Electrify America has reached a significant milestone for electric-car charging in California, the biggest market for EVs in the United States. About 15 months after opening its first California charging station, the network has opened its 100th charging station in the state. The 100 stations have a total of 400 individual plugs, and span the... Electrify America hits 100 charging stations in California
Electrify America has reached a significant milestone for electric-car charging in California, the biggest market for EVs in the United States. About 15 months after opening its first California charging station, the network has opened its 100th charging station in the state. The 100 stations have a total of 400 individual plugs, and span the... 
Goodyear has developed a "self-generating" designed to extend the life of tires, as well as make them more adaptable to different conditions. The Goodyear ReCharge tire concept features a tread that can be replenished using fluid-filled capsules. So instead of replacing the whole tire, only the tread is replaced. In a new as-you-drive approach to... 
Package delivery is about to get a lot greener. An electric version of the Ford Transit cargo van will launch in the United States and Canada for the 2022 model year. Details on the electric Transit will be revealed at a later date, but Ford noted that the North American version will be built in the U.S. Note that Ford previously announced that a... 
The Fiat 500e electric car will return for a second generation, but this time it will likely not be sold in the United States. After withdrawing both gasoline and electric versions of the 500 from the U.S., Fiat unveiled a redesigned 500 for the European market. This marks the first redesign of the retro city car since 2007. The gasoline 500... 
Mercedes-Benz is adding plug-in hybrid versions of three recently-redesigned compact models—the CLA, CLA Shooting Brake, and GLA—but none of them are slated for the United States. In keeping with the automaker's naming scheme, the plug-in hybrids are designation CLA250e, CLA250e Shooting Brake, and GLA250e. The CLA Shooting Brake (a... 
The Hyundai Prophecy is a new electric concept car that, as its name suggests, looks toward the future. In this case, that future includes autonomous driving. As indicated by a previous teaser, the Prophecy takes a different design direction from Hyundai's previous 45 electric-car concept. Where the 45 featured retro styling inspired by the 1970s... 
A new Renault concept car previews a modular platform to be used by the French automaker and its alliance partners on future production electric cars. The Renault Morphoz is an electric crossover that could hint at one of the first production models based on the new platform, codenamed CMF-EV. Here there's a single electric motor that drives the... 
BMW is a step closer to introducing a Tesla Model 3 rival. While that car won't start production until 2021, the BMW Concept i4 provides a preview of what it will be like. The Concept i4 follows the BMW i Vision Dynamics concept of 2018, but with exterior styling and specifications likely closer to the upcoming i4 production model. That means a... 
Details of the 2022 Fisker Ocean electric crossover continue to dribble out ahead of a planned start of production in late 2021—with production by a as-yet-unannounced partner. The latest information released by Fisker includes details on charging, more detailed technical specifications, and new driving footage of the Ocean. The Ocean will... 
Global electric-car sales generally remained flat in 2019, but one country bucked that trend. Germany saw a major increase in electric-car adoption, according to Clean Energy Wire. The number of new EV registrations rose 61% percent in 2019, compared to a 24% increase for 2018. This robust growth cemented Germany's position as the largest... 
As automakers work to reduce emissions—and the carbon impact of driving—by electrifying their vehicles, the environmental impact of the rest of a car becomes more significant. Audi has joined a growing list of manufacturers looking to mitigate this by using more sustainable materials for car interiors. The effort covers not only the... 
Continuing its ten-year project to spend Volkswagen diesel-emissions penalties on zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, Electrify America will invest $2 million to install 30 solar-powered charging stations in rural California. Located in the Central, Coachella, and Imperial Valleys, the stations will not be connected to the grid, according to... 
The Microlino, a retro EV inspired by the classic Isetta microcar, is getting a redesign despite not having gone on sale yet. Now dubbed Microlino 2.0, the tiny EV is scheduled to appear at the 2020 Geneva Motor Show. A redesign was necessary in order to meet certain internal safety standards, according to a press release from Micro Mobility, the... 
Automaker-operated car-sharing services haven't achieved much success, but that hasn't deterred Renault from launching one in Paris. Renault's Zity car-sharing service, which started in Madrid in 2017, will launch in the French capital in March. Zity will make 500 Renault Zoe electric cars available to Parisians through a mobile app. Similar to... 
DS is positioned as the luxury brand of the French PSA Group, and while its cars tend to use combine more design flair with mechanical pieces borrowed from mass-market Peugeot and Citroën models, the latest concept car from the brand is an exception. The DS Aero Sport Lounge concept, announced Wednesday, combines the brand's design flair with... 
Volkswagen has shown the flexibility of its MEB electric-car platform with various concept vehicles, from a tall station wagon to an electric dune buggy. But a new report indicates VW could stretch the capabilities of MEB even further with an electric sports car. The sports car could arrive in the middle of the decade and share a name with VW's ID... 
The next Mercedes-Benz electric car will debut at the 2020 Geneva Motor Show. It will be a production version of the Concept EQA compact hatchback, which was first seen in 2017. While the new model hasn't been confirmed for the United States, it's expected to go on sale in Europe in 2021. Mercedes released photos of camouflaged EQA prototypes... 
Even as it moves to launch more electric cars, Hyundai is looking for ways to wring more efficiency from internal-combustion powertrains. The automaker has developed what it calls an "Information and Communication Technology (ICT)" transmission-control system that uses both GPS real-time traffic data, and onboard sensors to choose the optimal... 
Solar cells produce electricity without carbon emissions, but the low efficiency numbers leave a lot of room for improvement. New research suggests a possible way to boost that—possibly without a radical rethink or the introduction of rare, expensive materials. Researchers in St. Petersburg, Russia, have created a prototype solar cell using... 
Tesla CEO Elon Musk used his preferred method of communication—Twitter—to reveal a few more details about the upcoming Cybertruck electric pickup truck on Friday. "Active ride height & active damping are game-changing for a truck or any car with a high max/min weight ratio," Musk tweeted. Achieving a balance of capability and...