Tesla semi truck to test self-driving, capable of ‘platooning’: report

Teaser for Tesla semi truck debuting in SeptemberWith Tesla, there's always something new coming up to keep owners, buyers, and fans excited. The company's main task over the next year is to get its lower-priced Model 3 electric car into volume assembly at high quality, a process CEO Elon Musk has called "production hell." But there's more to come, one of the new products being Tesla's promised...

Tesla Model 3 Performance version coming, after ‘production hell’ ends

2017 Tesla Model 3, in photo tweeted by Elon Musk on July 9, 2017Now that the Tesla Model 3 has officially entered production, the electric-car maker's main goal will be to ensure the manufacturing process ramps up smoothly. With 1,800 new reservations reportedly placed each day for the affordable electric sedan, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to confirm the company needs to get through six months of...

Best deals on hybrid, electric, fuel-efficient cars for August 2017

2013 Toyota Avalon HybridAs North America rounds out the final weeks of summer, plenty of discounts and deals remain on fuel-efficient, hybrid, and electric cars. The month of August sees a number of familiar nameplates remain as best buys, while a few newcomers arrive to represent excellent new values. Below are August's best deals on hybrid, electric, and fuel-efficient...

Plug-in electric car sales in Canada, July 2017: Golf season

2017 Volkswagen e-GolfThe Volkswagen e-Golf launched in Canada in late June, tallying 39 sales before the month’s end, and followed that with 84 units in its first full month of availability. Aided by the e-Golf, the Toyota Prius Prime and the soon-to-arrive second-generation Nissan Leaf, plug-in electric vehicles may push above 1 percent of the market for...

Go Forth Electric Vehicle Showcase in Portland: lessons learned

Chevrolet Bolt EV being charged outside Go Forth electric-car showroom, Portland   [photo: Forth]One of the challenges in getting car shoppers to consider plug-in electric vehicles is the education required. Tesla attacked this problem head on, opening its stores in malls and other sites where potential future buyers could dip their toes in and start to learn about electric cars without being pressured to sign on the line. But at all other...

New engine development at German makers to end by 2025, says supplier

BMW engineContinental, a major supplier for automakers around the world, has come out with a bold prediction: internal-combustion engine development by German automakers will essentially end by the year 2025. The supplier, which makes exhaust-gas-cleaning systems for diesel cars and nitrogen oxide-measuring sensors, lists several factors contributing to its...