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.

A purely electric racecar developed by Toyota improves its unofficial time at the Nürburgring.

The chief executive of the race series, in which purely electric open-wheel racecars would compete in city centers, faces a number of challenges.

Ten black and 10 brown socks, all mixed up in a dark room. How many socks do you need to guarantee a pair?

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.

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.

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.

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.