Start with a vintage Norton featherbed frame, build it into a blazing fast electric motorcycle in a sheep barn in rural Virginia, and then to top it off, embed an iPad into the gas tank and plan to take on the Isle of Man TT race next year. Sound intriguing? The folks behind one of [...]
Demonstrating its commitment to electrified vehicles, Ford is committing $135 million at its new Advanced Electrification Center (formerly the Ford Advanced Engineering Center) in Dearborn, Mich. Ford boasts some 1,000 engineers now working on vehicle electrification with 60 added just this year and more on the way. The new center will allow the automaker to [...]
Demonstrating its commitment to electrified vehicles, Ford is committing $135 million at its new Advanced Electrification Center (formerly the Ford Advanced Engineering Center) in Dearborn, Mich. Ford boasts some 1,000 engineers now working on vehicle electrification with 60 added just this year and more on the way. The new center will allow the automaker to [...]
With the addition of the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid, there is now an entire line of Priuses designed to be more attuned to middle-of-the-road Americans. In other words, the Prius has been Camryfied.
Of current electric car owners, 44 percent said the top benefit of their vehicles was lower emissions.
The Volvo Car Corporation has announced it is testing a new "fast-charger" for electric cars that will significantly cut recharging times to a stunning 1.5 hours, some six times faster than units currently in use in EVs on the road today. The new charger is going to be installed and tested on a number of [...]
The Volvo Car Corporation has announced it is testing a new "fast-charger" for electric cars that will significantly cut recharging times to a stunning 1.5 hours, some six times faster than units currently in use in EVs on the road today. The new charger is going to be installed and tested on a number of [...]
The 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid has one of the most robust, transparent and enjoyable hybrid systems, and it sells for a compelling $28,000.
The second-generation Ford Fusion, with its rakish style and engaging performance, belongs on any midsize sedan shopping list.
Despite power failures, electric car drivers are managing to find ways to charge their batteries.
A million dollars-worth of plug-in hybrid vehicles, including 16 Fisker Karma luxury sedans, caught fire at Port Newark during Hurricane Sandy.
Wireless chargers use a transmitter located in a parking space or garage floor that connects to a receiver mounted under the car.
The Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt and various Toyota Prius models all scored well.
Sales of the purely electric supercar were scheduled to begin at the end of the year, but executives appeared to back off that prospect this week.
Carmakers wonder if the lithium-ion cells will become cheap enough, at a fast enough pace, to make pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars economically practical.
The plug-in hybrids may stall when in motion, but General Motors said the problem did not pose a safety hazard.
A123 Systems had a new 'game-changing' EV battery and then suddenly filed for bankruptcy. What happened?
A self-taught scientist, he invented the nickel-metal hybrid battery and contributed to the development of many other devices.
At a luxury-goods exposition in Manhattan on Wednesday, Fisker executives discussed the bankruptcy of the battery maker and supplier to the Karma plug-in hybrid sedan.
Reluctant to fill their gas tanks, Chevy Volt hybrid owners tend to recharge their cars more frequently than drivers of the all-electric Nissan Leaf do.
