plug-in cars

Analysts react to the second Tesla Motors "master plan" released last week.

Volkswagen has a long way to go before it restores its green credentials.

The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will be the world's first mass-priced electric car with a range of 200 miles or more. That alone makes it a hugely important new market entry. Going on sale in late 2016 or early 2017, just six years after modern electric cars arrived, the Bolt EV represents a second...

Nissan employees built a 48-kWh Leaf prototype in their spare time.

Tesla rocked the German luxury makers a couple of years ago when it became clear that its all-electric Model S sedan was truly appealing to a wide swath of enthusiastic luxury-car buyers. With more than 125,000 sold since mid-2012, Tesla Motors has since launched the Model X electric crossover...

Samsung takes a 1.92-percent stake in BYD.

Elon Musk says Tesla is working on changes to Autopilot's radar system.

Elon Musk's updated "master plan" for Tesla includes greater emphasis on autonomous vehicles.

Startup Atieva built an electric van that smoked a Tesla Model S and Ferrari California T in a drag race.

The NHTSA, NTSB, and SEC are investigating Tesla Autopilot crashes.

The Toyota Prius faces increased competition from plug-in electric cars.

Tesla cancelled its guaranteed buyback program effective July 1.

Volkswagen reportedly hopes to sell 1 million electric cars within the next decade.

PSA Peugeot Citroën is testing electric-car range extenders from Israeli startup Aquarius.

Panasonic expects significant growth in its battery-cell sales, driven by demand from Tesla.

With details about a fatal May 7 crash of a Tesla Model S operating on Autopilot continuing to garner news coverage, more crashes with Autopilot engaged appear to be surfacing. Most notably, the NHTSA has said it will investigate a crash on Friday, July 1, in which a Tesla Model X ran off the road...

Writers at the respected Consumer Reports were enthusiastic fans of the Tesla Model S electric car they bought and drove for more than a year, using enthusiastic language rarely seen in its sober reviews. But as reliability data accumulated, the magazine also reported that the car appeared to have...

Certain 2016 Nissan Leaf electric cars are being recalled to address an electrical fault in their airbag systems.

The Tesla Roadster 3.0 battery upgrade is now shipping to customers.

The Tesla Autopilot investigation will bring U.S. regulators into uncharted territory.