GreenPower Motor Company (NASDAQ: GP) has received an order for 41 purpose-built Type D BEAST and Type A Nano BEAST electric school buses totaling $15 million from the state of West Virginia. As part of the deal, GreenPower will begin manufacturing electric school buses in the state. “Since we first announced our intent to manufacture
Month: April 2023
By Simon Alvarez Posted on April 22, 2023 Driverless cars are pretty much inevitable at this point, but in the process of their technologies becoming mainstream, incidents involving law enforcement are bound to occur. One such incident was captured on video, where it generated nearly 14 million views on popular social media platform TikTok. The
The US has more than 450,000 warehouses and distribution centers – that’s 16.4 billion square feet of rooftop space ripe for hosting solar panels. Rooftop solar on US warehouses Environment America and Frontier Group crunched some numbers and shared what they discovered in a study called “Solar on Warehouses.” They report that the rooftops of US
bp pulse and APCOA Parking Group have partnered to open more than 100 EV fast charging hubs across Europe.Under the agreement, bp pulse plans to install ultra-fast charging at APCOA car parks in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and the UK over the next three years to help expand its charging network in
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee
Volkswagen this week revealed the ID.7, an electric hatchback that will serve as the Passat replacement here in the U.S. The ID.7 is due to reach dealerships next year, but before it arrives the long-awaited ID.Buzz will reach these shores. 2025 Polestar 4 Swedish performance EV brand Polestar revealed a new crossover positioned between its
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 model
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 exhaust
Charged hosted a virtual conference on EV engineering this week, and all of the sessions were recorded and are now available to watch on-demand for free! Register for a session here to watch the presentation, download the slides and submit questions to the speakers. Just like the content Charged brings you every day, the conference
Our US correspondent, Ricky Roy recently picked himself up a 7 seat Tesla Model Y for family hauling duties. In this video, he explains why he believes it to be the best, most capable and well-rounded family car – electric or otherwise. 00:00 Tesla still on top 00:47 Third row test 1:28 A familiar face
Box trucks are convenient for when you have to move a large amount of cargo around. But what if only you need to lug around a small amount of cargo, yet don’t want to give up your U-Haul vibes? That’s when you’ll want to call on the world’s smallest box truck, which just happens to
By Joey Klender Posted on April 21, 2023 Tesla Autopilot did not fail to perform safely in the case of a 2019 accident involving a Model S in California, a jury in the state found on Friday. Justine Hsu of Los Angeles sued Tesla in 2020 after an accident that occurred the year prior left
Sodium-ion batteries, which could offer significant cost and raw material procurement advantages over the lithium-ion kind, have been much discussed in the press of late. Chinese battery behemoth CATL unveiled its first-generation sodium-ion battery in July 2021. At the time, analysts predicted that Na-ion cells, which are expected to offer only modest energy density, would
California State Capitol, Photo by Tony Webster California has reached 1.5 million electric vehicle sales two years ahead of its planned 2025 target for the sales milestone, according to the California Energy Commission. With EV demand soaring, California is not the first place to reach its EV sales goals early, and it won’t be the
McLaren Automotive on Friday named Tobias Sühlmann as its new chief design officer. He replaces Rob Melville who left McLaren last year to join Ceer, the new electric vehicle brand of Saudi Arabia. Sühlmann has over two decades of experience in automotive design, most of it earned at the Volkswagen Group. He has previously served
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 April
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
A bill currently making its way through the California legislature would require all new EVs sold in the state to be equipped with bidirectional charging capability by 2027. SB 233, which has passed the Senate Energy Committee and will be heard before the Senate Transportation Committee on April 25, would also establish state goals for
Since it was first unveiled this past January, Winnebago’s all-electric eRV2 prototype has been on my radar as an EV I’d love to experience firsthand, especially since many of my loaners are focused solely on driving, and this electric RV offers so much more. Winnebago gave me the chance to take the eRV2 for a
By Joey Klender Posted on April 20, 2023 Lucid Group has announced the first deliveries of the “Stealth Look” Air sedan, bringing the “Dark Side” to its all-electric sedan. The Lucid Air equipped with the Stealth Look personality brings an optional darker exterior design theme, bringing an “overtly sporting personality” to the car. Unveiled last
A charging hub for heavy-duty vehicles requires a tremendous amount of power, and local utilities can take years to install new electrical service. Part of Zeem’s competitive advantage is that it has secured access to plenty of power in a prime location near LAX. Charging-as-a-service is a popular option for fleet operators who want to
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee
A new generation of the Ford Mustang will soon arrive for the 2024 model year, and the folks at Saleen are ready to turn it into a 302. The Southern California engineering and motorsport company this week released a teaser sketch of its new 302 Mustang based on the seventh generation of Ford’s iconic pony
EV Mythbusting: There’s No Place to Charge Can You Find a Place to Charge Out on the Road? Electric vehicles are becoming more popular due to increasing investment from big automakers. Numerous companies have announced plans to ramp up production this decade as they drift away from internal combustion engine vehicles. The rise in EVs
In recent years, there has been a massive influx of new electric bike models from a variety of Chinese manufacturers. Predominantly targeted toward’s Europe’s e-bike market, these two-wheelers are usually compact, efficient, and affordable. Indeed, such is the case with the Z20 Pro, a petite folding electric bicycle from Chinese brand PVY. PVY has been
The VW ID.4 is eligible for the full $7,500 EV tax credit. Tesla cut prices on the Model 3 and Model Y yet again. And Jaguar and Land Rover get a fresh charge for EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. As part of an announcement confirming an $18.7 billion investment in Jaguar
Specialty chemicals company Albemarle has announced plans to build a lithium hydroxide processing facility in Chester County, South Carolina. Plans for the facility include an initial investment of at least $1.3 billion. The so-called Mega-Flex plant will be able to process diverse lithium feedstocks, including lithium from recycled batteries. Albemarle expects the facility to produce
Why did General Motors pick a name for its upcoming electric car that could perplex Spanish speakers? And what do a lot of people fail to realize about BMW’s next-generation Power eDrive plug-in hybrid system? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse–right here at Green Car Reports–for the week ending on
Driving from North to South Pole in an electric car surely must be the way to dispel EV myths and range anxiety?! That’s certainly what Chris and Julie Ramsey are hoping for when they set off from magnetic north in March in a fully kitted out Nissan Ariya on the ultimate electric road trip. In
VW has become the first non-US automaker that qualifies for the full $7,500 US federal EV tax credit. VW ID.4 federal tax credit eligibility Volkswagen made its announcement of eligibility yesterday, two days after the US Treasury Department announced a list of qualifying EV models that were all made by US companies. VW was late to
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