2014

There are many green cars on the road, but how eco-friendly are the dealerships that sell them? car dealer to have become "Electric-Grid Neutral," meaning it uses no net electricity from its local utility. To unplug itself from the grid, Rossi Honda installed solar panels in 2012.'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 3, 2018

Today, sales reports are coming in for last year—electric cars did well—and we explain why auto-company whining is nothing new. Also, fossil fuels aren't the only source of climate chance, and we look at plug-in car insurance rates. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 24, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: New Fisker Karma plug-in hybrids may arrive by 2015, why workplace electric-car charging matters, and Oklahoma adds a fee for homes that connect green energy sources to the grid. All this and more on Green Car Reports. GM may be.'

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2013

Chrysler has become the latest carmaker to cast its eyes over vehicle-to-grid technology - by forming a partnership with energy technology leader NextEnergy. Latest News Green cars Chrysler'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 29, 2014

Just in case there was any doubt that Toyota sees the future of green cars as powered by hydrogen fuel--not grid electricity--a company executive reiterated the point in a speech during the recent Detroit Auto Show.

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