Ron Cogan's Green Car Journal

Driving Jaguar’s I-PACE Luxury Electric SUV

Jaguar’s first electric vehicle, the I-PACE offers a pleasing and aggressive design, luxury appointments, and exceptional driving characteristics. Part of Jaguar’s PACE… [Read More ...]
Lexus UX an Edgy and Efficient Crossover

The 2019 Lexus UX, an urban crossover SUV with an edgy design, is available as the conventionally-powered UX 200 or the UX 250h, a series-parallel hybrid with two electric… [Read More ...]
Nissan’s Efficient and Fun-to-Drive 2019 Altima

Nissan's all-new, sixth-generation Altima has been extensively redesigned with greater refinement and efficiency, along with a more aerodynamic body boasting an impressive… [Read More ...]
Mitsubishi’s Versatile Outlander PHEV

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Green Car Journal’s 2019 Green SUV of the Year™, has been sold quite successfully in other parts of the world since 2013 but… [Read More ...]

Ron Cogan [Outspoken]

The Long and Short of EV Range

I drive an electric vehicle every day as part of my job testing cars. It’s not a new thing. In fact, this has been part of the drill here at Green Car Journal since the publication’s launch in 1992…way ahead of the electric car curve. Back then I was testing electrics like the Honda EV Plus, Nissan Altra EV, Toyota RAV4 EV, Ford Ranger EV, and … [Read More...]

Electric Vehicles

The Race to Disrupt Tesla

Along with models like the 2019 Jaguar I-PACE, Audi e-tron, and upcoming Porsche Taycan, we're seeing a new generation of … [Read More...]

Pickups

RAM 1500 Features Mild Hybrid Power

Green Car Journal’s 2019 Green Truck of the Year™, the all-new RAM 1500, is lighter, more fuel efficient, and higher tech than ever. Of … [Read More...]

Auto Shows

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Honda Insight: 2019 Green Car of the Year

Green Car Journal's 2019 Green Car of the Year, the third-generation Honda Insight features an all-new design that that brings the model … [Read More...]

Crossovers

Volvo XC40 is Innovative and High Tech

Volvo’s smallest crossover features an aggressive design that’s a bit of a departure for the automaker, even as it retains the … [Read More...]

Plug-In Hybrids

Porsche’s 2019 Cayenne E-Hybrid

Like the previous generation Cayenne, Porsche has included an electrified version to bring greater efficiency and performance to … [Read More...]

Commercial Vehicles

Mercedes-Benz’ Highly Functional Metris

The Mercedes-Benz Metris is this automaker’s offering for commercial vehicle buyers who like the Sprinter van, but desire something a … [Read More...]