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The Kia Concept EV5 Debuts To Preview Future SUV

This design teases the look of Kia’s next EV.

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Funding crunch puts Oregon EV rebates on hold

Electric Avenue charging stations in Portland, Oregon [photo: Portland General Electric]Unprecedented EV sales and a lack of funding to keep pace with them have put Oregon EV and plug-in hybrid rebates on hold. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently announced that it is temporarily suspending the state’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program due to projections showing that it will be oversubscribed by late spring. April…

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Tesla Model 3 Wrecked: Crazy Crash Footage Caught On Two TeslaCams

An incident with a van leaves one Model 3 wrecked and the other barely escaping. The TeslaCam technology proves who was at fault.

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Study: Workplace EV charging could cut need for more power plants

Tesla chargingThorough planning of EV charging station placement, specifically with a greater emphasis on workplace charging, could cut the need for more power plants, according to a new MIT study. Published in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science, the study uses data from New York City and Dallas to counter the narrative that an influx of electric cars…

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Tesla Supercharger Station Lego Set Needs Your Support

It could actually become an official Lego set with enough votes.

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Stuck In A Snowstorm? Which Electric Truck Would You Be Safer In?

In the unlikely event you find yourself in this precarious position, would you be better off in a Ford F-150 Lightning or a Rivian R1T?

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Lexus RZ review, Kia EV9 debut, affordable VW EV, peak oil timeline: The Week in Reverse

2024 Kia EV9Which big electric truck can give other EVs 20 miles or more of range per hour? Why are EVs a traffic-safety threat, according to one of the major U.S. safety agencies? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 17, 2023. In a first drive of the 2023 Lexus RZ 450e, we found…

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7-Eleven EV charging, BMW EV interface, peak ICE and peak oil: Today’s Car News

7-Eleven DC fast-charging stationBMW confirms a futuristic EV interface that puts the windshield to use. Peak ICE vehicle sales is already in the past and peak oil is just a few years ahead. And how will 7-Eleven’s charging network take form? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The convenience-store chain 7-Eleven has an ambitious EV charging network plan, the company…

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Combustion-vehicle sales peaked in 2017, peak oil due in 2027

Nissan Leaf confuses gas station staffThe global market for internal-combustion vehicles peaked in 2017 and is now in “structural decline,” Bloomberg New Energy Finance declared in a recent report. Combustion-vehicle sales in 2022 were down almost 20% from the 2017 peak, according to BNEF. In 2017, 86 million internal combustion passenger vehicles were sold globally—including…

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BMW Neue Klasse EVs will debut with panoramic head-up display

BMW Panoramic Vision head-up displayThe BMW Neue Klasse family of EVs debuting in 2025 will feature a panoramic head-up display. BMW showed the display, dubbed Panoramic Vision, Wednesday during its annual business conference. In what the company claims is an industry first, the display will span the windshield and show information to both the driver and front passenger, unlike…