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The Chevrolet Spark has found its niche as an urban runabout. But since it's been on sale around the world for a long time, it's time for a replacement. And this time, for now at least, one key version is going dark. ALSO SEE: Surprise 2016 Honda Civic Concept At NY Auto Show Previews Production...

If smaller is better, then you can’t really do much better than the Smart ForTwo. The Fortwo is the city car originally designed in partnership with Swatch, back in the 1990s. This year it’s been redesigned with American drivers in mind. That doesn’t mean bigger—just better...

A Texas city converts to renewable energy to save money.

BMW and Tesla make headlines today.

For more than four years, the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt have been the highest-volume plug-in electric cars sold in the U.S. Last month, for the first time in roughly three years, the Nissan Leaf's total U.S. sales surpassed those of the Chevrolet Volt. With March deliveries of 1,817 Leafs...

Tesla Motors started deliveries of its all-electric Roadster more than six years ago. Since then, the Silicon Valley electric-car maker has released its sales data in various ways at various times, usually only during quarterly earnings reports. Today, the company announced that it would provide...

Toyota offers big discounts on the entire Prius hybrid range in California.

The BMW i3 electric car goes on sale on Amazon.co.jp.

Electric cars and concept cars make headlines today.

An Indiana gas-station chain is now operating electric-car charging stations.

Aston Martin, BMW, and Chevrolet make headlines today.

It's rare that a carmaker entirely replaces a car after just three model years, but the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu is remarkable in more ways than that. Chevy will offer a full-hybrid model of the new 2016 Malibu that goes head to head with hybrid mid-size sedans from Toyota, Ford, Honda...

BMW is increasing i8 production to cut wait times.

Rolling coal may soon be more aggressively punished in Illinois.

The Kia Soul EV will soon be sold in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii.

Aston Martin will build an electric car, its new boss says.

The 2016 Smart ForTwo minicar will arrive at U.S. dealers this fall. When it does, it will be playing the redemption card every chance it gets. Smart was created to counter the increasing global trend toward urbanization. One way to make cities more manageable is a microcar that fit the needs of...

Beijing will enact an odd-even license-plate system that will restrict when people can drive.

Designing, engineering, testing, producing, and selling cars run by anything other than gasoline engines is hard, expensive, and challenging. Carmakers routinely lose money on the first generation of new technologies--Toyota, for example, with its first-generation Prius hybrid. But while hybrid...

A recent customer survey shows owners love their Tesla Model S electric cars.