Vintage

Two early electric cars recently sold at auction in the U.K.

A modern Mini Countryman isn't very mini at all.

The Automobile Driving Museum is exhibiting electric cars from the past five decades.

A 1978 Ferrari 308 GTS gets converted to electric power.

The BMW E1 electric car was introduced at the 1991 Frankfurt Motor Show.

Dr. Charles Alexander Escoffery converted a 1912 Baker electric car to run on solar power.

The Urba Centurion is a 1970s kit car that can still be built today.

Early electric-car drivers faced the same infrastructure issues as their modern counterparts.

A 1975 Enfield electric car morphs into a drag racer.

The Soviet Union deployed hydrogen-gasoline prototype vehicles at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

The BMW 1602e was the brand's first foray into electric cars.

Have you noticed how many automakers seem to have a hybrid or electric vehicle somewhere in their history files? If one were being cynical, you might think the long-forgotten knowledge has been retrieved to prove the manufacturer has always been progressive and innovative. Mercedes-Benz is the...

"Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model," or P1, was the first car designed by Ferdinand Porsche.

The 1959 Opel P1 set a record of 376 mpg in a test at an Illinois airfield in 1973.

Speeding is big business. There's no money to be made from it as an individual of course, unless you subscribe to the theory "time is money". But the U.S. Census Bureau estimates 100,000 Americans are ticketed for speeding every day, at an average cost of $150 per ticket--$5.5 billion a year in...

The turn of last century must have been a fascinating period to live in. Within the last quarter century or so, the car itself had been invented by Karl Benz. Virtually every automotive advancement changed the direction of the automobile, and--perhaps more significantly than anything else--nobody...

Every Friday, those of us who work at GreenCarReports like to kick back a little with a story that, if you’ll forgive us, is more about indulging our fun side than it is educating you about green cars. In keeping with that tradition, we felt it time to combine two of our collective loves --...

If you’re in the market for an electric car, the chances are you’ve resigned yourself to the fact that you’re going to need to spend upwards of $30,000 in order to get a modern, convenient electric car. If that’s too much, you can always go second hand with any number of...

Forty years ago, in the midst of fuel crisis after fuel crisis, automakers large and small around the world came up with concept and limited-run electric cars that would, it was hoped, revolutionize city commuting. They didn’t. Powered by several thousand pounds of lead acid batteries, fitted...

For as long as electric cars have existed, enterprising individuals around the U.S. have sought to convert gasoline cars to electric power. Over the years, we’ve seen everything from classic British sportscars through to SUVs and pickup trucks converted to run on electric power, with...