Suppose you happen to be the sort of person who worries about Hyundai's profit margins when you can't sleep at night. In that case, the automaker's American CEO doesn't want you to be too concerned about the bottom line when you see aggressive zero-down, $239-a-month lease deals on the electric Ioniq 6 sedan.  "We…

Plug-in hybrids are getting a pass from the EPA for a few years, despite evidence they’re polluting more than billed. China complains to the WTO. And we drive the Genesis GV60, just as Genesis reveals there’s more on the way for this compact luxury EV. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  In a…

Toyota is a hard company to figure out. It's generally accepted to be a latecomer to electric vehicles and EV technology, but it repeatedly assures its customers that it has big plans for battery-powered cars. Then again, it still isn't giving up that ill-fated hydrogen push, it doesn't really seem to want hybrids to go…

China has filed a complaint against the Biden administration's EV incentive policy with the World Trade Organization (WTO), Bloomberg reports. New rules for the federal EV tax credit enacted in 2022 as part of the Inflation Reduction Act are "discriminatory" and "seriously distorted" the global EV supply chain, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday…

Tesla's latest 12.3 version of full self-driving is reportedly improved to a point that it almost seems like a Tesla worker is remotely driving the car, according to this YouTube video. It's not all positive though, so allow us to explain. Previous versions of Tesla's full self-driving were often criticized for being overly cautious,…

Alpha Motor Corporation is a California-based startup that took the car world by storm back in 2020 when it revealed the Ace Coupe, an all-electric, retro-inspired two-door coupe that looked like a real-life toy car. It was adorable, and since then, Alpha Motor went on a reveal streak, showing computer-generated images of a crossover, a…

Last week, the Biden administration made it official: American cars are really going electric. The US Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule, long in the works, that will require automakers selling in the United States to dramatically boost the number of battery-powered vehicles sold this decade, putting a serious dent in the country’s carbon emissions…

BYD became the world's first automaker to roll out its seven millionth plug-in electric vehicle, just about four months after it celebrated the six millionth unit. Sales have been couned since 2008. About half of that number are all-electric vehicles and another half are plug-in hybrid vehicles. Through the end of February 2024, BYD…

When it comes to overall carbon emissions, EVs are cleaner than internal-combustion cars, but how much cleaner can depend on when they're charged, according to a recent Bloomberg New Energy Finance blog post. A grid more reliant on renewable energy will shrink the carbon footprint of EVs charging from it. Emissions associated with charging can…

The Jaguar I-Pace was the British marque’s first mass-produced electric model and one of the first long-range EVs on the market. However, I-Pace owners went through a pretty bumpy ride, starting with rather steep depreciation and then experiencing a massive recall that tried to address the issue of battery packs catching on fire. Last…