Green Life

Tesla has run into some slowdowns in clearing land for its European Gigafactory, due to environmentalist objections.

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.

In much of Europe, Lexus is pitching hybrids as "self-charging"—and many consumers and electric vehicle fans think it's misleading.

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.

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

A conversion between Volkswagen and EV West borrows the heart of a 2017 VW e-Golf and fits it to a classic Type 2 Bus.

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.

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

The Nomad all-terrain vehicle is the basis for an electric vehicle making 270 horsepower at four wheels, with a 30-kwh battery pack.

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.