John O'Dell

1 week ago | thegreencarguy.com | John O'Dell

Nissan’s 2026 Leaf has emerged as a stylish model that isn’t likely to bust most budgets and can deliver up to 303 miles of range in its most efficient trim. Nissan calls the redesigned and re-engineered 2026 Leaf an SUV-styled crossover, but its four-door, fastback design looks less SUV and more sporty tall sedan – albeit with a liftgate.

2 weeks ago | thegreencarguy.com | John O'Dell

California’s long-held right to set tougher-than-federal vehicle emissions rules was yanked away this week as President Trump signed a trio of bills canceling the state’s ability to set its own emissions standards. The action was expected – Trump’s been promising to do it and his EPA did the same thing in 2019 during his first term in office.

3 weeks ago | thegreencarguy.com | John O'Dell

A periodic look at news of interest to active EV shoppers, intenders and the just-plain EV curious. Polestar’s rear windowless performance SUV-coupe is now on sale in the states, in both single- and dual-motor configurations, with deliveries to customers scheduled to begin in the fall. Pricing for the two-row, five-seat fatback crossover starts at $57,800, substantially under the more luxury-oriented Polestar 3 SUV’s base price of $68,900.

3 weeks ago | thegreencarguy.com | John O'Dell

Nissan has started trickling out info about the upcoming 2026 Nissan Leaf, the third generation of the EV that (sort of) started it all back at the end of 2010. There were, indeed, other EVs, then. But except for the original Tesla Roadster they were mainly home-made assemblies. The 2011 Leaf (first delivery was in December 2010), in contrast, was the first mass-produced EV from a major automaker – Tesla was still a struggling startup at the time.

1 month ago | thegreencarguy.com | John O'Dell

Toyota did a lot more than chop the name in half and ditch some of the cladding for its 2026 bZ compact electric crossover. While it looks pretty much the same as the original 2022 bZ4X, the 2026 bZ gets a ton of improvement where it counts – more range, more power, faster charging, better balance and improved handling. Elimination of that clunky black over-fender with three of the five exterior color choices also provides an overall cleaner, smoother look.