Electric Cars

  • Audi R8 e-tron Piloted Driving concept, 2015 Consumer Electronics Show Asia

    The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show Asia is taking place this week in Shanghai, China, and there to give a keynote address on the opening day was Audi CEO Rupert Stadtler who talked about the car becoming an integral part of the networked world, and who also presented a version of the new R8 e-tron electric supercar equipped with Audi’s upcoming autonomous driving technology. ALSO SEE: Audi And Partners Develop E-Benzin Synthetic Gasoline: Video Called the R8 e-tron Piloted Driving, the car on show in Shanghai is strictly a concept but many of its self-driving features are virtually...

  • 2017 Audi Q7 first drive
    Audi confirms Q1 for 2016, electric Q6 for 2018, and Q8 for 2019

    With growth in SUVs proving to be stronger than in any other segment, Audi, like many of its rivals, is pushing ahead with the launch of more high-riding models. The automaker has now confirmed three additional SUVs for its lineup which will be growing from 52 distinct models today to 60 by 2020...

  • Stirling Moss Renault Twizzy
    Sir Stirling Moss Loves Tiny Cars, Drives A Twizy: Video

    Sir Stirling Moss is one of the greatest drivers of all time. In fact, he's often called the greatest racing driver of all time to have never won a championship. Moss competed for many years, won many races, and still occasionally hops behind the wheel today to show people how it's done. The man...

  • Tesla Model S P85D, 2015 Detroit Auto Show
    Tesla Model 3 to be unveiled March 2016

    With a new home battery just hitting the market, the Model S P85D kicking down supercar doors around the world, and a series of drone rockets (nearly) landing on drone ships, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk must be feeling pretty good about himself. By the time next March roles around...

  • Tesla Model S pre-owned page screencap
    Want A Used Model S? Now You Can Get One Online From Tesla

    Tesla launches a certified pre-owned program.

  • 2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid
    New Patents Surface For Porsche Electric And Fuel Cell Sedans

    New patents have emerged suggesting Porsche is serious about launching zero-emission versions of its upcoming mid-size sedan due towards the end of the decade. Nicknamed the Pajun, short for “Panamera junior”, the mid-size sedan is being developed as a rival for the Maserati Ghibli and...

  • 2012 Fisker Karma

    Fisker introduces a new Customer Support Program with free parts and labor.

  • 2016 Chevrolet Volt
    2016 Chevrolet Volt Priced From $33,995

    Despite a significant improvement in style, performance and practicality, General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] is offering its second-generation Chevrolet Volt at a lower price than the original. The automaker has confirmed pricing for the 2016 Chevy Volt will start at just $33,995, including an $825...

  • Zombie 222
    Power Surge: Watch An All-Electric '68 Mustang Attempt A Record Run

    Some might think it a sacrilege to swap internal combustion from electric power in an iconic car like a 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback. But that's conventional thinking—and Mitch Medford and the team at Bloodshed Motors don't do conventional. CHECK OUT: Bugatti Veyron Successor To Do 0-60 MPH In...

  • Tesla Powerwall Home Battery
    Tesla's New Battery Can Power Your Home

    Tesla unveils its new line of batteries for homes, businesses, and utilities.

  • Tesla Model S Drift
    Yes, The Tesla Model S Can Drift: Video

    At a recent drift event in Japan, former D1 champion Nobuteru Taniguchi took to the course in a stock Tesla Model S. Right away the car seems eager to invoke sideways shenanigans, and the driver is able to link a few turns together. It's clear that the mighty power output and instant torque of the...

  • 2016 Cadillac ELR
    2016 Cadillac ELR Comes With More Power And Tech

    Cadillac chief Johan de Nysschen has hinted that the ELR might not spawn a second generation but that doesn’t mean General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] premium division has completely given up on the car. An updated version is being introduced for the 2016 model year, and has been...

  • First BMW i8s delivered to customers

    It’s long been thought that the next model to emerge from BMW’s i division for enviro-friendly cars would be badged an “i5” (“i7” has also been rumored), positioning the vehicle somewhere between the electric-only i3 city car and plug-in hybrid i8 sports car. The last we heard is that the i5 will be a sporty sedan targeting the Tesla Model S, and now we have a few more details by way of a report in Germany’s AutoBild. CHECK OUT: Drunk California Woman Stalls Car On Freeway, Urinates, Wanders Into Traffic: Video Rather than go the electric-only route...

