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Fisker Karma: Range Extended Electric Car Ultimate Guide

Make a car desirable enough, and people will buy it whatever is powering the wheels. That's the theory anyway, but in a world of unease over the suitability of electric cars, the Henrik Fisker has taken the more comfortable, usable route to creating an electric car: The range-extended Fisker Karma...

April 6, 2013 by Antony Ingram 3

Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada, March 2013

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Fisker Lays Off Most Of Its Employees; Is This The Final Blow?

April 5, 2013 8

Cheaper Electric-Car Batteries: Slow & Steady Wins The Race

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Green Car Reports editor John Voelcker discusses Electric Car Myths & Realities, March 2013

Electric-Car Myths & Realities And NYC Rollout Plans (Videos)

If you publish thousands of stories a year, sometimes you get asked to speak to groups of people about your topic. Which is how we came to talk about electric cars and try to... April 4, 2013 by John Voelcker 7

Conquering Electric-Car Range Anxiety: A Complete Guide

Range Anxiety. Two very familiar words, but their coming together is more recent. It's the fear of running out of electricity in an electric car, compounded by typically... April 4, 2013 by Antony Ingram 21

2013 Tesla Model S electric sport sedan [photo by owner David Noland]

March Plug-In Electric Car Sales: Tesla On Top, Leaf Roars Back (FINAL UPDATE)

The big news in plug-in car sales for March was Tesla's statement that it delivered "more than 4,750" Model S electric cars from January through March. That news early Monday... April 3, 2013 by John Voelcker 75

'Revenge of the Electric Car' premiere: Elon Musk arrives in a Tesla Roadster

Oh, Tesla: Your 'Lease' Is Smart, But That Calculator Wasn't

Well, that didn't take long. Yesterday, just before 5 pm Eastern time, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] released details of its new "lease-like" financing product. The general... April 3, 2013 by John Voelcker 24

Big Mystery Unveiled: You Can Now 'Lease' 2013 Tesla Model S

And now we know: Tesla's Big Mystery Story, teased via more than one tweet from CEO Elon Musk, is this: You will soon be able to "lease" a brand-new 2013 Tesla Model S... April 2, 2013 by John Voelcker 10

2013 Nissan Leaf Electric Car: Updates, Video At NY Auto Show

Later today, we'll find out how many 2013 Nissan Leafs the company delivered last month. March was the first month that Nissan's electric car reached dealerships in volume... April 2, 2013 by John Voelcker 12

Mitsubishi Looks Into Separate Japanese Plug-In Battery Fires

Prepare yourselves everyone--more electric cars have caught fire. This time, Japanese automaker Mitsubishi has reported two battery fire incidents in Japan, related to two of... April 1, 2013 by Antony Ingram 5

BMW i3 electric car undergoing winter testing, February 2013

Electric 2014 BMW i3 ReX Coming Dec, Lower Engine Power Confirmed

The ranks of dedicated electric cars--those designed from scratch as plug-in vehicles--are thin. Come December, a fourth entry, the 2014 BMW i3, will join the three currently... April 1, 2013 by John Voelcker 14

Tesla Model S Electric-Car Deliveries For Q1: 4,750-Plus, Says Company

When the news is good, you want to get it out there. Last night, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] released a statement saying that it had delivered more than 4,750 Model S cars from... April 1, 2013 by John Voelcker 20

2011 Nissan Leaf electric car in Eastern Bunny costume for Campbell, CA, parade [photo: Paul Stith]

Happy Easter From The Zero-Emission Easter Bunny

The picture kind of says it all, don't you think? This is a 2011 Nissan Leaf owned by the Stith family, as dressed up for last year's Easter Parade in Campbell, California... March 31, 2013 by John Voelcker 7

Henrik Fisker, CEO & founder, Fisker Automotive, at 2012 Fisker Karma event, Los Angeles, Feb 2012

Is Fisker Automotive About To Declare Bankruptcy?

Storm clouds continue to gather over troubled luxury electric-car startup Fisker Automotive. We reported on Thursday that Fisker had put its entire U.S. staff on a... March 30, 2013 by John Voelcker 9

Tesla Supercharger fast-charging system for electric cars

Tesla To Expand Supercharger Network In Northwest, TX, FL, and Northeast

One of the features associated with the 2013 Tesla Model S all-electric luxury sport sedan is the dedicated Supercharger network of DC quick-charge locations. Since the first... March 25, 2013 by John Voelcker 19

Citroen test car fitted with Phinergy prototype aluminum-air battery

Phinergy 1000-Mile Aluminum-Air Battery: On The Road In 2017?

It's the sweetest dream of every electric-car fan: a battery that could store enough energy to offer up to 1,000 miles of real-world range. While it's not going to arrive in... March 25, 2013 by John Voelcker 36

Tesla Now Making, Delivering 500 Model S Electric Cars Weekly

With a backlog of more than 10,000 depositors for the Tesla Model S, its maker is making and delivering electric luxury sedans as fast as it can. Among other benefits, that... March 24, 2013 by John Voelcker 29

Tesla Model S parked in Menlo Park, California, March 2013 [photo: Eugene Lee]

Tesla Model S Update: 3,000th Electric Sedan Delivered In CA

In the last few weeks, it's almost become a cliche: drivers in Silicon Valley say they see as many Tesla Model S electric luxury sedans on the roads as they do Nissan Leafs... March 22, 2013 by John Voelcker 8