Volkswagen Passenger Cars reports that its global car sales improved during the first quarter of 2023 by 0.9 percent year-over-year to 1.02 million units. That's a very slight increase and a result far lower than a few years ago (over 1.45 million in Q1 2019), which shows us the gap to pre-lockdown times. Meanwhile,…

California might require bidirectional charging. Utah takes from the EV drivers and gives to the gas guzzlers. And when will new vehicles with tailpipes become tone-deaf? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  A cumulative 1.5 million plug-in vehicles have been sold in California, the state reported last week. It’s hit that target about…

Audi reports that its global car sales during the first quarter of 2023 increased by 7.9 percent year-over-year to 415,700, although they remain significantly lower than in Q1 2021 (462,800). In the case of all-electric car sales, Audi noted a noticeable improvement of 42.8 percent year-over-year to roughly 34,600 units. That's the best Q1…

What kind of fuel is being tested by Toyota in plug-in hybrids? Which Jaguar and Land Rover EVs are in the works? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 22, 2023. In a review, we found the 2024 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450e plug-in…

Chinese EV giant NIO plans on building on its initial Europe success with a new lineup of affordable compact cars. However, given NIO's premium status they will be sold under a different brand name. A budget friendly sub-brand, codenamed Firefly, is currently in development and will be launched in 2024. The Firefly brand's first…

MG is returning to its roots with an electric sports car, but it's not coming to the U.S. Unveiled at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show, the MG Cyberster is a small two-seat convertible similar to the sports cars that popularized the British marque during its glory days from the 1940s up to the 1960s. The…

The Tesla Energy business, after a period of consistent growth, has significantly accelerated and entered into a phase of very rapid expansion. Things on the solar side are also positive, but this branch is relatively small. According to the company, in Q1, Tesla Energy generation and storage revenues increased by 148 percent year-over-year to…

It’s Earth Day. And in what’s become a Green Car Reports’ Earth Day tradition, it’s time to revisit a litmus test for how much the vehicle market has changed. The question: “When will buying vehicles with tailpipes be seen as morally wrong?” Or, to paraphrase and clarify: When will driving around your neighborhood, emitting…

Tesla's ever-changing prices have puzzled analysts and investors alike in recent months, with many wondering how deep are the company's profit margins. While that's something only Tesla insiders know, it appears that the EV maker wouldn't mind going further than just reducing margins via price cuts. On the company's Q1 2023 earnings call on…

GM on Friday released range estimations for its 2023 GMC Hummer EV Pickup and 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV, including for both body styles of the loaded 3X trim.  The company is now suggesting that one of the models of its so-called supertruck might go 355 miles on a charge. If anything, that's a testament…