Ron Cogan's Green Car Journal

Subaru’s Plug-In Crosstrek Hybrid

Subaru's first plug-in hybrid vehicle, the 2019 Crosstrek Hybrid, uses the Subaru Global Platform designed for hybrid and electric powertrains. It features new Subaru StarDrive… [Read More ...]
Honda Clarity Electric is an Enjoyable Daily Commuter

Part of Honda's Clarity triple-play – along with the hydrogen-powered Clarity Fuel Cell and more mainstream Clarity Plug-In Hybrid – the Clarity Electric is a model that… [Read More ...]
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 ...]

Ron Cogan [Outspoken]

The Truth About Tesla’s $35K Model 3

Tesla is now selling its long-awaited $35,000 Model 3. That’s good news for loads of Tesla fans who have been waiting nearly three years for this day. But it’s not as happy a story for some – no doubt many, many thousands – who were expecting something more. It’s easy to understand. When the Model 3 was introduced in April 2016, … [Read More...]

Technology

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Chevy’s V-8 Can Run on One Cylinder

Chevrolet introduced its efficiency-enhancing Active Fuel Management (AFM) cylinder deactivation system in 2005 and has now followed up … [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...]

Hydrogen Vehicles

Hyundai Nexo’s Advanced Fuel Cell Tech

Hyundai, part of a very exclusive club offering hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the U.S., has followed its initial Tucson FCEV with the … [Read More...]