Category: General

With production of its Endurance electric pickup truck stalled by a recall, Lordstown Motors appears to be moving on to a next-generation vehicle platform developed in close collaboration with Foxconn. The next platform is “becoming a greater portion of our company’s focus,” Lordstown’s fourth-quarter 2022 financial results presentation said…

VW’s Scout electric SUV brand comes out and teases its first model, due in 2026. SUVs are fueling global oil demand, and electric SUVs aren’t solving it. Mercedes readies its eSprinter for more range and a wide range of uses. And Tesla cuts prices again. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla has once again cut prices on the…

Over the weekend, Tesla again cut prices on its Model S sedan and Model X SUV. The company already lopped $10,000 off the price of the Model S in January, as part of sweeping price cuts across the entire lineup; now it’s cut another $5,000. With this, an even greater cut applies to Model X prices; they’re now $10,000 lower than they were…

Mercedes-Benz recently revealed its new generation of eSprinter electric vans. It’s made efficiency and flexibility among the core focus points so that it can position the lineup for far more than last-mile deliveries, and a future in which vans—and vanlife—with gas and diesel engines will be on the retirement path. The company…

A strong SUV market is leading to higher oil demand today, and may make future carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions targets harder to achieve, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). New IEA analysis found that global CO2 emissions from SUVs reached nearly 1.1 billion tons in 2022, overshadowing increased sales from electric cars. SUVs are…

Volkswagen’s new Scout Motors EV division on Friday confirmed that its first model will be a $40,000 electric SUV to be built at a new $2 billion factory near Columbia, South Carolina. Scout, which plans to build rugged EVs inspired by the classic International Harvester Scout SUV produced from 1960 to 1980, said in a press release that the…

How many “select” Tesla Supercharger stations are open to other brands’ EVs? Which new EV maker delivered its first U.S.-market vehicles this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 3, 2023. Tesla’s Investor Day was certainly the most eagerly…

Ford has said it will restart F-150 Lightning production. The Kia EV9 will make its debut this month. EV owners are driving farther per day. 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. Tesla suggested in its Investor Day presentation that…

The average length of trips done in electric vehicles has been going up, and it may equal internal-combustion vehicle trip lengths within the next 18 months, according to new analysis. It’s an indication more buyers might be directly replacing gasoline models with EVs, and that range anxiety may be waning. These conclusions come from UK-based data…

Kia has released teaser images of its EV9 flagship electric SUV, which is scheduled to debut in production-ready form March 15. Those images hint at styling that’s broadly similar to the EV9 concept that debuted at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show, preserving the concept’s boxy profile, vertical headlights, and even the angled side glass, which…