February 2022

VW ID.4 review, Tesla sales surge, Bolt EV restart, EV6 and Ioniq 5 availability: The Week in Reverse

Which automaker opened reservations for an Ohio-built EV? Which automaker announced plans to build two EV models in Mississippi? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 18, 2022. In a review of the Volkswagen ID.4 AWD, we wondered whether its dual-motor traction and… […]

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Florida lawmaker says public chargers should be exempt from utility demand charges

Utility demand charges—steep fees that commercial customers pay when their power consumption exceeds a certain level—are the bane of public charging operators, and most Charged readers are probably familiar with how they work. Average Joe and Jane, however, are blissfully ignorant of their existence, and might be shocked to learn that they represent a roadblock

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Is Florida’s proposed infrastructure law anti-EV or pro-competition?

Charged’s home state of Florida is something of an EV hotspot—there are an estimated 58,000 electric vehicles in the Sunshine State, and according to the DOE, Florida has the third-largest number of charging stations in the US, behind only California and New York. This progress is not the result of any particular pro-EV policies of

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Tesla manufactured its one millionth 4680 battery cell in January

Tesla announced today on Twitter that it had successfully manufactured the one-millionth 4680 battery cell at the Kato Road pilot facility in January. Tesla’s 4680 battery cell is one of the company’s most significant developments in its history. The cell was the primary focus of Tesla’s Battery Day event in September 2020, where Tesla detailed

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Tesla is not the most recalled automotive company by the NHTSA in 2022

Despite Tesla’s four recalls so far in 2022, the automaker is not the most recalled car company in the United States. Recalls are handled by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, or NHTSA. NHTSA data tracks the date, manufacturer, subject matter, component, recall type, description, consequences, and affected population of any recall sent out by

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