(This 2017 article was updated on 4/21/20 to remove some advertising a hacker stuck into the copy.) Chevy’s 2017 Bolt EV is a nice car for a long trip. Period. No EV ifs, ands or buts about it. [Estimated Reading…
Honda is slated to unveil its redesigned Accord next month, including the 2018 Accord Hybrid with a “next generation” update of the two-motor hybrid system first launched in 2013. [Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute, 10 seconds.] Honda says it will…
Honda says its 2017 Clarity EV, due to hit showrooms in California and Oregon August, will lease for $269 a month. Clarity EV lease terms include allowance for 20,000 miles a year – generous for an EV lease – and…
What wonders a new platform and battery system can make: Toyota’s 2018 Camry Hybrid – the entry LE model – has won a segment-leading 52 mpg combined city-highway fuel efficiency rating from the federal EPA. [Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute,…
(Article originally posted 6/21/17; updated 4/21/20 to remove advertising inserted by a hacker.) 2018 Toyota Camry SE Hybrid Toyota’s mighty midsize, aka Camry and Camry Hybrid, is well established as both the nation’s best-selling passenger sedan and as a pretty…
Charles Freese, global head of fuel cell development for General Motors, sat down with TheGreenCarGuy recently to discuss the automaker’s fuel cell technology – and what the future might hold. Freese said that GM has invested more than $2.5 billion…
It’s always good advice to read the fine print, especially in automotive advertising, where hyperbole usually rules. In Hyundai’s new Ioniq commercial touting the Ioniq Hybrid as “the most fuel-efficient car in America,” the fine print says the claim excludes…
Interested in electrified cars but still afraid EVs may not last in this era of cheap gasoline and apparent White House opposition to the idea that vehicle emissions need to be controlled? Well, don’t be. [Estimated Reading Time: 1 min.,…
Article updated 6/20/17 and 10/25/17 to include Clarity EV lease price and EPA fuel efficiency and range ratings for EV and Clarity PHEV. New info is in italics. Honda unveiled the other two members of it Clarity family at the…
(Originally posted 4 Updated 11/9/20 to remove advertising copy inserted by a hacker.) Hidden in Toyota’s announcement last week of a prototype Class 8 fuel-cell electric truck was word that the automaker also has been playing around with a hydrogen…