Which new electric vehicle wowed a crowd that didn't expect it to be as cool as it turned out?<\/p>\n
What environmental regulation is the NHTSA seemingly getting ready to roll back under Trump?<\/p>\n
This is our look back at the Week In Reverseright here at Green Car Reportsfor the week ending on Friday, July 28, 2017. <\/p>\n
Friday, we covered two separate EPA approvals for diesel vehicles: the agency approved modifications to 326,000 of the oldest, dirtiest VW diesels, and it finally certified 2017 Ram 1500 and Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel vehicles for sale. <\/p>\n
In 2019, Formula E racing will gain two new, prestigious competitors, as both Mercedes-Benz and Porsche said they will enter the electric-car racing series for its sixth season, joining Audi, BMW, and Jaguar. <\/p>\n
2016\/2017 Team ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport Formula E race car <\/p>\n
On Thursday evening, we attended the global debut of the Bollinger B1 all-electric utility truckwhich wowed more than a few people not expecting much from an electric truck designed by a tiny company in upstate New York. <\/p>\n
(Our colleagues at the sports and luxury car site Motor Authority were far more effusive: they called the Bollinger B1 \"the coolest electric car you've never heard of.\") <\/p>\n
If you're expecting regular, radical, revolutionary advances in batteries for electric cars, take a deep breath. Battery evolution will largely come via incremental improvements, rather than transformative leaps. <\/p>\n
We also warned against the anti-electric-car propaganda in a new video, which was roundly debunked by pointing out numerous errors in actual facts. Facts are hard. <\/p>\n
Wednesday, an EV driver explained why he added solar panels to the family house after one used electric car became five separate plug-in vehicles. <\/p>\n
Photovoltaic solar panel installation on house, Fremont, California [image: Shiva Singh] <\/p>\n
The NHTSA under Trump will review future fuel-economy standards, and could roll back increases to freeze the 2021 standards through 2025. <\/p>\n
On Tuesday, a report indicated that Toyota will launch an electric car with a solid-state battery, though not until 2022. We updated that story later in the week as a handful of new details emerged. <\/p>\n
And in a relatively rare editorial piece, we suggest that a few electric-car owners should get off their high horses and adopt a gentler tone toward new electric-car drivers. <\/p>\n
We kicked off the week on Monday by updating our glossary of green-car terms from four years ago to include the latest terms to keep track of. <\/p>\n
Staff at the powerful California Air Resources Board, meanwhile, recommended approval of VW's \"Electrify America\" plan for increasing zero-emission vehicle infrastructure in the state. (The approval came on Thursday.) <\/p>\n
We also came across an oddball story that's one of our favorites: the oldest Toyota Prius hybrid in the world was made in 1946. Confused? We explained (with video). <\/p>\n
Those were our main stories this week; we'll see you again next week. Until then, this has been the Green Car Reports Week in Reverse update. <\/p>\n
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