After months of talks about a medium- to long-term supply partnership related to automotive batteries, Subaru and Panasonic Energy have signed what they call "a basic cooperative agreement." The deal covers the supply of cylindrical automotive lithium-ion batteries for Subaru's further all-electric car models. Get Fully Charged Subaru EV sales…

The Biden administration eases the path ahead for automakers to go electric. Toyota hints of more advanced route planners for plug-in hybrids in the future. And we find the Lexus RX PHEV compelling on some numbers but not others. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  The Lexus RX finally has a plug-in hybrid…

A low-slung Ferrari draped in the Rosso Corsa (racing red) paint pumping thunderous noises through its exhaust pipes is the definition of wet automotive dreams for many car enthusiasts. But how Ferrari’s future cars will retain some of their famed aural thrills in the electric future remains a mystery. However, Ferrari’s boss has given…

Among the new features of the Toyota C-HR plug-in hybrid recently launched in Europe is an efficiency-boosting trip planner that could be useful to Toyota's U.S. plug-in hybrid customers. Called Predictive Efficient Drive, this feature analyzes traffic conditions and learns the driver's behavior and regular routes to maximize use of electric mode, according to a…

NIO's entry-level Standard battery pack option will soon get an upgrade with the new 2024 model year cars. According to the company (via CnEVPost), the 75-kilowatt-hour dual-chemistry (LFP/NCM) Standard battery will be replaced by a new 75-kWh battery with only LFP battery cells. This should simplify the pack and reduce costs. LFP's battery cell…

Which automakers are considering a partnership that could span EVs, hybrids, and software? Which automaker said it’s aiming for its future EV batteries to last longer? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 15, 2024. In a review of the 2024 Volvo…

Deliveries of the Tesla Cybertruck are slowly but surely ramping up and people who reserved it years ago are starting to receive delivery dates. But what if you want to skip the line and get your hands on the angular pickup without waiting weeks or months for Tesla to ship the EV? Well, there’s…

The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX has completed another efficiency run, this time in the Arabian desert. The EQXX has managed two previous long trips on a single charge—previously covering 746 miles from Stuttgart, Germany, to the Silverstone racetrack in the U.K. on the second trip. The focus of this third trip, in which the EQXX covered…

Fisker Inc., the California-based electric vehicle startup behind the Ocean battery-powered SUV, has had as hard a road to long-term stability as any EV newcomer. But lately, things have been especially challenging. It recently warned it may run out of money this year, is dogged by looming bankruptcy rumors and was on the receiving end…

Former President Donald Trump has announced that he would apply a tariff of 100% to cars built in Mexico by Chinese companies for U.S.-market sale—effectively double the previous tariffs he had seeked to apply.  In a Saturday campaign speech in Dayton, Ohio, Trump said that over a period of 30 years Mexico has taken away…