The whole plan, it must be said, had the best of intentions. American rental car giant Hertz saw the way the car market was going and decided to invest in building the largest electric vehicle rental fleet in North America back in 2021. That meant hundreds of thousands of EVs from Tesla, General Motors,…

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited, better known as CATL, one-upped its battery-making competitors with the reveal of the Shenxing Plus lithium iron phosphate (LFP) unit. Showcased during this year’s Beijing Auto Show, CATL’s new LFP battery system is capable of providing up to 370 miles of driving range after a 10-minute top-up, while…

Here we discuss some of the pros of the Volvo EX30, which is the brand's newest compact crossover electric car.  Every car has its upsides and downsides and the EX30 is no exception to this rule. But what's to like about the EX30? Well, for starters, this reviewer (Kris Rifa) says that the Thor…

Which automaker priced its hardware set allowing its EVs to back up the home? Which EV brand has the lowest ownership costs of any automotive brand? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 26, 2024. The Tesla Model Y undercuts the Model…

Environmental groups and industry experts have hurled vitriol at Toyota, the world’s largest carmaker by sales volumes, for loitering around with its EV plans. The bitter criticism was largely justified. Toyota offers just two EVs here in the U.S. and its unyielding resistance and lobbying against the EPA’s proposed emissions goals has grabbed headlines for…

The Hyundai Kona is the omnipresent specter haunting high school parking lots and traversing college campus roads. There's no wonder why it's a choice car for young drivers: it's a compact crossover with an affordable price tag and a solid warranty. The internal combustion Kona is quite popular, but many likely don't realize that the electric…

Even when you call your Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) Autopilot, and even though you clearly list what it can and cannot do, it still needs close human monitoring—and to ensure drivers are actually doing that. This is the conclusion drawn by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) after concluding its investigation into…

Toyota announced on Thursday that it plans to build a new three-row battery-electric SUV in Princeton, Indiana, with a corresponding $1.4 billion investment in the plant.  The company emphasizes that this announcement comes in addition to the recent $1.3 billion investment in the automaker’s Kentucky plant, to build a separate three-row battery-electric SUV, starting in…

The Tesla Model S is a true high-mileage EV hero, and we’ve seen countless examples going strong even after driving hundreds of thousands of miles. However, most of these high-mileage Model S sedans go through several battery packs throughout their lives, so seeing one that covered over 400,000 miles before it needed a new battery…

In its quarterly earnings call this week, Ford reported significant losses on EVs—but still promised lower-priced models. As reported by CNN, Ford said its EV unit lost $1.3 billion in the first quarter, or $132,000 for each of the roughly 10,000 EVs sold by the automaker during that period. Sales were down 20% from a…