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Coming later this year, the Quasar will allow bi-directional DC charging and, with a utility disconnect, let your Leaf or other CHAdeMO electric car serve as backup power.

Volkswagen has created another electric conversion of the classic Microbus—this one from Germany rather than California.

Lampposts—or utility poles—can provide public Level 2 charging for EVs, a London project illustrates.

Best known for lawnmower engines, Briggs & Stratton engineered a hybrid car in the late 1970s, on the heels of the oil crisis.

A report suggests that it makes no financial sense to continue to support coal as it's not more expensive than wind and solar. That's good news for electric cars.

California's Lucid finds inspiration from places in its home state for aesthetics, but its strategy might look like Tesla in the early stages.

Fully solar chargers will offer a streamlined installation and allow California travelers to charge even at times of blackouts.

Zity sweeps in to potentially meet pent-up demand left by former effort Autolib; but will it find better success than other automaker-run programs?

Two scaled-down, remote-control toys are modeled after the Tesla Cybertruck concept and will arrive a lot sooner than the actual vehicle.

Microsoft co-founder gives props to Tesla for its progress, but chose the Porsche Taycan as his first electric car.

As tallied by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the well-to-wheels impact of EVs is considerably less than just a few years ago.

LA will be the home of the first range-extended electric fire truck, made by Austria's Rosenbauer.

A solar program for the Audi E-Tron sends more energy generated from sunlight to owners' houses—as well as a little money back.

The UK could soon be working toward a plan to banish hybrids and plug-in hybrids—and all internal combustion—by 2035.

And despite sophisticated algorithms, Uber and Lyft have too many "deadhead miles"—meaning miles with the driver and no passenger.

The U.S. state of New Jersey has one of the most ambitious programs yet, on the state level, for encouraging electric cars.

At CES, Tropos Motors showed how it can make a mini electric fire truck at half the cost of the full-size one.

Michigan and Virginia are among the states using VW diesel settlement money to go electric with their school buses.

Coal plants were retired at a near-record rate in 2019, and generation from renewables surpassed coal—making EVs a lot cleaner.

Electric vehicles and towing are a good short-distance combination, and the Polestar 2 will allow that flexibility.