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Arguably the most stunning car at this week's Frankfurt Motor Show was the Porsche Mission E, a low, sleek all-electric sport sedan that is likely to go into production within three or four years. It stole much of the limelight from the other all-electric debut, the Audi e-tron Quattro Concept, a...

The next-generation Chevrolet Cruze will be offered as a hatchback, a GM executive said recently.

North American buyers are eagerly anticipating the debut late next year of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, a 200-mile subcompact electric car promised to sell for $37,500 before incentives. That same car will also likely be sold in Europe, under GM's German Opel nameplate--effectively replacing the...

The redesigned 2016 Honda Civic sedan broke cover ahead of its arrival in U.S. showrooms later this year.

A recent perusal for the configurator for the Tesla Model X shows an estimated 250-mile range.

Start-stop systems in certain 2016 Cadillac models will use ultracapacitors for better performance.

We're now in the middle of National Drive Electric Week, the largest ever, with events planned for almost 200 cities. But yesterday Los Angeles managed to pull off a double-header: Its event brought together the first production versions of the new 107-mile 2016 Nissan Leaf and a running prototype...

It was actually introduced to the world last week, but the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid made its official auto-show debut yesterday at the huge Frankfurt Motor Show. A large crowd of journalists from around the world crowded around the covered car, eager to see in person what so far they'd only seen in...

The Nissan Gripz concept is meant to combine elements of sports cars and crossovers.

The 2017 Smart ForTwo Cabrio debuted at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show.

Suppose you could buy a new 2016 Nissan Leaf rated not at 107 miles but 155 miles. That would be a far more desirable car, wouldn't it? Well, you can--but only in Europe. The punchline is that the two cars are identical. What differs is the rating procedure used to calculate the range of an...

A Silicon Valley startup is working with General Motors and Delphi to develop a new cylinder-deactivation system.

With the recent announcement by the City of Los Angeles that it would lease 288 plug-in electric vehicles, now is a good time to look at a new study from Canada on how electric cars can be integrated into large fleets. It's important because it explicitly quantifies the range anxiety that...

With sales of small crossover utility vehicles growing, not just in North America but around the world, two of the world's three largest automakers still don't have entries in the segment. One of them, Toyota, announced today at the Frankfurt Motor Show that it had plans to change that. It...

Audi, Infiniti, and Porsche make headlines today.

Volkswagen is reportedly considering a new version of its classic Type 2 "Bus."

The Infiniti Q30 goes on sale in the U.S. next year.

It's been teased and previewed and discussed and debated, and now the concept is real: The Audi e-Tron Quattro Concept debuted at today's Frankfurt Motor Show. A styling concept that is thought to reach production as the Audi Q6 , a more coupe-like crossover utility vehicle similar to the BMW X6...