plug-in cars

While the bulk of the battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars sold today have a range of less than 100 miles, that doesn't stop some owners from using them for longer trips. The secret is to use DC quick-charging stations, which can recharge an electric car's battery pack to about 80 percent of...

Photos can be deceptive, as any online-dating aficionado will tell you. So it's hard to tell from photographs just how large the lithium-ion cell gigafactory in Nevada that's being built by electric car-maker Tesla Motors will really be. DON'T MISS: Tesla Gigafactory For Electric-Car Batteries...

The Detroit Electric SP:01 production model is changed slightly from the original prototype.

Polish company Solaris and researchers plan a new type of electrified bus.

China ends its export quotas on rare-earth metals.

Last September, Nevada governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill granting various tax breaks and incentives to Tesla Motors for construction of its massive battery "gigafactory" outside Reno. Now, photos taken yesterday show that work on the site--empty desert land less than a year ago--is well...

A video explaining the meaning of MPGe.

There's no denying that SUVs and crossover utility vehicles are popular--and getting more so, if 2014 sales charts are any indication. So the upcoming Tesla Model X all-electric seven-seat SUV should do very well when it finally hits the market this year after numerous delays. Tesla Motors CEO Elon...

The Henes Broon F8 series is more sophisticated than some adult-sized cars.

Engineers disassemble a BMW i3 electric car.

The Nissan Leaf, which has long been the world's best-selling electric car, has added another laurel to its crown. With December sales of 3,102 units, total Leaf sales in the U.S. for 2014 totaled 30,200 last year--a new yearly record for any plug-in electric vehicle in the country. Since it first...

While battery-electric cars are pretty simple in concept, it's often much harder for auto marketers to explain the benefits of range-extended electrics and plug-in hybrids. Last summer, Chevrolet's chief marketing officer, Tim Mahoney, said the marketing for the new 2016 Chevy Volt would be...

China continues to push for more electric cars as it fights rampant pollution and congestion.

We published roughly 1,800 stories on Green Car Reports this year, covering everything from fuel economy (it's rising) to electric cars (there are more on sale than ever). Every news site strives for 100-percent accuracy, but very few reach that mark. That's why there are Retractions sections in...

Over the last two years, the metropolitan Atlanta area has become one of the single best sales regions for the Nissan Leaf electric car. That's due to a $5,000 Georgia state tax credit for the purchase of a battery-electric vehicle, which can be used to cut state income-tax liability over one, two...

Graphene could have a major impact on green cars.

A Tesla Model S P85D goes for a spin on a dyno.

Yet another teaser for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car.

This was the year when it became obvious that upstart electric-car maker Tesla Motors has startled and worried all of the German luxury-car companies. And now that they're taking the Tesla Model S electric luxury sedan seriously--as well as the expected arrival next year of the much-delayed Model X...

Germany plans to install more charging stations as it moves to massively increase the number of electric cars on its roads.