plug-in cars

Tesla and Panasonic may soon compete in home energy storage.

Here's one concept for a future driver-less electric hearse.

The first-generation Chevy Volt notched 167 new Canadian customers in August, building on its sector-leading 150 July plug-in electric vehicle sales north of the 49th parallel. Though this represents a slight year-over-year drop from last August's 186 Volts, it's encouraging that sales have...

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors has a lot on its hands right now, with deliveries of its Model X electric SUV at the end of the month, a battery gigafactory under construction, a mass-priced electric car to unveil next spring, and so forth. So it's encouraging to learn that the company is now...

BMW will unveil its 330e and 225xe plug-in hybrids at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show.

With the Labor Day holiday imminent--falling well into September this year--industry analysts have expected U.S. new-car sales for August to be less buoyant than they might otherwise be. But in the lower-volume world of plug-in electric cars, model cycles remain the driving factor. The...

Elon Musk says Model 3 production will start in "about two years."

Tesla owners who reserved the top Model X Signature Series can now configure their cars.

Fisker owners can change the way their cars operate.

The BlueIndy electric-car sharing service is now open in Indianapolis.

Here's everything you need to know about the Tesla Model X electric SUV.

One of the most contentious points in coverage of electric-car maker Tesla Motors is its financial performance. On the one side, analysts and naysayers note that the company continues to lose money. CEO Elon Musk himself has admitted that the company won't turn a profit using Generally Accepted...

Incentives to purchase zero-emission cars come in a wild variety of types, from California's rebates--essentially a four-figure check in the mail--to single-occupant access to carpool lanes. The U.S. government has a Federal income-tax credit of $2,500 to $7,500 for purchase of a plug-in car that...

Chinese electric-car sales are increasing, but buyer demand may not be.

The BMW i3 REx model is an unusual beast, the sole example to date of a car built specifically to comply with California regulations that define it as a zero-emission electric car even though it has a range-extending engine. That's because its gasoline range (EPA-rated at 78 miles) is more or less...

Venturi Automobiles and Ohio State University will return to Bonneville to beat their previous speed record.

The Tesla Model S P85D, the highest-performance and most expensive version of the all-electric luxury sedan, has earned even more plaudits and compliments from Consumer Reports magazine. The P85D, in fact, "performed better in our tests than any other car ever has," the publication said this...

LG Chem could become the world's largest electric-car battery supplier, a new report says.

German luxury carmakers shouldn't pursue plug-in hybrids, an analyst says.

A Nissan Leaf owner plans to drive across 48 states in support of National Drive Electric Week.