Europe

French drivers are showing more interest in electric cars because of a fuel shortage.

A Madrid taxi company will receive 110 Nissan Leaf taxis.

Nissan's Sunderland plant recently built its 50,000th Leaf electric car.

Paris offers a variety of transportation options beyond cars.

The Nissan Leaf surpassed the Renault Zoe in European sales by the end of March 2016.

Are there many different ways to reduce the carbon associated with road vehicles? Or are electric vehicles the best and only viable way to proceed? That's the debate at the heart of two different reports on Volkswagen's recent actions in Europe this week. DON'T MISS: VW settlement with EPA...

The Renault Zoe recently passed 50,000 sales.

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.

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

The French government wants Tesla to use the site of a nuclear power plant for a European factory.

The Renault Zoe leads European electric-car sales so far in 2016.

A Volkswagen diesel recall in Germany was halted, and reports say it's because the update may lower fuel economy.

The U.K. government is helping to fund a Dyson electric-car project, documents reveal.

The Opel Ampera-e should be mechanically identical to the Chevrolet Bolt EV.

New European emissions-testing rules would allow carmakers to exceed legal limits of nitrogen oxides.

Nissan said yesterday it will invest £26.5 million ($37.9 million) in its battery plant in Sunderland, England, to produce "advanced" battery cells for the next-generation Leaf electric car. The announcement may end rumors that Nissan would outsource production of lithium-ion cells and...

The European Parliament voted against proposed emissions rules that would have given automakers significant leeway to exceed legal limits.

Volkswagen says a previously-reported issue with fuel-economy figures is less significant than originally thought.

Five Hyundai fuel-cell vehicles will enter taxi service in Paris.