All electric vehicles have at least one traction motor, so the market for electric vehicle traction motors is one of the largest markets for electric vehicle parts and a primary determinant of the...
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The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive has lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife (“north loop”) in a record time of 7:56.234 minutes. Therefore, the electric AMG super sports car is at the same...
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The 90th Le Mans 24 Hours is approaching fast, with the test day already this Sunday, so we think it is a good time to explain a little more graphically about the TOYOTA HYBRID System – Racing...
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Nippon Kayaku Co., LTD. (KAYAKU) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully developed a motor coil that can maintain its maximum power more than two times longer than a...
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Team APEV with Monster Sport shall once again challenge the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (June 24 - 30) in Colorado Springs, USA.
In just one year this project has attracted its share...
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Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik said Wednesday the automaker plans to sell a battery-electric vehicle in the future.
“Our primary zero-emission vehicle focus is fuel cell right now, but we...
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MotoCzysz rider Michael Rutter has clinched victory in today's SES TT Zero race on the Isle of Man.
The Englishman was trailing John McGuinness for the duration of the clean emissions event,...
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New cars are selling briskly, reducing used-car prices, and Chrysler battles the federal government over a request to recall 2.7 million Jeeps.
Nissan’s NV200 taxi still has a few rough edges and faces legal hurdles, but it seems well on its way to hitting New York’s streets soon.
Prius and Lexus brake problems continue for Toyota, which will issue its second brake-related recall since 2010.
In an appearance on CNBC, Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said a “Hyperloop” — a futuristic new kind of solar powered mass transit — could be built for just 10% of the cost of the high-speed...
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Mission Motors took the motorcycle world by storm in 2011 when the San Francisco-based startup entered its prototype Mission R electric race bike to compete in the TTXGP race at Laguna Seca. The...
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Self-driving cars will be in Tesla's future, CEO and founder Elon Musk told CNBC, and the company has been in preliminary talks with Google about the idea. In a wide-ranging interview Friday, Musk...
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When Better Place, the global electric-car charging company, announced that it was shutting down, it left behind bold dreams and valuable assets.

The Lexus GS 450h hybrid is more powerful than any other Lexus GS. It wafts over the road as effortlessly as, say, a Bentley, and its fuel economy blows away the competition.
Bosch is betting on the future of the electric drive. “Electromobility is currently still a niche business, but after 2020 it could very well become a mass market,” said Dr. Volkmar Denner, the...
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Automotive News' Mark Rechtin puts Tesla's Model S to the test during a road trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
Rechtin discusses the electric vehicle's driving range, handling, and recharging...
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Simona De Silvestro gets seat time in Cadillac’s new plug-in hybrid-electric, and Sergio Marchionne, the Fiat chief executive, promises the Italian government that a merger with Chrysler will not kill Italian jobs.
A revolutionary new electric bus that operates without overhead wires will begin operating in Geneva next month.
The bus was developed by a public-private consortium including ABB Sécheron, the...
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Ford Motor Company bested its previous full-year hybrid sales record in just the first five months of 2013, driven by the product strength of its new electrified vehicle lineup including Ford C-MAX...
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