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Green Car Reports is 10!

Green Car Reports

Ten years ago this week, in February 2009, Green Car Reports published its first story—one packed with insight regarding the Chevrolet Volt, which was then still nearly two years away. Despite all that could have happened to the Volt in GM’s bankruptcy, it arrived on time and was everything we expected.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. A 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid in a Colorado wrecking yard.

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Honda Ends Three Green Models For 2015: Insight, Fit EV, FCX Clarity

Green Car Reports

For 2015, it has eliminated three low-selling green cars: the Honda Insight hybrid subcompact, the Honda Fit EV electric car, and the very low-volume Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle. With the new and more fuel-efficient Honda Fit hatchback now on sale, the Japanese carmaker is slimming down its lineup a bit.

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Toyota scaling up fuel-cell semis, 55-mpg Honda Insight, Nissan Leaf home energy: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Provided you’re not ready to consider cars with charging ports, the 2021 Honda Insight has the highest. The Nissan Leaf is about to become more useful—as a home energy device. And Toyota is partnering to make more hydrogen fuel-cell semis.

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Porsche Taycan charging boost, EV charging cybersecurity, tax credit guidance: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Both automakers and shoppers look for some insight on which vehicles will be eligible for. The Porsche Taycan is eligible for an upgrade that may cut its home charging time in half. And EV tax credit guidance is pushed to March.

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Honda Insight nixed, Niro EV refreshed, Tesla Boombox redux, California sees 35% EVs by 2026: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. California this morning officially posted its Proposed Regulation for Advanced Clean Cars II rulemaking. Honda confirms a Civic Hybrid. Tesla gets a “do-over” on fixing its Boombox. The Leaf and Niro lineups get refreshed. And California sets its rules for more EVs.

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2019 Honda Insight video preview from Detroit auto show

Green Car Reports

Pickup trucks took the limelight this year, but a significant green car made a quiet debut. The 2019 Honda Insight is a compact premium sedan projected to get an EPA combined rating of 50 mpg or better. The new Insight is Honda's third try at a dedicated hybrid, each of.