Which EV charging network remains slated for growth, with nearly the entire team laid off? How will EV tires last longer while tapping into more renewable materials? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 17, 2024. In a first drive of Mercedes’ electric …
McLaren Automotive is parleying its reputation in the world of supercars and Formula 1 racers to build and market a range of electric mountain bikes—or “hyper bikes”—that will include four distinct models. Among them are the flagship McLaren Extreme 600 and Sport 600 versions, which the company says are among the most powerful street-legal electric …
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While the Ferrari LaFerrari established a legendary status as a hybrid-assisted hypercar pioneer alongside the Porsche 918 Spyder and McLaren P1, it also holds the title as the endcap creation of Ferrari’s ‘Big Five’ (288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, and LaFerrari). As time goes on and the auto industry continues its push toward electrification, Ferrari …
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The MINI brand is getting an exciting new lineup in the next year or so. It was timely, then, that we got the opportunity to chat with Oliver Heilmer, Head of MINI Design. We learned a little bit about the design behind the new MINI Electric and why the gas-powered and electrified versions of the …
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The BMW Group is an automotive juggernaut as it operates more than 30 factories across the world. In 2023, a whopping 2,661,922 cars were built for the BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce brands. The volume represents an increase of 11.7% compared to the year before. The plant in Dadong, China was the most fruitful after pumping …
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BMW was among the first automakers to (temporarily) adopt direct sales. It happened in the first half of the 2010s when the i3 and i8 hit the market. Also known as the agency model, it effectively turns an automaker into a retailer that sells cars at a fixed price. The dealer is still involved in …
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The Vision Neue Klasse concepts represent the dawn of a new electric era for BMW. Although the sedan debuted before the SUV, it’s the iX3 successor that will go into production first. Having confirmed that the inaugural Neue Klasse model will arrive in 2025, the German luxury brand is now providing a more specific timeframe. …
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Volvo began selling brick-shaped rear-wheel-drive station wagons in the United States with the 145 in the 1968 model year, continuing the tradition with the 200, 700 and 900 series wagons and all the way through the very last 1998 V90s. The benefits of front-wheel-drive proved impossible for those Göteborgers to resist, though, and so the …
TANGIERS, Morocco — A train that travels from rural northern Morocco to a port on the Mediterranean Sea carries no passengers. Three times a day, it brings hundreds of cars stacked bumper to bumper from a Renault factory outside Tangiers to vessels that transport them to European dealerships. Business incentives and investing in infrastructure like …
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Mining company Vale is turning to Caterpillar to provide this massive, 240-ton battery-electric haul truck in a bid to slash carbon emissions at its mines by 2030. Caterpillar and Vale have signed an agreement that will see the Brazilian mining company test severe-duty battery electric mining trucks like the 793 BEV (above), as well as …
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