Announcements

Mercedes-Benz has begun building the all-new, all-electric EQS SUV at its factory in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The large EV will be built exclusively in America and exported worldwide.

The Chevrolet Corvette, one of America's iconic sports cars, has always been closely associated with powerful V-8 engines. But the brand recently previewed a Corvette with an electric twist - and all-wheel drive. Read on to find out more.

A retrofit battery with improved chemistry and performance was recently fitted to a prototype Tesla, doubling its range to over 750 miles. It's a great sign of exciting things to come in the electric vehicle space – and that in the future, there will be ways to enhance and extend the life of EVs.

Renault's new hydrogen electric vehicle comes in the form of the 2024 Scenic Vision estimated to have a 497-mile range and take just five minutes to fill.

The all new Rosenbauer RTX fire truck is debuting in Los Angeles as America's first electric fire truck. Could it also be America’s first electric family RV? Let’s find out.

The Volkswagen group will be re-launching the Scout brand, which was last sold by International Harvester. The first two vehicles from the brand will be an adventure-focused pickup and a spacious SUV.

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL), a Chinese battery supplier, is looking to establish a $5 billion battery plant in North America. The size of the investment would make it one of the biggest battery plants in the region.

Honda is preparing to make a major shift to electric, by introducing 30 new models globally by 2030. The first new all-electric models are due in 2024, in the core SUV market segments, with many more vehicles to follow. 

Electrify America offers one of the country’s fastest charging networks, with 700 charging stations and more than 3,000 individual chargers. The charging station network is expanding by adding more charging stations and working with manufacturers to make charging stations affordable and local.

GM is investing big in electric vehicles, including electric boats. Using their technology for watercraft is aimed at boosting boat performance, reducing pollution and lowering operating costs of the vehicle including fuel and maintenance. Learn more about electric boats here on GreenCars.com

Toyota, long the leader in hybrid technology, has made the decision to fully embrace electric vehicles. It's planning an onslaught of dozens of models over the next few years. We preview them here.

GreenCars teamed up with the Oregon Cultural Trust to celebrate Oregon and the Trust's 20th anniversary. A new license plate design was released in 2021 alongside four physical murals you can find in Oregon's main airports, all designed and created by the artist Liza Burns of Eugene.

800-volt electrical systems will let new electric vehicles charge faster than ever before, and make EVs a convenient choice for even more drivers. In this blog, we explain what's interesting about this technology – and what vehicles and charging networks have them now.

If you’ve been wondering what the watershed moment for electric vehicles was going to be, wonder no more: on December 8, 2021, Ford closed its online reservation system for the upcoming 2022 F-150 Lightning pickup truck after receiving over 200,000 deposits.

Initial reports suggested the new manufacturing center would be making batteries, but that’s not quite true: the first Tesla-branded manufacturing facility will be producing equipment that will subsequently be used in the company’s existing “gigafactories” around the world.