Green Life

The California EV company Electric GT plans a "crate engine" for hobbyists and builders wanting to free classic cars and trucks from gas.

Cities and school districts are expressing interest in electric school buses, and one such builder sees orders for them perking up.

Free of tailpipe emissions, the all-electric ferry boat is configured for point-to-point passenger and car-ferry duty.

A leather-free interior option is coming for the 2020 Porsche Taycan electric car, as well as a floor made of recycled fiber.

The CCS standard for DC fast charging has prevailed, but in late 2019 it still isn't the prevalent one.

The eDumper makes a good case for going fully electric with heavy-duty construction, mining, and industrial equipment.

Domino's Pizza has found that energy-saving e-bikes boost customer satisfaction, so it's rolling them out as a national program.

Companies and hobbyists have been converting gasoline vehicles to electric cars for decades. Do they still make a difference now?

Montreal’s Ecotuned is working toward a kit that could give many North American fleet trucks a new, cleaner lease on life.

We put the 32-mile rated electric range of the 2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid to the test, charging it multiple times and aiming to keep the engine off.

A YouTube star turned a new Tesla Model 3 into a compact pickup, and then filmed a fake ad for it "arriving nowhere."

Based on data from Nissan, it could be time to ramp up efforts for second-life uses for Leaf electric car batteries.

Last week, when we brought you an account of how an electric car wouldn't work in the midst of a medical emergency—in the Midwest, in the winter—boy, did we (and he) get an earful from our readers. That convergence amounted to the perfect storm of difficulty for any electric...

We can talk about driving range breathlessly but charging infrastructure is the real short circuit when it comes to electric cars today.

Incentives, tax breaks, and more breathing room are part of it, but oil wealth leaves the nation with an odd relationship to some of the top-level sustainability questions.

Former President Barack Obama made a promise on the campaign trail in 2012. Let's see if he keeps it—if even for his museum.

The daily news cycle already provides plenty of fodder for taking sides for or against electric cars. In the real world it’s just not that polarizing. Most people who decide to embrace electric vehicles probably understand that EVs do anything but preclude driving enjoyment; and many want to...

If more power, a 226-mile range, and a $39,405 base price—before considering the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit you can still get—collectively seems like the sweet spot for the Leaf, you probably have GM to thank. Nissan has admitted that it never planned to push the Leaf above a...

It’s not unusual for fuel gauges on gasoline cars to be inaccurate. Often they can hug "Full" so long you might suspect it’s malfunctioning—only to then swing rapidly toward the halfway mark and below. Usually these idiosyncrasies are no big deal. When the low-fuel light and chime...

Colorado, which is taking steps to adopt California’s EV mandate, has always had a different wildcard factor affecting road trips: altitude. The state has the highest portions of the Interstate highway system, including routes spanning past 11,000 feet and varying several thousand feet. Even...