plug-in cars

For its fourth year on the market, the 2017 BMW i3 electric car gets a huge boost in battery capacity and hence its EPA-rated range. The battery capacity rises 50 percent, from 22 to 33 kilowatt-hours, and the company says the rated range for the battery-electric version will be up to 114 miles...

A 1978 Ferrari 308 GTS gets converted to electric power.

Are there many different ways to reduce the carbon associated with road vehicles? Or are electric vehicles the best and only viable way to proceed? That's the debate at the heart of two different reports on Volkswagen's recent actions in Europe this week. DON'T MISS: VW settlement with EPA...

The BMW E1 electric car was introduced at the 1991 Frankfurt Motor Show.

The Fisker Karma will be known as the Karma Revero when it returns later this year.

Lithium-ion cells and the battery packs that hold them are the single most costly part of modern electric cars. And how fast their costs will fall remains the defining factor in making those cars affordable for the mass market. GM made waves last fall when product chief Mark Reuss said the company...

University of California, Irvine, researchers believe a nanowire-based battery cell could last much longer than current cells.

NextEV is one of the companies vying to become the next Tesla.

German luxury carmakers may now view Tesla as a threat.

When fans of a particular electric car start creating their own unofficial commercials for the car, it usually means one of two things. Either the existing ads are inconsistent, irritating, and miss the point (first-generation Chevy Volt marketing, ahem), or the auteur is so enamored of the car...

If 200-mile electric cars are the new black, then what does that make 300-mile electric cars? With the launch of the Chevy Bolt EV less than a year away, and 400,000 reservations for Tesla Model 3 cars to be delivered sometime in 2018 or later, clearly 200 miles is the new benchmark for range below...

Among battery electric cars on sale in the U.S., only three vehicles have sold more than 10,000 copies since 2010: the Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model S, and BMW i3. But four new or updated models coming for the 2017 model year may change those equations. The most eagerly awaited new 2017 electric car is...

Quality issues are cropping up in early 2016 Tesla Model X crossovers.

Chinese electronics giant LeEco will unveil an electric-car concept at the 2016 Beijing Motor Show.

The Renault Zoe recently passed 50,000 sales.

Volvo plans to offer two hybrid versions of every model, and at least one all-electric car.

Battery makers are becoming increasingly important in the development of electric cars.

Audi recently concluded a four-year public trial of plug-in cars.

The 2017 Honda Clarity will arrive in showrooms late this year with a hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain, one of three hydrogen-powered vehicles that will be sold in limited numbers in specific California regions that have hydrogen fueling stations up and running. But Honda has much larger plans for the...

Tesla owners can try out Autopilot for a month for free.