Electric Cars

Tesla has made real cash prices available on its main build page for vehicles, which might help eliminate some confusion over theoretical fuel savings.

Varied priorities may mean that the same highway-charging strategies may not work well for every vehicle or driver.

Michelin has introduced a prototype airless tire that will soon be tested on a Chevrolet Bolt EV fleet in Michigan.

Volkswagen set a new EV record at the 'Ring, the Kona gets a hybrid in Europe, and Lotus plans an EV hypercar.

New Clipper Creek hardwired unit will use the same current as a single-vehicle charge point but split it between two vehicles.

The upcoming Tesla pickup will be conventionally sized, to take on the Ford F-150 and others, CEO Elon Musk claimed that it will "be a better sports car" than a base Porsche 911.

Automakers caution against using an extension cord when charging a plug-in hybrid or electric car. How many of you do anyway?

After New York City raised its gas mileage requirement for taxis to 30 mpg, levels of particulate matter and other local pollution have dropped.

The Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal has fallen out of the news, but VW Group recently boosted its allowance for the total costs to 30 billion euros ($33 billion). In the U.S., VW has bought back hundreds of thousands of TDI diesel vehicles and is paying two distinct 10-figure penalties. The...

The province has passed the Zero Emissions Vehicles Act, which requires that all cars sold in the province by 2040 be "zero emissions vehicles." That could include plug-in hybrids and fuel-cell models.

Politicians often try to make a political dividing line next to electric cars; but a recent study proves otherwise, pointing to positive popular views on EVs.

Nio and GAC will form a joint venture to build and sell EVs under a new Hycan brand in China; they showed a concept SUV at an investor event in Hangzhou.

A new ad for the Nissan Leaf flies high but says little, while an Audi E-tron ad helps hash through common concerns.

Astroturf lobbying organizations have been a fixture of the EV opposition and anti-climate-action movement—indeed of American politics—for a long time. A new report in the Arizona Republic tells us that support for electric cars still hasn't moved us past that. Chevron is tapping its...

Tesla could be stepping a refresh of the Model S up to September, and planning to make the Model Y crossover in California.

The German supplier at the root of Dieselgate aims to diversify into the world of plug-ins and EVs, but hasn’t quite let go of diesel yet.

Our poll finds that one familiar incentive—cash on the hood—wins out over other strategies like tax credits and carpool-lane privileges.

Volkswagen, with its plan to build 22 million new electric cars across 70 models by 2030, is ground-zero for concerns over battery supplies. As more automakers get serious about building lots of electric cars, there are indications that supplies of batteries to power all those cars aren't ramping...

General Motors, the nation's biggest automaker, is teaming up with construction giant Bechtel to build thousands of chargers around the U.S. with the aim of promoting adoption of electric cars. The companies will form a joint venture to build the chargers in which Bechtel will provide its expertise...

In the rollout of the 2019 E-tron quattro SUV, Audi is making the claim that rated range might not be the most important thing on a road trip. The E-tron is rated at just 204 miles of estimated range, so the German automaker has some steep ground to gain versus Tesla. But it's made a case that...