Mary Barra announcing plans for an electric future Photo: General Motors General Motors announced yesterday that it intends to be carbon neutral by 2040. The automaker has created science-based objectives in order to reach neutrality in both its operations and global products. Check Out Chevrolet’s Electric Vehicle: The 2020 Bolt EV General Motors intends to…
Oil production certainly shows no signs of slowing down Image: Paul Lowry With all the talk of electric vehicles across the automotive industry, it may be easy to assume that oil use and production would be down. However, the exact opposite appears to be true. The International Energy Agency recently revealed that the global supply…
The BMW i3 Photo: The News Wheel Leading premium carmaker BMW is strongly holding onto the luxury crown by unveiling its plans to launch an extensive lineup of futuristic concept cars and electric vehicles, as well as a trendsetting makeover of its existing sport utility vehicles. At its NEXTGen event held in Munich on June 25, the…
©GM When writing about electric vehicles, I get to hear about this or that new battery technology that is certain to revolutionize battery vehicles a lot. These all have a few similarities: they promise radical improvement, a brighter future, and that it will be coming…eventually. In the next couple decades, certainly. What I don’t hear…
In support of consistent nationwide vehicle emissions standards, GM recently backed out of a high-profile Trump lawsuit against California in favor of an expected Biden plan.… Even as electric vehicles gain more and more traction, plug-in skeptics (hello,… Writing about green cars lately has made me feel like Grampa Simpson… Recently there has been much…
The all-new Mustang Mach-E set a strong pace for Ford at Talladega on Sunday Photo: Ford The Mustang Mach-E made its NASCAR debut this weekend at the Geico 500 from Talladega Superspeedway. Serving as the pace car for the race on Sunday, the all-new Mustang Mach-E became the second Ford electric vehicle to set the…
BMW’s mission to expand its electric lineup is certainly no secret. The automaker seems to be right on track for this goal, delivering more than 100,000 electric vehicles during 2017. By 2021, BMW plans to introduce the i4 and iNext EVs to its lineup. Yet, the introduction of these two EVs leaves the future of the…
It seems that every few months, there’s a fresh rumor about BMW… When BMW first launched the i Division brand, it was comprised of… Are you irritated yet? If you’re not, then you haven’t been keeping… Remember last month in March when AutoNews Europe interviewed BMW Group research… Having successfully conquered the electric vehicle (EV)…
Dealerships still have margin to extract more dollars out of customers faced with limited availability of the cars they want… The 2022 Mirai is a rear-wheel drive fuel-cell electric vehicle with an EPA-estimated, zero-emission range of 402 miles… At first glance, its 23-horsepower increase might not seem like a lot, but the engine has been…
Photo:Nissan The 500-mile trek between Boston and Washington D.C. will be a little less stressful this fall for drivers of electric vehicles (EVs). Nine electric-vehicle DC-fast-charge stations featuring 50 total chargers that have two fast-charge plugs each will be peppered along Interstate 95 (I-95) as a result of the “I-95 Fast-Charge ARC” plan devised by…
As President Trump takes office with a decidedly anti-emissions-regulation and anti-environmental-regulation mission, one report from the influential California Air Resources Board has decided that not only are advances in electric vehicle technology coming faster than expected, but that they are advancing so quickly that California should raise its already-high zero-emissions-vehicle sales requirements to greater heights….
2018 Nissan LEAF This year marks the second time the Nissan LEAF has earned world-wide recognition. In 2011, the all-electric vehicle (EV), the first 100% EV to do so, was named the “World Green Car of the Year” by the World Car Awards. Now, in 2018, the all-new LEAF is repeating its world domination as…
Toyota is looking to accelerate the pace of its electric vehicle development after having somewhat lagged behind the industry. While competitors began to ramp up EV development, Toyota continued to optimize hybrid technology and investing in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Though that’s not going to stop any time soon, the Japanese automaker now says it…
Photo: RightBrainPhotography via CC How much would you be willing to pay for an electric vehicle? For example, the 2020 Chevy Bolt EV — one of the best on the market — starts at $42,505. Now, how much would you fork over if the whole interior was removed, there was no motor, wheels, frame, hood,…
One of the biggest problems bemoaned by electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle… The 2017 Fiat 500e is an electric vehicle (EV) that is exclusive… Science fiction fans had to love the new Fiat 500e that was… Whether Midwesterners, Southerners, and those along the East Coast would embrace the… Chrysler Group has partnered with NextEnergy of…
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