Electric Cars

Last summer, I wrote in this space about an apparent loss of battery capacity in my 2013 Tesla Model S after a three-month Supercharging binge. I wondered whether, despite assurances from Tesla Motors, the two events might have been related. My doubts had started when I noticed that, after a...

A Tesla Model S protects a woman and child during a landslide.

Back in November 2009, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said 20 percent of his company's sales would be electric cars by 2020--and that electric cars would make up 10 percent of global sales. But Ghosn was widely pillored for his projections just a few years later, when Nissan Leaf sales proved slower than...

U.K. teenagers are enthusiastic about electric cars, a new study finds.

Newer Tesla owners may be less tolerant of glitches, an analyst says.

The BMW i3 will get more range next year, and will eventually be followed by another "i" model, BMW's CEO says.

Almost any new electric car tends to be pitched as a "Tesla competitor" these days, down to the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV subcompact hatchback. Yesterday, however, British specialty carmaker Aston Martin unveiled a large, sleek, four-door sedan powered entirely by batteries that clearly targets the...

When General Motors CEO Mary Barra unveiled the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV concept last January at the Detroit Auto Show, the 200-mile electric car was a shock to the industry. But equally startling was the launch schedule that emerged over the following months: The Bolt EV is to go into production...

Every honeymoon comes to an end sooner or later, and so it was with Consumer Reports and its former paramour, the Tesla Model S electric car. As part of its yearly reliability report on cars sold in the U.S. market, the respected consumer magazine said it could no longer recommend the Model S...

NEVS has licensed the Saab 9-3 to the Turkish government, which plans to use it as the basis for a "national car."

The 2016 Nissan Leaf gets mild praise from European reviewers.

Honda is testing solar-powered electric-car charging stations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Count on the car-dealer lobbyists of America to keep fighting the good fight on behalf of the state franchise laws that protect their members' businesses by making it illegal for you to buy a car directly from a carmaker. And, for that matter, to throw in comments about the supposed consumer...

The majority of electric-car drivers lease, rather than buy.

The Chinese government is expected to enact more electric-car friendly measures in its next five-year plan.

General Motors is already offering discounts on the 2016 Chevrolet Volt.

Tesla Motors is now rolling out its much-awaited "Autopilot" software for the Model S electric car, and it has revealed a number of things about how the autonomous driving system is intended to work. While an explanatory conference call on Wednesday afternoon lasted less than an hour, Tesla CEO...

Volvo says it will put an electric car on sale by 2019.

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...

Volkswagen may add an electric powertrain to its Phaeton luxury sedan.