plug-in cars

These are the best lease deals on green cars for June 2015.

BMW may build an all-electric SUV in South Carolina.

As an early Tesla Model S owner, I’m accustomed to waiting. After putting down a $5,000 deposit in April 2009, I waited nearly four years to take delivery of the car. And then I waited another 18 months for the vast barren Northeast Supercharger Desert to bloom, finally unleashing the...

National Drive Electric Week, the annual event devoted to advocating plug-in electric cars, will be sponsored by Nissan for the next three years, organizers announced today. The Nissan Leaf is by far the highest-production electric car in history, now closing in on 200,000 global sales since the...

When General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced the Chevrolet Bolt Concept, it changed everything in the world of electric cars. She said it would have a battery range of 200 miles, cost $37,500 before incentives--putting it squarely into the mass market--and be sold in all 50 states. Now spy shots...

Whenever Tesla Motors holds a conference call to discuss its financial results, its webcast is mobbed by journalists, financial analysts, and fans. So it was yesterday, when the electric-car maker broadcast its 2015 annual shareholders meeting. As always, a few pieces of news emerged--the most...

Volta Industries asked companies that value sustainability to underwrite its charging network.

Plug-in electric cars can cut the per-mile cost of driving significantly for most U.S. households. But their purchase prices as new cars are still higher than gasoline cars of the same size and segment. That's why Federal, state, and local governments offer an elaborate--and often...

The Audi Q6 SUV could appear as a concept at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show.

Panasonic will send workers to Nevada as part of its ongoing involvement with the Tesla "Gigafactory."

The 2016 Audi A3 e-tron will arrive in the U.S. this October, a new report says.

Lithium producers may increase production in anticipation of Tesla's "Gigafactory."

A Tesla Model S P85D breaks a dynamometer.

Last year, roughly 118,500 plug-in electric cars were sold in the U.S.--out of total vehicle sales of 16.5 million, the highest total since 2006. Since modern electric cars went on sale in December 2010, sales have increased every year. Any increase this year may not be as dramatic as in prior...

Olympic Gold Medalist Ross Powers drives a Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid.

Many electric-car owners start to think more seriously about the source of their electricity when they plug their cars in to recharge. And at least in California, data show that owners of plug-in electric cars have far higher interest in photovoltaic solar panels than drivers at large. Now a...

The PBS show demonstrates installing an electric-car charging station.

Last month, we assumed that Nissan would edge Tesla during April in Canadian plug-in electric vehicle sales. Wow, were we wrong! Fully 167 Tesla Model S electric luxury sedans were registered in Canada that month, outpacing the 127 Leafs Nissan delivered. Not wanting to underestimate Tesla for two...

As spring arrives, sales of plug-in electric cars have traditionally risen from their winter levels. During the months of May through August, monthly sales are usually among the highest of the year. At least for May, that rule holds as strongly for 2015 as it did last year. DON'T MISS: Will 2015...

It was one of the major electric-car news stories last month: Sales of the Chevrolet Spark EV electric minicar soared to 920 in April. The electric Spark had consistently sold at around 100 cars a month since its June 2013 launch. And it was widely considered to be a compliance car: one sold only...