Last week the Trump administration unveiled a broad drawdown of fuel-economy regulations that had been aimed at cutting emissions from passenger vehicles. In the 978-page proposal, administration officials argued those rules implemented by the Obama ad…
Author: Aaron Cole
Report: SEC investigating Musk tweet about taking Tesla private
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that federal financial regulators may be investigating a series of tweets sent by Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggesting that the automaker was considering a large-scale stock buyback to take the company private. SEC …
Analysis: Did Tesla’s earnings call and stock surge save Musk and skip skeptics?
Investors Wednesday heard enough good news from Tesla to ignore worries about the company’s appetite for cash and hurried production pace to rally the stock to its biggest one-day gain in roughly 5 years. By Friday morning the stock had surged above $3…
Study: Jump in electric vehicles may not stress California’s power grid
Electric-car critics have said that more EVs on the road could stress already overburdened electric power grids past the breaking point. Now, a study released this week by a California nonprofit suggests that may not be true. San Francisco-based think …
States join to halt EPA’s reversal on “glider” semi trucks
Sixteen states joined an effort this week to petition courts to review a rollback of an Obama-era regulation that capped the number of “glider” trucks, Transport Topics reported. Glider trucks are new bodies fitted with older diesel engines that predat…
Volvo’s electrification push expanding to every corner of the market
When it launches its 2019 Volvo S60 T8 Polestar Engineered next year, the Swedish automaker will nearly complete a startling turn toward electrification in less than a decade that began with a small-volume wagon in 2011 and will soon incorporate a full…
2019 Honda Insight first drive mpg review: 55 mpg from hybrid sedan
Last week, we drove the new 2019 Honda Insight sedan and found Honda’s newest compact hybrid roomy and comfortable. During our drive around Minneapolis, its exurbs, and into Wisconsin, we wanted to put to the test Honda’s claims that its 1.5-liter inli…
2019 Honda Insight video review
You could be forgiven for not remembering the two Honda vehicles that have worn an Insight badge before. The first was a quirky hatchback two-seater that struggled for acceptance with mainstream buyers. The second was a Prius-like Prius fighter, egg sh…
Big bets on Byton, Ford’s “exploring” hybrids with its popular SUV, and Hyundai Ioniq is back; The Week in Revers
What’s next for the 2019 Hyundai Ioniq? What’s next for Ford’s Explorer? And what’s coming from electric-car startup Byton? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 17, 2018. The …
Software fix for 2016-17 Nissan Leafs may improve battery range
In March we told you about a study of a small group of 2016 and 2017 Nissan Leaf models equipped with the larger, 30-kwh battery pack that had abnormal battery degradation. That study concluded that nearly four out of five of the larger battery packs e…
