Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES

The move by Nissan comes days after BMW and Volkswagen announced a joint effort to build 100 high-speed public charging stations on the East and West Coasts.

Roll-Royce acknowledged the failure of its electric Phantom to resonate with customers, and G.M. made history by calling for climate change action.

Fiat may be looking to buy the rest of Chrysler, and more than 500 unclaimed Hurricane Sandy-damaged cars are up for auction next month.

With technical problems, management turmoil and mounting losses, Fisker offers a cautionary tale of alternative-fuel vehicles and government subsidies, Bill Vlasic reports in The New York Times.

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, is busy wrangling with the Texas Auto Dealers Association, and IndyCar comes back to the Pocono Raceway.

The Volkswagen Group vies for the world’s top position as Porsche unveils a plug-in hybrid Panamera.

A proposed rule to establish minimum noise levels for electric vehicles would make them louder than some sports cars, lobbyists for automakers say.

The lithium-ion battery in the grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliner is different from the batteries used in electric vehicles.

General Motors is planning to spend about $1.5 billion to expand its operations in North America this year.

Although the Obama administration has a stated goal of buying only alternative-technology vehicles for the federal government's fleet of vehicles by 2015, the number of hybrid and electric vehicles bought by the government dropped by a third last year, according to Bloomberg News.