Electric Cars

Audi recently concluded a four-year public trial of plug-in cars.

The 2017 Honda Clarity will arrive in showrooms late this year with a hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain, one of three hydrogen-powered vehicles that will be sold in limited numbers in specific California regions that have hydrogen fueling stations up and running. But Honda has much larger plans for the...

Tesla owners can try out Autopilot for a month for free.

A proposal by the Dutch Labor Party would end sales of internal-combustion cars in 2025.

U.K. electric-car sales hit record highs in the first quarter of 2016.

Though many countries opt out of daylight savings time, the Canadian auto market always "springs forward" in March. Last month set a Canuck record for total March auto sales, at 175,000 units; depending on Tesla volumes to be reported this month, the plug-in electric vehicle segment may have broken...

China will issue special green license plates to "new energy vehicles."

Every so often, Green Car Reports is asked to take part in panels and industry events discussing the future of advanced auto technologies—particularly electric cars. Two weeks ago, at the New York Auto Show, site editor John Voelcker joined electric-car advocate Chelsea Sexton and Salim Morsy...

Carmakers may soon begin promoting electric cars based on their driving experience.

Peabody Energy is the 50th coal company to file for bankruptcy since 2012.

Only Nissan and Tesla currently offer electric cars with different battery-pack options.

California will fund installation of DC fast-charging stations along highway corridors.

One of the myriad advantages of electric propulsion, we’re told, is the efficiency of all-wheel drive. The AWD versions of the Tesla Model S, for example, are rated as more efficient than the rear-wheel-drive versions of the car. This flies in the face of 100 years of automotive history...

U.S. electric-car sales decreased slightly last year, but they increased in China, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

With a restyled Model S released yesterday and more than 300,000 reservations globally for its $35,000 Model 3 coming in 2018, Tesla Motors has had a busy, busy month. Almost overlooked in all the news about those two electric cars was another update to another Tesla product. That would be the 2016...

Some markets are stronger than others for certain types of cars. Think Subarus in the Northeast or the Rocky Mountains, convertibles in Florida, and pickup trucks in Texas. Used-car dealers carefully watch auctions to find cars in less demand elsewhere that they can sell locally for more money...

In a new study, 56 percent of respondents said electric cars must have at least 300 miles of range.

The Tesla Model S electric car, which went into production in June 2012, is getting its first styling updates in almost four years. The Silicon Valley carmaker said that Model S luxury sedans produced starting today in its Fremont, California, assembly plant will have a new front-end design...

Carmakers consider the implications of silent supercars.

A California company is building a Tesla Model S stretch limousine.