plug-in cars

Will Tesla update the Model S electric car's styling?

Electric-car buyers have eagerly waited for the 2016 Nissan Leaf, whose SV and SL models now offer a higher range, rated by the EPA at 107 miles. That's up from the 84 miles of last year's Leaf, and so we eagerly accepted a short-term loan of a new 2016 Leaf SL to test the car ourselves. The bottom...

When it announced a range increase for its 2017 Focus Electric earlier this month, Ford executives also revealed an intriguing snippet about the company's battery plans. The company is conducting its own research into fundamental battery chemistries, and could develop its own cells for use in...

The 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid will now arrive in the U.S. in Summer 2016.

There are no more California HOV-lane "green stickers" for plug-in hybrids.

OPEC believes battery-electric cars will account for just one percent of global sales in 2040.

When it was unveiled at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, the Cadillac Converj concept was widely lauded for its looks. That was likely the last time the car that became the Cadillac ELR range-extended electric luxury coupe won any praise. After an on-again, off-again, on-again history and a launch at...

With 2016 about to arrive, BMW is by far the most advanced of the three German automakers in selling battery-electric cars. All three makers plan to offer plug-in hybrid versions of most of their lineups by 2020, but BMW has been selling its all-electric i3 five-door hatchback for more than two...

Faraday Future hints at what its electric car might be like.

Saab owner NEVS says it will provide 150,000 electric cars to a Chinese leasing firm.

A Swedish video shows an electric-car driver experiencing internal combustion for the first time.

Nissan and BMW claim to have add DC fast-charging stations at 120 locations in 19 states.

The new 2016 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid keeps and expands on all the good points of the first-generation Volt, while fixing a number of the old car's quirks. As we wrote in September, "The new Volt's a great car, and brings practical electric drive to U.S. drivers without a shred of range...

See the Tesla Model X assembly line in a new video.

It's been clear for a couple of years now that the German luxury makers feel they need competitive responses to the startling emergence of electric-car maker Tesla Motors. One by one, the concept vehicles--and production plans--have appeared, first the Audi e-Tron Quattro Concept and most recently...

Jaguar will join Formula E for its third season, beginning next fall.

Five years after the first modern mass-market electric car launched, stories of recalcitrant car dealers continue to surface from buyers. Walk into a dealership, explain that you want to buy an electric car ... and then endure a litany of reasons why you don't. But a meticulously documented...

The 2017 Volvo S90 will get the T8 "Twin Engine" plug-in hybrid powertrain from the XC90.

Electric cars still make sense, even as gas prices remain low.

Nissan will launch an extended-range electric vehicle distinct from the Leaf.