GM EVs at Hertz, Sorento Hybrid price hike, taxing the wealthy for EV infrastructure: The Week in Reverse
Why did Tesla issue a safety recall for more than a million vehicles this week? What is Volvo calling the fully electric counterpoint to its XC90 SUV? This is our look back at the Week In...
Genesis GV60 Wins Drag Races Against Three Electric SUVs And A Corvette C7
Being the last of the three Hyundai group electric crossovers to arrive on the market, after the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6, the Genesis GV60 already has some catching up to do, but it doesn’t look...
GM backs standards “eliminating tailpipe pollution” from passenger vehicles by 2035
General Motors and the Environmental Defense Fund earlier this week announced jointly-developed recommendations aimed at making all new passenger vehicles electric by the middle of the next decade....
Watch Ford F-150 Lightning Electric Truck Race Lambo Huracan
It has been quite some time since we posted a video by young car collectors and YouTube influencers JR Garage. However, it would have been crazy to pass up a video of the new Ford F-150 Lightning...
Faraday Future confirms 381-mile EPA range for FF 91, arrival still uncertain
Faraday Future has confirmed an official EPA range of 381 miles for at least one version of its FF 91 electric SUV, although production timing is still uncertain. The 381-mile rating applies to the...
Volvo EX90, Tesla power-window pinch, California EV infrastructure tax: Today’s Car News
Volvo announces the EX90 electric SUV. Tesla recalls more than a million vehicles. And should we tax the rich to pay for EV infrastructure? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. ...
Which Electric Truck Is Quickest Ever? F-150 Lightning, Rivian, Hummer
We’ve been waiting for years and years wondering when electric pickup trucks would finally come to market, and now they’ve arrived. Interestingly, all three electric trucks that are...
Tesla recalls over 1M vehicles for power-window pinch—with an easy fix
On Monday, Tesla issued a recall for more than a million vehicles, including recent versions of the Model 3, Model Y, Model S, and Model X, due to an issue with the vehicles’ automatic...
Should a tax on the rich help build EV infrastructure?
Californians will vote later this year on whether to tax the wealthy to fund EV incentives and charging infrastructure. Proposition 30 would increase taxes on California residents who make over $2...
Volvo EX90 electric SUV will debut November 9, claimed to be safest model yet
Volvo’s flagship electric SUV will debut November 9 and will be dubbed EX90, CEO Jim Rowan confirmed Wednesday in a media presentation. Doubling down on its reputation for safety, Volvo also...
Drunk Man Issued Fine For Punching Tesla, $6,600 Damage
A man in Australia punched a Tesla multiple times, though he says he doesn’t remember any of it. The incident happened after the 44-year-old man, Benjamin John Nannup, had just been in a...
Renault R5 Turbo 3E Is A 375-HP Electric Show Car Made For Drifting
Renault continues to pay tribute to the classic 5’s 50th anniversary with a new show car called R5 Turbo 3E. Following the Renault 5 Prototype and 5 Diamant, this exuberant new...
GM-Hertz EV plan, Sono solar on semis, Fisker and Wallbox: Today’s Car News
Fisker chose Wallbox for home charging. Sono is applying its solar tech beyond its Euro-market Sion EV. And GM and Hertz are teaming up for more electric vehicles in the rental fleet. This and more,...
Hertz plans to buy up to 175,000 GM EVs through 2027
Hertz and General Motors announced Monday that the rental-car giant plans to order up to 175,000 electric vehicles from GM over five years. Deliveries of the EVs are expected to start in the...
Fisker partners with Wallbox for home-charging ecosystem
Fisker on Tuesday announced Wallbox as its official partner for home charging equipment. The two companies will start by offering Fisker Ocean electric SUV owners Wallbox home chargers for purchase...
Sono shows how solar could save money installed on electric semis and buses
German startup Sono Motors plans to launch the Sion solar-assisted electric car, but it’s also looking at commercial-vehicle applications for its solar tech. Sono demonstrated several such...
Report: Chevy not planning dealer buyouts over EVs as GM offered for Buick, Cadillac
Chevrolet won’t follow sibling General Motors brands Buick and Cadillac in offering buyouts to dealerships that don’t want to sell electric vehicles, a GM executive said in a recent...
VW shows upfit potential of ID.Buzz with electric paramedics’ van
Volkswagen unveiled an ID.Buzz paramedics’ van at the 2022 IAA Transportation commercial vehicle show in Hannover, Germany, showing the upfit potential of the new electric van for government...
EV travel trailer, range-boosting sensors, California EV mainstream: Today’s Car News
About half of Californians are thinking of an EV as their next vehicle. A range-boosting camping trailer advances toward production, loaded with batteries. And could better sensors help get more...
Teardrop camping trailer boosts EV driving range—with lots of batteries on board
Colorado Teardrops announced earlier this month that it has completed the prototype version of “the world’s first camper trailer designed to extend the towing range of electric vehicles.” What might...