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Mitsubishi i-MiEV Championed the Kei Car

The world’s first mass-production EV was small and unfamiliar but showed the way forward. Could a version like the Mitsubishi i-MiEV Sport Air work today?

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2025 Kia K4 Brings Tech and Efficiency

No interest in electric? The Kia K4 combines bold design and up to 40 mpg highway fuel economy with a pair of gas powertrain choices, no electrification required.

Karma Gyesera: Beauty Meets Efficiency

The Karma Gyesera is positioned as the long-awaited successor to the Revero, the company’s first model that was largely based on the original Fisker Karma.

Behind the Wheel of the Polestar 3

Polestar is a brand unfamiliar to many, the result of competing in a premium category amid established major players. But Polestar makes very good EVs and deserves a closer look.

U.S. EV Market Slowing But Far From Over

EV market data show continued, long-term movement toward electrification, although U.S. government policies will stretch out the adoption timeline.

Navigating the EV Transition

Ensuring a successful EV transition requires careful planning, public-private cooperation, and the ability to navigate ever-changing economic uncertainties.

Ron Cogan behind the wheel

The Fractured Road Ahead for EVs

The road to an electric future envisioned by legislators is broken, and without a serious course correction this poses an existential threat to our future mobility.

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Ramcharger is Everyone’s Electric Truck

Now planned as RAM’s first electric truck ahead of the battery-electric RAM REV, the extended range Ramcharger offers what electric pickup buyers really need.

Prius Prime: Cool, Collected, Confident

Our long-term Prius Prime XSE is not only delivering a fun and efficient driving experience, but also confidence during marginal weather drives.

Selling EVs Requires Varied Techniques

JD Power weighs in on the fundamentals and nuances of successfully selling EVs to customers with varying needs.

Is an Iconic SP Mazda Sports Car Coming?

Mazda knocked it out of the park 35 years ago with its Miata sports car. Is the automaker poised to do it again with an electrified rotary Iconic SP?

Schwarzenegger and the Hydrogen Highway

Long before the advent of hydrogen hubs, California’s 38th governor was an outspoken champion of hydrogen. Here are his thoughts from back in the day.

GM EV1: The OG of Electric Cars

Green Car Journal editors had the unique experience of living with a GM EV1 electric car for a year in the late 1990s. We were driving the future.

Why We Want to Plug In

We knew 17 years ago that plug-in hybrids could provide most of the environmental and fossil fuel-savings
benefits long promised by battery electric vehicles.

Is the Maverick Pickup Your Best First Car?

Small pickups once ruled high school parking lots across this land. Could Ford’s Maverick pickup bring back this trend while serving as an ideal “first car?”

Are Dealers On Board Selling EVs?

It turns out the relationship between EVs and new car dealers really comes down to geography.

2025 Green Car Awards Winners Honored

This year’s Green Car Awards winners include six battery electric vehicles, a plug-in hybrid, and two gas-electric hybrid models.

The Long-Awaited VW ID. Buzz

The Microbus is coming! The Microbus is coming! VW fans will be shouting from the rooftops when the electric VW ID. Buzz arrives shortly.

Developing Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries

Epsilon Advanced Materials is ushering in graphite anode materials for a new generation of safe and sustainable lithium-ion batteries.

EVs are Not the Answer. They are a Choice.

The development of modern EVs has been accelerating for decades. They are important to our future but not to the exclusion of other fuels and technologies.

Why You Should Buy a Plug-in Hybrid

The desire to go electric is strong for a lot of drivers, but so is an overriding sense of caution. The obvious answer is to consider a plug-in hybrid.

Dodge Charger Daytona is a Thrill Ride

The Dodge Charger Daytona emerges as a performance EV, reminding us that the road to electrification can be paved with unexpected visceral thrills.

Understanding Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Interest in hybrid electric vehicles is growing. Still, even though they’ve been with us for several decades now they are not fully understood. Here’s what we had to say about hybrids over a decade ago.

The Game Changing Toyota Prius Prime

Electric by nature yet hybrid by design, the new Toyota Prius Prime is the electrified answer many drivers are seeking. Our long-term test aims to bear this out.

Inside Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive

Toyota debuted its groundbreaking Toyota Hybrid System 27 years ago, ultimately evolving in 2004 as the automaker’s Hybrid Synergy Drive. Here’s how it works.