Teslas aren’t losing much driving range over the long haul. Costco isn’t interested in EV charging yet. And Honda steps up the timeline for its in-house EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  The first mass-market, in-house-developed EV from Honda will arrive in 2025 for North America, executives confirmed Wednesday as part of…

BMW has been developing the eight-generation 5 Series for some time. We will finally see it later this month when the automaker reveals it and the battery-electric i5 on May 24. While we leaped at the opportunity to test drive a 2024 BMW i5 prototype, we still don’t know much about it or its…

The timeline has been pulled earlier for Honda’s first dedicated electric vehicle engineered in-house for high-volume production. That yet-unnamed mid- to large-sized EV built on “Honda’s original dedicated EV platform” will go on sale in 2025 for North America—stepped up from a targeted 2026—top Honda... Read the full article here

Among the many battery breakthroughs that seem to never come to fruition are arguably promising plans from StoreDot. The company has been touting its extreme fast charging (XFC) battery cells for some time now, they've been validated by third parties, and they're being tested by at least 15 automakers. Now, it appears they'll officially make…

California is farther ahead on the road to electric vehicle adoption than it anticipated a decade ago.  Governor Gavin Newsom last week announced that the state had passed a cumulative 1.5 million cumulative plug-in vehicle sales. That’s two years ahead of a goal set by previous California Governor Jerry Brown, aiming to hit that number…

One of the most exciting cars of the past few years hasn’t had huge turbos, neck-straining acceleration figures, or a cabin strewn with simulated stars. It’s a small French hatchback that harks back to a car from the 1970s. Renault’s upcoming 5 EV was first conceptualized in 2021, and the company’s CEO, Luca de…

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…