Green Car News

The 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is now available to rent from Hertz.

The Tesla Model S P85D electric car is breathtakingly quick, and quietly forceful in a way that makes it simultaneously a tailpipe-free counterpoint and a serious rival to some of the world’s top performance cars. You won’t need to search hard to find video footage of this...

Today you’re far more likely to see an all-electric vehicle like the Nissan Leaf or Tesla Model S on your way to work or to the store, versus just a couple of years ago. That much is almost certainly true. But that doesn’t mean that EVs are past a market tipping point just yet. Hybrids...

Cadillac and Toyota make headlines today.

Hyundai has slipped the first image of its next-generation Elantra and confirmed that the global debut of the new compact sedan will be taking place soon. A local debut at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show in November is likely. ALSO SEE: 2016 Toyota Prius To Debut Next Month, Prior To Frankfurt Show...

The regenerative braking system in the BMW i3 electric car is quite extreme. If you plan ahead and allow enough stopping distance, by lifting off the accelerator, this little electric car will come to a complete stop, without ever requiring a touch of the brake pedal. That behavior recently led...

The 2016 Mitsubishi i-MiEV is an outlier—in design, in layout, and in the way it drives. Yet our long-term 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf is nearly the polar opposite—a full battery-electric model wearing the look, feel, and functionality of one of the world’s best-selling cars of all...

The fourth-generation Toyota Prius is fast approaching. Toyota Motor Corporation has confirmed to Bloomberg that the fully redesigned 2016 Toyota Prius will be shown in Las Vegas on September 8, 2015—ahead of its anticipated debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show later next month. The last time the...

Aston Martin, Audi, and Tesla make headlines today.

The Audi e-tron quattro concept will preview the Q6 e-tron electric SUV due in 2018.

A Tesla Model X is spotted on public roads with protective plastic wrapping.

A handful of cities claim the majority of the U.S. electric-car fleet, a new study finds.

Portland International Airport just installed 42 Level 1 charging stations in its long-term parking area.

Chevrolet and Tesla make headlines today.

The Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car scores higher on owner satisfaction than any other vehicle GM has sold since it began surveying its buyers. It has attracted new buyers who'd never otherwise haveconsidered a Chevy. And GM data reveals that 80 percent of all Volt trips, and two-third...

There are lots of very good plug-in electric cars for sale now, and quite a few of them--especially Nissan Leafs--are starting to show up on used-car lots as three-year leases expire. We recently suggested some used hybrid-electric vehicles to avoid on the used-car lot. Now we turn to electric...

Tesla is partnering with parking garages to install charging stations in Manhattan.

Here are the best deals on hybrids, electric cars, and diesels for August 2015.

Nissan and Tesla make headlines today.

Last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a change in Tesla’s Supercharging philosophy. Instead of “free forever” (the phrase the company has used since the beginning), Musk said the Supercharger promise is now “free long-distance travel forever” Superchargers, the...