Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Karma punches up the performance with its Revero GTS. And the Ford Escape Hybrid earns some excellent safety scores. This and more today at Green Car Reports. The new fully electric vehicle from Lexus isn’t coming to the U.S. Evergrande stays the course on its home market, China. It’s.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 16, 2017

Today, the least efficient plug-in car, why rallycross should go electric, possible CAFE changes, and where electric cars should charge. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Are gas stations.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The Tesla Model S is named Best Overall vehicle by Consumer Reports, Wanxiang releases a rough timeline for the restart of Fisker Karma production, and the Honda Insight hybrid comes to the end of the road. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2015

Today, the remains of Fisker Automotive show a hint of life, we drive the 2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid plug-in car, and a Volkswagen Beetle Hybrid prototype appears outside the 2015 New York Auto Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News'

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Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2015

Today, we take a quick spin in the 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE550e plug-in hybrid, examine a new BMW plug-in hybrid prototype, and check on Fisker's progress in restarting production of the Karma luxury sedan. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Three lithium-ion giants team up to build a better electric-car battery, Fisker Automotive''s new owner wants to restart production soon, and Peugeot plans to introduce compressed-air hybrid technology to production cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 24, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: New Fisker Karma plug-in hybrids may arrive by 2015, why workplace electric-car charging matters, and Oklahoma adds a fee for homes that connect green energy sources to the grid. All this and more on Green Car Reports. GM may be.'

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2011

The very first Fisker Karma models have begun to roll off the production line, as the firm makes its first deliveries of the plug-in hybrid model. First models are already been snatched up, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Gore and Colin Powell rumoured to be among the first customers. Ray Lane, Chairman of Fisker and managing partner [.].

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Green Car Reports

MAY 17, 2017

Today, two cars with plugs return—one luxury plug-in hybrid, and one all-electric minicar in a couple of years—plus grim news about diesel emissions, an ambitious electric motorcycle ride, a phone app for British electric-car drivers, and a scary IIHS video. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 3, 2012

It has been a testing time for electric super car maker Fisker Automotive – but it now believes that its troubles, following a recall of its hallmark Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid vehicle, are nearly behind it.

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Green Cars News

JULY 25, 2009

It is one of the most exciting and innovative green car concepts around and now the Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid will make its public driving debut. The Fisker Karma is an extended range electric vehicle that seats four and can travel for 50 miles on electric charge only, if its lithium-ion battery is fully charged.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 19, 2009

Those lucky enough to be at the Mazda Raceway last weekend got to witness one of the most hotly anticipated debuts in motoring as the Fisker Karma plug-in extended range electric vehicle made its public driving debut. And the driver for the debut performance? None other than Fisker’s co-founder and COO Bernhard Koehler.

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2012

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has wrapped his Fisker Karma in a shiny chrome finish. Bieber took the once-black $102,000 plug-in hybrid to West Coast Customs which previously turned his less-than-green Cadillac CTS-V into a Batmobile.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public today with a glittering display of green cars taking pride of place. The show, based at the Los Angeles Convention Center will host more than 30 significant world and North American debuts and feature more than 900 vehicles from sports cars and sedans to crossovers and minivans.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 16, 2019

Which two companies announced expanded lines of plug-in hybrids this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 15, 2019. The car. What big decision did Tesla take back?

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In last week’s edition of The Green Piece Column, we looked at the leaders in the green car race including the likes of Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen and Nissan. Of all the ‘upstart’ green car companies, Tesla is the closest to breaking out into the mainstream.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The Fisker Karma has been a long time coming but now it has taken a step closer to becoming a mainstream reality after Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies received a $30million purchase order for key components and subsystems relating to its Q-Drive powertrain systems for the vehicle. Thanks to the order, Quantum will supply components and [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 19, 2010

As it aims to speed up completion of the Karma, the company’s first plug-in hybrid, Fisker Automotive has been handed a significant funding boost. The company has secured an additional $115.3million in private equity funding to develop its plug-in hybrid cars.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

How many times have we read about various green car concepts that come to nothing? However, if you were expecting the Fisker Karma to be another example of a green car that got away, then it seems you got one wrong. It features a 2.4 It features a 2.4

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In the event of a fire, hybrids and electric cars are at least as safe as combustion rivals, according to new research by DEKRA. The research is released as concerns about electric car safety is reignited this week, following reports of fires involving Fisker Karma models.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 26, 2010

The DOE closed a $528.7million loan to the company for the development and production of two lines of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The loan is expected to boost the development of the four-door sports saloon car, [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 9, 2009

Indianapolis based battery market EnerDel has secured a huge coup as it announced that is has signed a letter of intent to power the Fisker Karma. The Karma, set to be the standard bearer for plug-in hybrid vehicles, is to be launched in June 2010.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Energy has awarded the California based manufacturer a conditional loan of $528.7million for the development of two lines of plug-in hybrids – the Karma and the new Project Nina vehicle. Both cars must be delivered by 2016. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 11, 2011

Still think electric cars are slow and clunky? If anyone maintained that perception after the introduction of the Honda CR-Z Hybrid, the Tesla Roadster and the Fisker Karma, Mercedes-AMG is determined to quash the myth once and for all.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Geely, the firm which bought Volvo from Ford back in 2010, is the favourite to takeover the Californian start-up, best known for its range-extended Karma sports car. Troubled electric carmaker, Fisker has attracted two Chinese suitors; Geely and Dongfeng Motor Group, as the firm looks for a buyer to secure its future.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Fisker represents the company’s largest current automotive business; last week, A123 revised its 2011 revenue guidance downward based on a reduction in fourth-quarter orders from Fisker Automotive as that company balances inventory levels from all suppliers for the Karma plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The Fisker Karma has been one of the most talked about vehicles here at TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk for several years – and now it looks set to break new ground in China. Fisker Automotive has reached an agreement with China Grand Automotive Group (CGA) to have its vehicles distributed, marketed and serviced in the country – CGA [.].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. See How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity. So far, most start as hybrids. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0"

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?",

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Two German investors, Ingo Voigt and Fritz Nol, announced their intent to buy Fisker Automotive, the failing plug-in hybrid car company, on 11 September. The program backs automotive companies that offer both green energy initiatives, such as increased fuel efficiency, and new auto industry jobs in the United States.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It also offers eight hybrid models. This isnt an either-or equation — GM needs to develop more fuel efficient cars alongside the Volt, and its stupid to expect the Volt to be a money-maker out of the gate. doesnt matter because when the average electric car stops, it stops for a long while. Thats short-sighted.

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