Senate bill includes up to $1B for clean-car infrastructure

Electrify America DC fast chargers in Gulfport, MississippiThe transportation infrastructure bill long promised by President Trump and Congress was finally introduced in the Senate on Monday—and it may include some money for electric cars. The bill, called America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019, proposes to spend $287 billion on transportation projects over the next five years, and up...

Senate bill includes up to $1B for clean-car infrastructure

Electrify America DC fast chargers in Gulfport, MississippiThe transportation infrastructure bill long promised by President Trump and Congress was finally introduced in the Senate on Monday—and it may include some money for electric cars. The bill, called America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019, proposes to spend $287 billion on transportation projects over the next five years, and up...

Hyundai Kona Electric explodes in Montreal garage

2019 Hyundai Kona ElectricThe explosion of a 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric in a Montreal, Canada, garage Saturday literally blew the doors off. The owner, Piero Cosantino, told the CBC the car was not even plugged in at the time of the explosion. The report was the first in North America, and possibly the first report in the world, of a Kona Electric explosion or fire. No one...

Tesla to improve city Autopilot driving with major software update

2018 Tesla Model 3 Long Range RWDTesla will release the next version of its self-driving software, Version 10, starting next month. CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter over the weekend that the new software will do a better job of recognizing stop signs and traffic lights in cities and offer better driving characteristics on the highway. Musk said in April that the company expects...

Do EV conversions matter today? Take our Twitter poll

Classic Mini Cooper electric conversion by Swind“Reduce, reuse, recycle” is one of the core concepts for greening your life—and with the right motivations along the way, reducing your carbon footprint. It’s part of what makes the idea of electric-car conversions so compelling. You take a tired, polluting old vehicle with a tailpipe, remove everything having to do with...

2020 Honda Insight doesn’t budge versus Ioniq, Corolla Hybrid

2019 Honda InsightAs choices among hybrid small sedans have expanded, Honda is standing pat with the 2020 Insight. The Insight was introduced in 2019 as a separate model based on the Civic sedan, but with unique sheetmetal, a nicer interior, and the Accord Hybrid's two-motor hybrid drive system. It gets no significant updates for its second model year, beyond...

Electric Ford F-150 already exists, as second-life conversion kit

Ecotuned electric F-150 conversionThe all-electric Ford F-150 teased for the first time last week is something to get excited about—especially as an electric version of the top-selling vehicle in America. The model isn’t likely to show up at dealerships for at least another couple years, though. And there are electric F-150 pickups already in use today. About a dozen...