Efficiency went further and farther for 2019 model-year vehicles in almost every sense of the two words. Green Car Reports’ top 10 fuel-efficient vehicles all have one thing in common: plugs. But where they go from there is anything but common am…
Author: Aaron Cole
First drive review: VW ID Buggy heads for the hills with MEB sharable electric car platform
Volkswagen’s first step toward fully electric vehicles feels like a cha-cha. VW gave Green Car Reports a small test Thursday in California of its production-ready MEB platform, which will eventually underpin 10 million cars worldwide, riding unde…
Some 2019-2020 Toyota and Lexus hybrids recalled for brake booster issue
Toyota will recall nearly 7,000 vehicles—including many hybrids—for a faulty brake booster that could malfunction and impair those cars’ brakes, the automaker announced last month. The recall affects mostly 2019 model year cars and includes…
Slow-selling Chevrolet Equinox diesel won’t return for 2020
After two years, Chevy’s experiment with a diesel-powered compact crossover is done. Chevrolet spokesman Kevin Kelly confirmed to Green Car Reports that the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox will not be available with a 1.6-liter turbodiesel. “We did discontinue …
EPA, CARB escalate climate change war of words in Capitol Hill showdown
The EPA and California Air Resources Board have moved slowly in the past year, failing to reach a consensus on key issues between the federal department’s proposals to roll back emissions-based fuel economy standards and the state’s decades-old ability…
The godfather of EVs in China has turned his attention to hydrogen cars
It’s no accident that nearly half of the world’s electric cars on the road today are in China. According to the International Energy Agency, of the 1.9 million battery electric vehicles on the road, 951 million are found in China. Wan Gang had a lot to…
Fiat Ducato Electric debuts in Europe, first electric commercial van from brand
In the U.S., pickups reign supreme for most work detail. Abroad? That duty often falls to slab-sided commercial vans like the Fiat Ducato. In the U.S. the Ducato is offered as the Ram ProMaster, but is largely identical. Earlier this month, Fiat Profes…
Porsche CEO: EVs are the future, but they won’t completely replace combustion engines
The Volkswagen Group has made one of the largest investments in electric-car building, infrastructure, and development for any automaker on the planet. In the next decade, Volkswagen and its subsidiaries including Audi, Porsche, and others, plan on bui…
Fiat Chrysler submits offer for Renault merger, could jump-start electric car development
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles proposed a merger Monday with French automaker Renault that would result in one of the world’s largest automakers by volume and create one of the most diverse. The wide-ranging, multi-billion-dollar bid was submitted Monday by…
Tesla raising cash after sluggish start to 2019, and Elon Musk is buying big–Update
UPDATE: On Friday, Tesla increased its offering to 3.1 million shares and said CEO Elon Musk would more than double his original purchase, from $10 million to $25 million. Investors initially welcomed the news, although the stock traded slightly lower …
