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

MAY 24, 2019

Karma opens a new luxury design center for its 2020 Revero. All this and more on Green Car. Audi ramps up the number of its future vehicles that will have charge ports. And BMW releases a new ad showing the retiring chairman of Mercedes going home to drive a BMW.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 22, 2019

Plug-in luxury-car maker Karma brought in a new design house to carry it into the future. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Germany revealed a plan to impose a national speed limit on its famously unlimited autobahns.

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Karma has some of the longest plug-in range, among plug-in hybrids. Hyundai is going for green-car variety in the U.S. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. GM’s Lordstown plant may soon really be building an electric truck. Toyota and BYD have joined forces for.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2019

Geely launches a new electric-vehicle brand, and Karma teases more about its future product plans. And Tesla wasn't the only one with a plug-in vehicle sales slump in the first quarter. As we ramp up for auto shows in Shanghai and New York, it's the start of what's bound to be a busy week here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 19, 2017

Which very noticeable plug-in car has been resurrected after five years—and what did we think of it on the road? What secrets does the Tesla Model 3 hold, and do those make it "Car 2.0" This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, August 18.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 17, 2021

Which automaker has a Canadian compliance car with just 94 miles of range? Which plug-in hybrid isn’t staying on dealer lots because demand remains so strong? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 16, 2021.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Invictus is a limited-edition performance version of the Karma Revero PHEV Only 30 units of the Invictus will be built at a later, unannounced, date Karma hasn’t said how much the Invictus costs Karma Automotive this week unveiled yet another update of the long-lived Revero plug-in hybrid. Karma mentioned a 3.9-second

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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

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

MARCH 4, 2015

Today we follow a cross-country Tesla Model S road trip, track the market for used Fisker Karma sedans, and see why plans to sell the Kia Soul EV electric car outside California are being moved up. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We updated our February plug-in electric car sales report with more information.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Since then, Karma has teased a number of concept and limited-edition vehicles, along with several about-faces in business direction, all while both refining its plug-in series hybrid tech and working toward a mix of PHEVs and fully electric models in the future. Karma has some heavy lifting to get there.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: Biodiesel producers try to point out to the EPA that their product isn''t ethanol, Shell predicts when the last gasoline car will be built, and we see who''s still buying Fisker Karma plug-in cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Panasonic.'

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 6, 2019

BMW teams up with Jaguar Land Rover on electric cars. Karma spreads its dealer network. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Fiat Chrysler rescinds its offer to Renault. And a hydrogen shortage is gripping Northern California fuel-cell drivers.

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2011

The new plug-in petrol electric luxury saloon car, the Fisker Karma, will soon benefit from emission after-treatment catalysts after an agreement was reached with Clean Diesel Technologies Inc.

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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 Car Reports

JUNE 6, 2019

BMW teams up with Jaguar Land Rover on electric cars. Karma spreads its dealer network. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Fiat Chrysler rescinds its offer to be bought by Renault. And a hydrogen shortage is gripping Northern California fuel-cell drivers.

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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 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. in 2Q11 and -85.5%

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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. Here we offer some insight into these newcomers and their potential impact on the future of green motoring. Tesla Motors.

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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

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 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 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

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

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 Car Reports

APRIL 13, 2019

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 12, 2019. state may regain the title of lithium-mining capital? What model will Tesla quit selling online?

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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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. See How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity. See Conversions to Electrify Worlds 900+ Million Cars. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries.

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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 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

The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year.

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