For automakers who are under intense regulatory and social pressure to reduce their carbon output, sustainability is about more than just emissions. Most car companies are looking for ways to reduce pollution in every area from manufacturing to materials choices and beyond. And now Volvo-adjacent electric performance brand Polestar says its new Polestar 4 crossover coupe…

Subaru signs on for the Tesla charge port. Polestar suggests it can be greener with an SUV. And don’t listen to the doom talk; EV sales continue to rise. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  In 2025, Subaru will start adopting the Tesla NACS charge port for its American-market electric vehicles. Further, Subaru…

In October, the overall wholesale vehicle shipments (local retail sales and exports) of Tesla Made-in-China (MIC) cars showed another warning sign. According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA)'s initial data, the overall volume of Tesla MIC Model 3/Model Y cars last month amounted to 72,115 units, which is barely 0.6 percent more than…

Polestar claims its upcoming Polestar 4 SUV coupe will have the lowest carbon footprint of any of its models to date. Cars tend to be more efficient than SUVs, and smaller vehicles use less material, helping to contribute to a lower carbon footprint. But Polestar says the 4, which is set to arrive in the…

Even with new-car interest rates rising, Subaru of America simply cannot be stopped. The automaker reported 53,772 vehicle sales in October, which was up 10.7 percent year-over-year and marked 15 consecutive months of year-over-year growth. And especially interesting is the fact that sales of the electric Subaru Solterra are growing too.  The company reported that in October,…

In October, NIO global electric car deliveries increased by almost 60 percent year-over-year to 16,074, which is a small improvement over September (15,641). However, the numbers still appear too low to make the business profitable, as NIO's losses are estimated at around $35,000 per car. A real sales breakthrough would be needed for NIO…

Japanese carmaker Subaru, which currently makes just one battery electric vehicle (BEV), the Solterra, will adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector from 2025, the company said in a statement today. Cars that came from the factory with the CCS inlet – that’s the Solterra – will get access to the 15,000+ Tesla…

Tesla has won the first Autopilot trial in the U.S., a major victory for the automaker that faces several other lawsuits and federal investigations related to its advanced driver-assistance system. The civil lawsuit filed in Riverside County Superior Court alleged Tesla's ADAS caused a Model 3 to suddenly veer off a highway east of…

I ride a lot of electric kick scooters here in New York City, and no one has ever smiled fondly at me as I zip around town. I get the occasional, “How fast does it go?” when I’m on the burlier scooters, but that’s it. Riding Honda’s new Motocompacto, however, was a heck of…

New light vehicle registrations in California during the first nine months of 2023 amounted to 1,354,302, which is 14.3 percent more than a year ago. The market continues its slight rebound from a relatively weak 2022. According to the California New Car Dealers Association's (CNCDA) data and estimates, the growth of plug-in electric car sales…