Electric Cars

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has indicated the company will try to streamline its manufacturing process for the Model 3.

Car-sharing is growing, in urban areas, among the young and old, and as a way to avoid the expense of a second vehicle. Sharing electric cars, however, is still in its early days. But one of the most ambitious experiments is BlueIndy, an electric car-sharing service modeled after the AutoLib system...

New York City is not well suited to electric cars, apparently.

Tesla is in talks with gas-station chain Sheetz regarding installation of DC fast-charging stations.

These six plug-in hybrids are less efficient than the 2016 Toyota Prius Eco.

The continuing tepid sales of the Nissan Leaf electric car, despite a range upgrade to 107 miles, remains one of the puzzles in the plug-in car market. Sure, it's an aging model now in its sixth year with a polarizing design; it lost a huge swath of buyers in Georgia when that state canceled its...

Electric cars will enable autonomous driving and sharing services, a new report says.

Tesla is shipping Model X owners sunshades for their windshields.

An electric car built by Swiss students set a world acceleration record.

BMW is reportedly constructing an all-electric i8 prototype.

BMW will use i3 battery packs for home energy storage.

In the past two months, the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec announced aggressive climate-change policies, both featuring strong plug-in electric vehicle support. Ontario's provincial government followed up on its recently-strengthened purchase rebates with a battery of policies including...

Several countries have proposed ending sales of new gasoline and diesel cars.

Virginia auto dealers are calling for an investigation into Tesla's sales practices.

It's a frequent complaint from car shoppers: all the affordable electric cars are small hatchbacks or sedans, but I want an SUV. Indeed, there's only one all-electric crossover utility vehicle on the market—the Tesla Model X—and that will run you $80,000 or more. Now it appears that...

Toyota may consider building battery-electric cars in the future, the chief engineer of the Prius hybrid says.

Panasonic may begin production of battery cells at the Tesla "gigafactory" earlier than expected.

The next-generation Nissan Leaf will get a larger battery pack.

The automobile has been with us since 1885, but only over the last 50 years have governments started to face up to its ill effects on the environment. The world's major car markets have mostly now legislated increasing levels of fuel economy and reduced tailpipe emissions not only of gases directly...

Unplugged Performance now offers a body kit that updates the look of older Tesla Model S electric cars.