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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.

Last week Valvoline released a motor oil for hybrids, which typically have special engines already designed for frequent starts and stops.

The Sierra Club and the European Group Transport & Environment have presented an analysis suggesting ride-hailing is adding to pollution.

The CO2 emissions associated with making tires could be cut with the reuse of carbon black.

All-electric delivery van has the design flair to justify its price, but so far it's only targeting the UK market where Morris J-Types were once ubiquitous.

Looking at workplace charging as a face-value perk may be the wrong approach, advises a report aimed greening company images.

The Australian company Zero is converting Land Cruiser 79 SUVs and pickups to fully electric special-purpose work trucks.

The Dynamo cab is based on the Nissan e-NV commercial electric passenger van—not available in the U.S. In the UK it will go 174 miles on a charge.

A venture with roots in Silicon Valley and Saudi Arabia aims to use recycled plastic from bottles on a large scale—in the tarmac.

Motiv, which creates electric commercial trucks has received a round of funding partly from the RV maker Winnebago.

A Maryland station is possibly the first in the U.S. to convert entirely from oil-based fuels to all-electric.

An electric-vehicle revolution looked about to sweep Nepal in the 1990s. But then politics got in the way.

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.