Many drivers, while still preferring electricity over gasoline, want to see improvements in battery capacity and car design.
The C-1, being built by Lit Motors, is a bike encased in a metal shell that is meant to provide the convenience of a motorcycle with the amenities of a car.
James G. Cobb, editor of the Automobiles section, drives a Fisker Karma in a game of car poker against a 1946 Buick Super, 1959 Chevy Impala and 1965 Thunderbird convertible.
Dealers claim Tesla Motors, with its factory-owned retail stores, circumvents laws in their states intended to protect them.
But your refrigerator is. And why the best technology doesn’t always win out.
Mitt Romney recently referred to electric car-maker Tesla Motors as a loser. Yet as it ramps up sales of its sleek electric sedan, Tesla may end up a winner. Tracking its cash flows is one way to handicap its chances.
More powerful and appealing than its lease-only predecessor, the purely electric Fortwo ED is also something of a price chopper.
Shai Agassi leaves Better Place, a company that has won widespread praise and attention for his dream of ending the world’s dependence on oil.
Andy Palmer, executive vice president of Nissan, attended a roundtable in Lower Manhattan to discuss how the automaker was responding to criticisms of its Leaf.
Who said electric cars can't be muscle cars?
The chief executive of the race series, in which purely electric open-wheel racecars would compete in city centers, faces a number of challenges.
A purely electric racecar developed by Toyota improves its unofficial time at the Nürburgring.
Volkswagen, which has great sway in the auto industry, is focusing on plug-in hybrids while it plays down the immediate future for all-electric cars.
Ten black and 10 brown socks, all mixed up in a dark room. How many socks do you need to guarantee a pair?
Can you take an electric car on a road trip? To find out, a reporter drives the Model S on a 530-mile journey through California, stopping at Tesla’s Supercharger stations for fill-ups along the way.
The automobile has not undergone a fundamental change in design or use since Henry Ford introduced the Model T, but the Tesla Model S has the potential to be a game changer.
Honda is broadening its hybrid strategy by improving its existing single-motor system, adding a new two-motor system and developing a three-motor system aimed at high performance and improved handling.
Daimler showed off a version of its electric Smart Car that has a hood-mounted movie projector.
Audi said the use of lightweight materials and reliance on an electric motor for motive power would help the concept achieve fuel economy of over 200 miles per gallon.
The 10,000th rebate was claimed by the buyer of a 2012 Nissan Leaf.
