Politics

Tesla's vice president of business development believes other carmakers aren't taking electric cars seriously.

The EPA is preparing to draft emissions standards for airplanes.

Sales of plug-in electric cars are not evenly distributed across the U.S. by any means. California, with its pioneering zero-emission vehicle sales requirements, has always occupied an outsize place in the sales charts. Not only is it the most populous state in the union, with 39 million residents...

The Obama Administration will release $4.5 billion to fund a nationwide network of charging stations.

An Indian court has ordered older diesel cars off New Delhi's roads.

California may cap ZEV credit sales to eliminate excess credits.

Paris begins its ban on older cars this week.

The G20 nations will not commit to a deadline for phasing out fossil-fuel subsidies.

Several countries have proposed ending sales of new gasoline and diesel cars.

Virginia auto dealers are calling for an investigation into Tesla's sales practices.

It happens every so often: a driver claims that a car accelerated out of control just before it crashed into something or other. Only in the last 10 years have automakers had data to investigate the claims, usually from a "black box" that captures a car's most recent few seconds of operating...

To market its three-wheeled car, Elio Motors is getting political.

Tesla will open a pilot "gallery" in a Nordstrom store in Los Angeles.

These are tough times for the coal industry. Coal plants are being retired at an increasing rate in North America and Europe, replaced by a combination of natural-gas and renewable generating capacity. These days, virtually any way to produce electricity is seen as better than coal, which produces...

A Pennsylvania Ford dealer runs afoul of a town's restrictions on solar power.

The Japanese government wants to promote hydrogen production in the Fukushima prefecture.

Paris plans to ban older cars from its city center beginning July 1.

Since the 1950s, California has been a global leader in efforts to limit and then eliminate emissions from motor vehicles. But with hazardous and choking air pollution in its major cities, not to mention traffic jams to rival any in the world, China may prove to be the Golden State's...

Companies backed by Elon Musk and Warren Buffett battle over solar power in Nevada.

China aims to improve fuel quality as well as lower emissions.