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Honda will install 120 electric-car charging stations at its U.S. headquarters.

We all know how to compare horsepower, acceleration, and gas mileage. Practical car buyers know to look at cargo volume, too. But when it comes to buying your first electric car, there are a few things you need to know about charging. Like the better-known measurements, the rate at which a plug-in...

Public charging infrastructure isn’t actually needed everywhere to accomplish wider electric-vehicle adoption. That’s one potentially surprising conclusion resulting from a new analysis of charging habits, released by the Idaho National Laboratory this week. ALSO SEE: Volkswagen Diesel...

NRG Energy is splitting its electric-car charging and solar divisions into a separate company.

The full impact of Volkswagen's diesel-emission cheating scandal has yet to be realized, but what it has apparently already admitted to doing could result in the largest civil fine ever levied by the Federal government on an automaker. And that's just the beginning. Besides paying civil penalties...

Arguably the most stunning car at this week's Frankfurt Motor Show was the Porsche Mission E, a low, sleek all-electric sport sedan that is likely to go into production within three or four years. It stole much of the limelight from the other all-electric debut, the Audi e-tron Quattro Concept, a...

Russia will require all gas-station owners to install electric-car charging stations by November 2016.

Gas stations are ubiquitous across the world, many with diesel pumps as well, to fuel the more than 1 billion vehicles now roaming the surface of our planet. As regulators get increasingly serious about reducing carbon emissions from transportation, we'll see competing sites for refueling or...

Portland International Airport just installed 42 Level 1 charging stations in its long-term parking area.

Tesla is partnering with parking garages to install charging stations in Manhattan.

England plans to test wireless charging for possible future use on public roads.

BMW and a California utility will ask i3 owners to delay charging in certain situations.

Tesla built a prototype charging station that automatically plugs into an electric car.

A German company hopes to attach metering capability to electric-car charging cords.

It’s already been four years since Portland really charged ahead in its commitment to electric cars with Electric Avenue, a project that designated a city block of parking spots plug-in-only, peppered the block with a variety of charger hardware, and let EV owners have at it. That original...

The Illinois legislature recently passed a bill that would fine drivers who block electric-car charging.

Tesla Motors is head and shoulders above any other electric-car maker in providing a network of charging stations for its drivers to use during their travels. It's best known for its Supercharger DC quick-charging sites, but it also provides lower-power "destination chargers" at hotels and other...

Kia will sell its electric car in two more states.

NRG eVgo plans to focus more on facilitating intercity electric-car driving.

Two companies partner to make a charging station that finds clean energy sources.