Today, a report claims Volkswagen may build its own battery factory to meet expanded electric-car production goals, Green Car Reports writer Ben Rich takes a road trip on an Energica Eva electric motorcycle, using only DC fast-charging stations, and Southern California Edison begins a pilot program to install electric-car charging stations. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

Southern California Edison plans to install 1,500 electric-car charging stations in its service area as part of a pilot program. If the program proves successful, it hopes to install 30,000 eventually.

Electric-car interest in France spikes due to an ongoing gasoline shortage, and carmakers take full advantage.

See what it's like to take a road trip on an Energica Eva electric motorcycle, using only DC fast-charging sites.

Volkswagen plans to sell 1 million electric cars within a decade, and may build its own battery plant to help achieve that goal, a new report claims.

A new Takata airbag recall affects 1.5 million cars from Infiniti, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Saab, and Subaru.

Finally, Smart and Tesla top the list of carmakers with the most software glitches, as reported by owners in a recent survey conducted by J.D. Power.

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