Earlier this year, Volkswagen announced that the upcoming 2024 Volkswagen ID.4 with an 82-kilowatt-hour battery will have more power and more driving range. The main change is the new rear drive unit rated at 210 kilowatts, which replaces the previously used 150-kW one. It has more power and is also more efficient, which increases…

Wireless EV charging may be easier with some new tech details. Owners of the plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler are being told not to plug in. And did all the other U.S. brands committing to the Tesla standard for EV fast-charging influence Tesla's new congestion fee? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  Fewer EV…

Tesla has pulled another so-called demand lever in the form of a new Supercharging offer, in the hopes that it will boost deliveries by the end of this year. People who order a new Model 3 or Model Y and take delivery by Dec. 31, 2023, are eligible for six months of free Supercharging,…

SAE International finalized methodology this past week for an important hardware component of EV wireless charging systems. The organization announced a single wireless charging standard—officially J2954—in 2020. As part of the finalization process of that standard, the organization has settled on a methodology for hardware that aligns charging receivers located on vehicles with transmitters located…

Which legendary sports car brand might be making in-wheel motors? Which automaker cut a hybrid from its consumer lineup to make more police-duty hybrids? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 25, 2023. In a 2024 Audi SQ8 E-Tron review, we found…

Extending the useful life of EV batteries mitigates the impact of manufacturing them, said Maria Chavez, energy analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists. “The whole point of trying to deploy electric vehicles is to reduce emissions and reduce the negative impacts of things like manufacturing and extractive processes on our environment and our communities,”…

The Kia EV6 is one of the most popular electric car models in the U.S. For the 2024 model year, the EV6 has eight versions. In today's post, we will take a closer look at the current offer. The South Korean manufacturer has maintained the 2023 model year prices, while adding a more affordable…

Covering just over 100,000 miles in two years is a lot for any car, but that’s what happens sometimes with work vehicles. They need to be reliable and cost-efficient, otherwise, they don’t make financial sense. Especially when the work vehicle is used to fix other cars on the road. A pickup truck probably comes…

The first-generation Tesla Roadster put the American EV maker on the map as an innovative, forward-thinking company.  When it debuted in 2006 and deliveries started two years later, the original Roadster was an expensive but compelling proposition in a world where battery-powered cars were seen as rolling experiments. As a first-generation product, though,…

The topic of Tesla's potential investment in India returns like a boomerang every couple of months. It's clear that Tesla would like to enter India but there are business obstacles that first must be removed to make the investment viable. On the other hand, India's government tries to protect its market from highly competitive foreign…