Latest News from Greencar Reports
Green Car Reports Latest news, reviews, and more from around the Green Car Reports
- Tesla Cybertruck details, Powershare V2X toolset, Geely and Nio battery swapping: Today’s Car Newsby news@greencarreports.com (Bengt Halvorson) on December 1, 2023 at 4:55 pm
The Cybertruck is out, and it’s amazing—but it doesn’t quite measure up to expectations in some key specs. But it marks the debut of a new Powershare feature set that harnesses bidirectional charging. And in other news, Nio is partnering up with the parent of Volvo and Polestar for battery […]
- Volvo and Polestar parent signs up for EV battery swapping with Nioby news@greencarreports.com (Stephen Edelstein) on December 1, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Chinese automaker Geely—parent company of Volvo, Polestar, and Lotus—has signed an agreement with Nio to use the latter’s battery-swapping tech in the Chinese market. Under the agreement, the two companies “co-develop two battery swapping standards for private cars and commercial vehicles,” […]
- Powershare in Tesla Cybertruck can power home, charge other EVsby news@greencarreports.com (Bengt Halvorson) on December 1, 2023 at 1:00 pm
With the rollout of the production 2025 Cybertruck on Thursday, Tesla included a couple of battery-related surprises—including a long-awaited turnaround on the ability to use its EVs for home-energy backup in power outages. While one of those battery surprises involved a separate range-extender, […]
- Tesla Cybertruck can’t go 500 miles even with extra batteryby news@greencarreports.com (Bengt Halvorson) on November 30, 2023 at 10:41 pm
In an event Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk presented a production version of the Tesla Cybertruck. It looks much like the stainless-steel genre-bender Tesla premiered in 2021, but the electric truck doesn’t come anywhere close to the $39,900 starting price or range of up to 500 miles that had been […]
- Volvo EX90 pricing, EV reliability skids, Hyundai in-wheel alternative: Today’s Car Newsby news@greencarreports.com (Bengt Halvorson) on November 30, 2023 at 5:20 pm
The Volvo EX90 gets U.S. pricing. Plug-in hybrid reliability is the pits, finds Consumer Reports. And Hyundai and Kia bypass some of the hurdles of in-wheel motors with their own solution. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hyundai and Kia have shown an alternative to in-wheel motors that […]
- US-made 2025 Volvo EX90 priced under $80,000 tax-credit capby news@greencarreports.com (Bengt Halvorson) on November 30, 2023 at 4:55 pm
Volvo has announced pricing and opened pre-orders for the 2025 EX90 electric SUV. U.S. versions of the EX90 will start at $77,990 in its seven-passenger layout, while the six-passenger layout with captain’s chairs will start at $78,490 (all prices include the $1,295 destination fee). That means […]
- Hyundai and Kia move EV motors closer to the wheels but not in themby news@greencarreports.com (Stephen Edelstein) on November 30, 2023 at 2:30 pm
Hyundai and Kia on Wednesday unveiled a new EV motor design that splits the difference between conventional motors and in-wheel motors. Dubbed the Universal Wheel Drive System—or Uni Wheel for short—this design moves motors closer to the wheels but not into them. That’s made possible by a […]
- Reliability survey: Vehicles that plug in are more trouble-proneby news@greencarreports.com (Stephen Edelstein) on November 30, 2023 at 1:00 pm
The reliability of electric cars and plug-in hybrids is improving, but they still remain more trouble-prone than cars without plugs, according to a new Consumer Reports survey. On average, EVs had 70% more problems than internal-combustion vehicles, the survey found. Electric cars, electric SUVs, […]
- EV battery price drop, electric truck interest, Lotus fast chargers: Today’s Car Newsby news@greencarreports.com (Bengt Halvorson) on November 29, 2023 at 4:59 pm
Americans truck owners are a little less interested in electric trucks than last year. EV battery prices are falling. And Lotus rolls out some of the fastest chargers, to very few EVs that can handle it. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The performance brand Lotus is known for its fast […]
- Survey: Electric truck interest wanes—but not for the Toyota Tacoma EVby news@greencarreports.com (Bengt Halvorson) on November 29, 2023 at 4:49 pm
After years of anticipation, 2024 is shaping up to be the year that automakers will start to deliver electric pickups—even the Tesla Cybertruck, perhaps—in greater volume. But even as overheated EV transaction prices calm and inventories offer the possibility of more test drives, Americans are […]