plug-in cars

When's the last time you sat down and read large parts of an owner's manual for a car? If it's been a few years—or a few decades—you may be surprised how frustrating they are if you're actually searching for specific information. By and large, their indexes are atrocious (often using...

California's role as the leading advocate for green cars may become more important.

The cost of electric cars and diesels will equalize around 2025, says one Volkswagen Group of America executive.

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime turned out to be a better plug-in hybrid than we had expected when we drove it around sunny Ojai, California, on the press launch in October. It's a viable competitor to the second-generation Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, though the Volt has an EPA-rated 53 miles of...

Volkswagen is now accepting public comments on how to spend $2 billion in zero-emission vehicle infrastructure funding.

A central Oregon ski shop explains why it bought a Nissan Leaf electric car.

With the introduction of the 238-mile Chevrolet Bolt EV this month, the aging Fiat 500e three-door hatchback's 84 miles of range becomes woefully uncompetitive. So Fiat Chrysler Automobiles needs a new all-electric vehicle to comply with California zero-emission vehicle rules—despite its...

Opel's head of electrification anticipates a relatively slow ramp up for electric cars.

The base version of Lucid Motors' electric car will have 1,000 hp and a 100-kWh battery pack.

Members of a House committee are questioning whether a provision for zero-emission infrastructure funding should have been included in the VW 2.0-liter diesel settlement.

U.K. researchers believe the polymer used in soft contact lenses could boost supercapacitor energy density.

Last week, we wrote about the results of a Twitter poll we put up to get a feel for what our readers like best about the site. The flipside of "most valuable" is "least valuable," so we put up the same list of choices again, this time asking survey respondents to rank their least favorite types of...

A new report claims reuse of electric-car batteries for energy storage is inefficient.

BMW aims to sell 100,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids next year.

Tesla will recall three types of accessory adapter because of the risk of overheating.

Tesla opened a "gallery" in Michigan that can show electric cars, but can't sell them.

Canada's first three Chevrolet Bolt EVs were registered in October, no doubt for media test-drives and dealership training ahead of the 238-mile electric car's Canadian launch. That event is expected to take place early next year, but with photos of truckloads of Bolt EVs headed for U.S. dealers...

The German government believes its car industry may fall behind in the race to build more electric cars.

NextEV's Nio brand will offer an electric SUV aimed at the Tesla Model X.

The Finnish city of Vaasa wants to be the location for the next Tesla Gigafactory.