The Lucid Air is assembled at two factories around the world–the main one is in Casa Grande, Arizona, and the second one is in Saudi Arabia, in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), some 80 miles north of Jeddah. But while we haven’t seen any police department in the United States interested in converting an…

Roughly two and half years after California-based electric vehicle start-up Rivian launched its first models—the R1T pickup truck and the R1S SUV—the brand now appears to be poised to unveil its next big EV on March 7, 2024. It’s been a long time coming. We already know that the upcoming model will wear some…

Nearly 25% of Tesla Cybertruck buyers are opting for the range-extending battery pack that takes up bed space, reduces payload, and costs an estimated $16,000. That's according to crowd-sourced data found over at the Cybertruck Owner's Club. We need to note that although this data has been found to be quite accurate, it only…

As I was threading the 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter along the LA region’s ever-congested Interstate 405, among its dozen or more lanes in our direction, passing lots of commercial vans with tailpipes, the thought occurred to me:  These could nearly all be electric. And they soon will be. Large vans have always been a sort of…

When Ford announced last spring that EV customers would soon have access to Tesla Superchargers, it kicked off what would become 2023's hottest EV trend. Just about everyone opted into the Supercharger network, with promises of adapters ahead of full-scale integration. A full picture of how it'll work, though, hasn't come into focus. We know…

Aptera claims to have raised enough money in a recent crowdfunding campaign to start production of its solar-assisted three-wheeled EV, but the company is still far from assured of success. The company on Friday announced the completion of its Accelerator Program, which allowed those investors contributing $10,000 or more to secure one of the first…

Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB) headlight systems are one of the coolest features found on modern cars. And, no, I'm not talking about simply flicking the high beams on and off when your vehicle detects an oncoming car. These adaptive headlights can change the trajectory of your headlight's beam to avoid blinding oncoming drivers—well, if you're…

Aptera says it has enough money to push ahead with production. Mercedes’ eSprinter previews passenger vans and more. Tesla tops the sales charts in California by a long shot. And is 90 minutes enough to school dealerships on EVs? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  In a first drive of the 2024 Mercedes-Benz…

Plug-in electric car sales growth in China reached another monthly record in December (the fifth one in a row), pushing the annual result to a spectacular level. According to EV Volumes' data, shared by researcher Jose Pontes, 980,737 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China in December, 46% more than a year…

The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has launched a certification program it claims can turn car salespeople into EV experts in just 90 minutes. Called ElectrifIQ, the program aims to prepare dealers to address common consumer questions, relating to things like charging times and costs, total cost of ownership, and available incentives, according to an…