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Chevy Volt Put GM Way Ahead, Again

The 2011 Chevy Volt earned 2011 Green Car of the Year at its debut. It emerged as a new generation in 2016 and won again. Here’s how it began.

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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.

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.

Ron Cogan behind the wheel

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.

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What It’s Like to Drive on Hydrogen

Green Car Journal editors have witnessed the progress being made with hydrogen vehicles over 30 years. You may not be one of the lucky ones driving one today, but you could be in the future.

Driving GM’s In-Wheel Motor EV Was a Blast!

In-wheel motor technology has potential to become a mainstream part of the EV landscape. GM showed the way with its electric S-10 demonstrator two decades ago.

Alfa Romeo First: New Tonale Plug-In Hybrid Crossover

Alfa Romeo is a brand unfamiliar to many, but that will change as the 2023 Tonale plug-in hybrid joins the automaker’s U.S. lineup late this year.

Clean Hydrogen Powers this Prius

Energy Conversion Devices believed that hydrogen and solar could one day power the world. Its hydrogen Prius provided a high-profile example of its vision.

Chevy Silverado EV: No Gas for This Electric Pickup!

Watch out Ford Lightning! Chevrolet is launching its Silverado EV, a fully electric pickup, with first deliveries of the Work Truck variant in Spring 2023.

Driving the 2022 Lexus NX

Electric Lexus models are coming, but this automaker’s ‘green’ mainstay for now is the hybrid and PHEV like the new Lexus NX hybrid.

Radical Technology: Volvo’s Turbine-Hybrid ECC

Volvo offered a strategically different take on electric vehicles with its series hybrid Environmental Concept Car that used a turbine-hybrid powerplant.

ELMS Urban Delivery EV

Electric vans present an ideal answer for tradesmen and fleets that operate within defined areas, like the zero-emission ELMS Urban Delivery.

Amazon's Electric Delivery Van

Start-up auto manufacturer Rivian has developed the Rivian Electric Delivery Van (EDV) to fill the need for zero-emission last mile delivery service operations.

Electric Delivery Vans are on a Roll

Electric delivery vans represent an important part of the evolving EV space and offer an outsized environmental return for the investment.

This is VW’s First Electric Microbus

The idea of an electric microbus isn’t new with the VW’s I.D. Buzz. Volkswagen showed its intentions back in 2007 with its Space Up! Blue electric concept.

New F-150 is Lightning Fast

It wasn’t all that long ago that the idea of an all-electric pickup was merely a gleam in some engineer’s eye. Enter the Ford F-150 Lightning.

Tillamook Road Trip in a Plug-In Hybrid

Road trip! We head off in an efficient Mitsubishi Plug-In Hybrid to immerse ourselves in the natural world along the spectacular Oregon Coast.

Electrified Ford E-Transit Van

Ford makes a significant investment in the cargo, tradesman, and fleet market with its electric van, the Ford E-Transit.

GMC Hummer EV Pickup

The GMC Hummer EV and upcoming Cadillac Lyriq are the first vehicles being built on GM’s modular Ultium Drive Architecture at GM’s retooled Factory Zero plant.

Life With Toyota’s Sienna

The Swiss Army Knife of mobility, the minivan was a family staple before buyers began moving on to trendy SUVs. The Toyota Sienna plans to change that.

Two Tickets to Paradise

Rocker Eddie Money’s 1978 hit song, ‘Two Tickets to Paradise,” was playing in my head as I worked on logistics for our almost-post-pandemic travel to Hawaii.

Making It Easy to Go Electric

There’s an urgent need to greatly expand convenient charging opportunities to facilitate the millions of electric vehicles expected on our highways.

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