plug-in cars

With a "double-double" being Canadian shorthand for a coffee with two creams and two sugars, we might call September a "triple-triple": Three plug-in electric car models hit the 100-sales mark last month. Chevy sold 126 first-generation Volts in Canada in September, down slightly from August's 167...

Sales of plug-in electric cars in the U.S. had a low-to-average month in September, with the sole bright spot being the astounding sales of the BMW i3 electric hatchback. Two new 2016 models, the entirely redesigned Chevy Volt and the longer-range 107-mile Nissan Leaf, should start this month, but...

While it still refuses to report standard monthly U.S. sales like other carmakers, Tesla Motors now at least reports quarterly global sales of its electric cars. During the third quarter--July through September--Tesla said last week that it delivered 11,580 cars, all but six of them presumably its...

On most American streets and highways, the Ford Focus Electric is as rare a sight as some exotic sports cars. And unfortunately, some continued rather dismal sales numbers support that. Focus Electric sales totaled 1,964 in calendar-year 2014, up only slightly from the previous year’s total...

Fisker Automotive is now Karma Automotive.

Could flow-cell batteries be better suited to energy storage than lithium-ion cells?

Beginning in late fall 2016, if you’re lucky enough to visit the Warren Technical Center campus of General Motors [NYSE:GM], in Michigan, you might find your shuttle quite intriguing: a 2017 Chevrolet Volt, driving itself. The automaker plans to deploy a fleet of Volt extended range electric...

Mazda will unveil a rotary-powered sports car concept at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show.

The Tesla Model X achieves a maximum EPA-rated 257 miles of range.

NRG Energy is splitting its electric-car charging and solar divisions into a separate company.

The amount of fuel saved per vehicle is more important than the fleet average, new analysis claims.

How has the Nissan Leaf changed over the years?

The Mercedes-Benz electric car due in 2019 could be a crossover, the company's R&D boss says.

Elon Musk says Tesla could achieve over 600 miles of range within two years.

An investment firm believes Tesla can significantly lower its battery costs.

A new study claims electric cars and the grids that power them could have a major impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

A Vermont bed & breakfast invests in a solar farm, partly to power electric-car charging stations.

Oh, those dastardly electric cars. Their siren-like allure tempts otherwise innocent drivers to abandon their life-long infatuations with ultimate German driving machines and other fine automotive specimens that deliver driving pleasure via explosions of vaporized hydrocarbons thousands of times a...

Apple is reportedly speeding up its electric-car project.

Mazda plans to use current Japanese consumer trials to decide on future green powertrains.