When you’re the big dog, everyone wants to cut you down, and Toyota is the big dog in the hybrid car world. [Estimated Reading Time: 1 min., 30 seconds.] The latest hybrid competition comes from Nissan and Kia – each…
If there’s a Tesla on your shopping list this year, drop free use of the Tesla supercharging network from your list of perks. [Estimated Reading Time: 1 min, 55 seconds.] Starting with Model S and X cars ordered on Jan.…
Honda said it will launch a new dedicated hybrid model, made-in-the-U.S.A., in 2018, as part of a move to make electrified Honda models account for half of all the new vehicles it launches in the U.S. in the next two…
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV has been named the North American Car of the Year, the first all-electric model to be selected. [Estimated Reading Time: 40 seconds.] The award is bestowed annually by an independent panel of 60 automotive journalists…
Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV, a best-seller in Europe and Asia, is finally coming to the U.S. The plug-in hybrid version of the Outlander SUV has been promised and re-promised to American shoppers for several years but never delivered. [Estimated Reading Time:…
Nissan officials finally have confirmed what they’ve been hinting at for a year – a new Nissan Leaf with 200 miles – or more – of range is in the works. The company won’t say when the new Leaf, with…
Mustang, F-150 and Autonomous Car Hybrids are in the Mix Ford Motor Co. plans to add 13 new plug-in electric and hybrid models to its global lineup by 2021, including the first hybrid Mustang sports coupe and the best-selling F-150…
Tesla’s factories have always been some of the most productive car manufacturing plants in the industry. They plan everything from the brand of foundationless jib crane they are going to use to which parts of the process are going to…
Aerovironment, which helped launch the EV era as the factory-preferred charging station for the 2011 Nissan Leaf, will help usher in a new era in battery electric vehicles as official home charging station supplier for the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt. With…
Toyota Motor says it will continue developing battery-electric cars, EVs, even as it pushes hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles. [Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute, 30 seconds.] The automaker, which told TheGreenCarGuy last month that it was considering making all Prius models…