Familiar says Revel is less concerned about the material effects of the Tesla layoff than the “cultural impact, tacking onto pessimism around EVs recently.” New York City officials seem confident someone will fill in the Tesla-sized charging gap. City programs ensure “that any provider doing business in NYC has a reliable, growing customer base, and…

Out of all the dubious self-driving tech startups and software, Waymo’s pulled ahead of the pack as one of the few that work. If you’ve been to San Fransisco, you’d probably recognize the slow-selling Jaguar I-Pace models decked out in cyberpunk-esque growths on the body that run the Lidar and Radar units that let Waymo’s…

In the last days of April, Honda officially started customer deliveries of the all-electric Honda Prologue model in the U.S. In total, the company sold 93 units last month. Compared to Honda's 106,042 vehicle sales during the month (up 3.2% year-over-year), that's just 0.1%, but let's wait for the first whole month's result. It should…

Toyota has big hopes for hydrogen, and it’s backing that up with a braintrust. The automaker announced Wednesday that it’s giving its research and development office in Gardena, California, a new name and focus. Set to be called Toyota’s North American Hydrogen Headquarters, the facility will, from here on, lead efforts on this continent “to…

Amid wider fears that Tesla is pivoting away from actually making cars to focus on artificial intelligence and autonomous driving, a new report indicates it may also be dropping a groundbreaking manufacturing technique that was once meant to create its next-generation electric vehicles.  According to a report from Reuters today, Tesla has canceled plans to…

Is that a minivan? Is that a wagon? Is that an SUV?  The answer to these questions in order is no, kind of, and yes. The Lucid Gravity is the startup automaker’s upcoming crossover SUV, but in many ways it redefines the genre in terms of packaging, design, and how it drives. Here’s…

Is constantly taking your electric car to a DC fast-charging station harmful to its battery pack? The short answer here is "no," but we have to explain some things first. How DC Fast Charging Works Public "Level 3" DC fast-charging stations can bring an EV's battery up to 80 percent of its…

Stagnant Tesla sales flatten EV growth in California. Toyota sets up shop for all things hydrogen. And a drive of the Lucid Gravity tells us that it’s built on a layer of Air but adds much more. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  A brief Lucid Gravity prototype test drive was enough to…

Kia America reported 65,754 vehicle sales in the United States in April, down 3.6% year-over-year. After four months of 2024, the total result is 245,375 (down 2.8%). Simultaneously, the South Korean manufacturer more than doubled its all-electric car sales last month, reaching a record volume and share. Kia is quickly…

It's a complicated time for the nation's largest EV market. California EV sales increased in the first quarter of 2024, but market share still fell, according to a new quarterly report from the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). The absolute number of EVs sold in California grew from 89,741 in the fourth quarter of…