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Volvo S60 KERS Hybrid Prototype: Brief First Drive

Can you really improve fuel economy and performance just by taking a production car with a turbocharged 5-cylinder engine and adding Formula 1 race technology? To find out, we headed to Volvo headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden to test-drive a top-secret prototype Volvo has been testing for the past...

May 17, 2013 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 15

As Predicted, Fisker Execs & DoE Get Roasted In House Hearing

April 25, 2013 6

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

March 25, 2013 34

Charging Etiquette Fail: Why Electric-Car Owners Resent Plug-In Hybrids

March 20, 2013 70

2013 Renault Zoe electric car (European model) at 2012 Paris Auto Show

Would You Want To Buy This Subcompact Electric Car? (Video)

Back in January, our dear leader fearless editor dubbed the Renault Zoe "Europe's most important electric car". For him, that's partially because the Zoe was built from... March 12, 2013 by Richard Read 30

Sunseeker solar glider (Image: Solar Flight)

Next Kind Of Electric Transport: Solar Electric Aircraft?

In utopian visions of the future, we won't have to burn anything to get anywhere. No fossil fuels, no coal, no burning of any sort. For some, that future is already... March 4, 2013 by Antony Ingram 1

Oxford University's autonomous Nissan Leaf (Image: Video screencap)

Driverless Nissan Leaf: Oxford University Wants To Reduce System's Cost

It's early days for both electric vehicles and autonomous cars, but the technology for the two seems to go hand-in-hand. After all, what better way to be whizzed home after a... February 26, 2013 by Antony Ingram

2014 Mazda 6 Advanced Package: How Much Better MPG With i-ELOOP?

The quest toward better gas mileage and incremental gains isn't relegated just to engine and transmission improvements, or to aerodynamics or weight reduction. Even when... February 13, 2013 by Bengt Halvorson 1

2013 Nissan Leaf: Longer Range, Faster Charging, Leather Seats, And More: All The Upgrades

In its third year on the market, the updated 2013 Nissan Leaf will have a slightly longer range, a new and lower-priced base model, faster charging, and a more efficient... January 9, 2013 by John Voelcker 48

2014 Chevrolet Spark EV prototype, Sausalito, CA, Nov 2012

2014 Chevy Spark EV Prototype Electric Car: First Drive

As GM's first battery electric car since the EV1 of the 1990s, there's more riding on the 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV electric minicar than its size would indicate. The company... November 15, 2012 by John Voelcker 19

2013 Ford C-Max Energi: New EV+ Feature 'Learns' Regular Routes

Every driver of a plug-in hybrid electric car eventually wants to drive more on electricity and less on gasoline. So it's frustrating when the battery charge indicator shows... November 9, 2012 by John Voelcker 13

BMW ActiveE electric car at closed NJ gas station after Hurricane Sandy [photo: Tom Moloughney]

Assessing Sandy: Are Electric Cars A Better Bet In Emergencies?

For many of us, lines at gas stations and homes without power are no more than news, but millions on the U.S. East Coast are still coping with the aftermath of Hurricane... November 5, 2012 by Antony Ingram 13

Kepler Hybrid Supercar Does 0-60 MPH in 2.5 Secs (Video)

What does a hybrid car need to be sexy? Speed? Good looks? Impressive gas mileage? Kepler Motors thinks its first supercar, the Motion Hybrid, has it all. Announced back in... October 23, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 3

2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid, Catskill Mountains, NY, Oct 2012

2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid: Quick Gas-Mileage Test

Gas mileage in hybrid vehicles can be a tricky thing. Depending on how they're designed--and at what speeds their electric motors kick in--their efficiency can vary... October 22, 2012 by John Voelcker 22

Carbon-Neutral Gasoline Out Of Air? Yes, There's A Caveat

Call it last week's most unexpected headline: the idea that a group of engineers in Britain had managed to create gasoline ("petrol") out of ... thin air? Indeed, it appears... October 22, 2012 by John Voelcker 10

Nissan Leaf-To-Home Power Station: Will It Make It To U.S.?

Eighteen months after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan, electric cars are viewed there in a whole new light—as portable sources of emergency... October 19, 2012 by John Voelcker 17

Tata Pixel Concept, 2011 Geneva Motor Show

Tata Nano Hits U.S. & Europe By 2015: How Will It Look?

Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata recently assured the world that his colleagues are working on a version of the Tata Nano for the U.S. and Europe. It's due to arrive within... October 16, 2012 by Richard Read 1

Can Electric Car-Sharing Promote Social Mobility? Discuss

In the developed world, we often think of ourselves as living in a classless society. But in fact, huge disparities still exist between the haves and the have-nots. Can... September 7, 2012 by Richard Read 2

Imagine A World Without Gasoline Cars, Then Fly There To See It

Gasoline and diesel fuel today power almost every one of the 1 billion vehicles on the planet. But what would it be like to live in a town with no gas-powered cars at all?... September 5, 2012 by John Voelcker 7