plug-in cars

U.K. electric-car sales hit record highs in the first quarter of 2016.

The 2016 Ford Fusion Energi now comes with a large cash-back offer in California.

Electric-car advocates are often passionate, with memories long enough to remember GM's 2004 destruction of its pioneering fleet of EV1 electric cars. Since then, the company has built and sold two generations of the Chevrolet Volt, with the launch of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV imminent within a...

Though many countries opt out of daylight savings time, the Canadian auto market always "springs forward" in March. Last month set a Canuck record for total March auto sales, at 175,000 units; depending on Tesla volumes to be reported this month, the plug-in electric vehicle segment may have broken...

China will issue special green license plates to "new energy vehicles."

Carmakers may soon begin promoting electric cars based on their driving experience.

Peabody Energy is the 50th coal company to file for bankruptcy since 2012.

To say that the auto industry has been startled by the volume of deposits on the Tesla Model 3 would be an understatement. The number of potential buyers worldwide who have sent Tesla Motors $1,000 to reserve a place in line to buy the car is now approaching 400,000, said longtime executive...

Only Nissan and Tesla currently offer electric cars with different battery-pack options.

California will fund installation of DC fast-charging stations along highway corridors.

U.S. electric-car sales decreased slightly last year, but they increased in China, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

With a restyled Model S released yesterday and more than 300,000 reservations globally for its $35,000 Model 3 coming in 2018, Tesla Motors has had a busy, busy month. Almost overlooked in all the news about those two electric cars was another update to another Tesla product. That would be the 2016...

The majority of cars sold in Norway last month were hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or battery-electric.

In a new study, 56 percent of respondents said electric cars must have at least 300 miles of range.

Some markets are stronger than others for certain types of cars. Think Subarus in the Northeast or the Rocky Mountains, convertibles in Florida, and pickup trucks in Texas. Used-car dealers carefully watch auctions to find cars in less demand elsewhere that they can sell locally for more money...

Carmakers consider the implications of silent supercars.

A California company is building a Tesla Model S stretch limousine.

In theory, it's a wonderful concept: once their tenure in an electric car is over, lithium-ion battery packs with as much as 70 percent of their energy capacity remaining can be sold and reused. In practice, however—especially at scale—the idea turns out to have some practical...

Tesla Motors will recall 2,700 Model X electric crossover utility vehicles to replace seat backs in the third row after a recliner unexpectedly slipped during seat-strength tests. The vehicles in question were built prior to March 26, and are all located in the U.S. Tesla said in a letter e-mailed...

Once again Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has released some new product information, this time on the 2016 Tesla Model X electric crossover utility vehicle. And he did it via his most frequent method of communcation: Twitter. The news is that the online configurator for the full array of Model X...