  • 2015 Aston Martin Rapide S
    Aston Martin To Replace Rapide With New Lagonda Sedan, Launch DBX-Like Crossover

    Last summer, we heard Aston Martin was planning to phase out its Rapide sedan following the introduction of the automaker’s next-generation sports car platform, which makes its debut next year in the DB9 replacement. The good news is that Aston Martin won’t be exiting the sedan segment...

  • Teaser for Wanxiang’s updated Fisker Karma
    Fisker Karma set to return this month?

    Although there are reports the return of the Fisker Karma luxury sedan has been pushed back to 2016 by new owner Wanxiang, a teaser on the new website (www.thenewfisker.com) established for the revived version of Fisker Automotive suggests that the Karma will be making its comeback as early as this...

  • New Fiat 500e group shot, racers' group buy. Photo by Joe Nuxoll.
    100-Plus Racers Just Bought Fiat 500e Electric Cars

    If you’re accustomed to the speed, handling, and the thrill of the chase you get with a good car on track, you might not figure an electrified econobox is a good pick for your daily driver. But 80 racers in the San Francisco Bay area would disagree with you. Strongly. DON'T MISS: Watch Kids...

  • Chevrolet Bolt EV concept, 2015 Detroit Auto Show
    Chevy Bolt Concept Confirmed For Production, Ford Rival Mooted

    General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] has reiterated plans to put its battery-powered Chevrolet Bolt concept car into production. More importantly, the automaker has also reiterated CEO Mary Barra’s promise made at the Bolt’s 2015 Detroit Auto Show reveal that any production version will...

  • Purported Audi Q6 electric crossover teaser image
    All-Electric Audi Q6 Teased In Annual Presentation?

    Rumors of a third Audi crossover—possibly with electric drive—have risen and fallen since 2006, with prototypes even tested back in 2011. Now, it looks like the new crossover, likely to be called Q6, is back in the works. According to Autocar, an image of the upcoming Audi Q6 has been...

  • Audi R8 e-tron

    Audi’s new R8 supercar makes its official debut this week at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, and to help kick off the launch Audi is showing four distinct versions of the car. Two of these we’ve already seen, the V-10 powered R8 V10 and R8 V10 Plus. The remaining two are the R8 LMS race car and R8 e-tron battery-powered model, the latter of which is featured here. The R8 e-tron was first hinted at as far back as 2009, when Audi rolled out its first concept version of the car. Production was quickly confirmed but a poor business case and lack of suitable technology meant the project...

  • Aston Martin DBX concept, 2015 Geneva Motor Show
    Aston Martin DBX concept is an all-electric, off-roading sports car

    Aston Martin has missed out on the booming sales of luxury SUVs, despite being one of the first among its peers to look closely at the segment when it presented its original Lagonda SUV concept back in 2009. A lack of a suitable platform and the global financial crisis put an end to Aston...

  • Rimac Electric Supercar
    1,088-hp Rimac electric supercar sounds like a road-going jet

    The Croatian supercar startup Rimac is hard at work. First showing its electric concept in 2011, Rimac has been promising the world an extremely limited, massively powerful, electron-sucking super machine. We've been told that horsepower figure will sit at a mighty 1,088. Along with an insane 2,800...

  • 2014 BMW i3 and 2014 Tesla Model S   [photo: Tom Moloughney]
    Report: BMW building i5/i7 to target Tesla Model S

    The Tesla Model S remains the undisputed king of electric cars at the moment primarily because it’s the only real car that is entirely electric. But that will change soon, and BMW will be among those seeking inroads into Tesla’s empire. BMW’s vector for those inroads will be...

  • Chevrolet Bolt EV concept, 2015 Detroit Auto Show
    Chevy Previews $30K, 200-Mile Electric Car With Bolt Concept: Live Photos & Video

    Hot on the heels of the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Volt unveiled this morning at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show comes a new concept that signals the bowtie brand’s new pure electric strategy. It’s called the Bolt EV, and it’s a preview of a new battery-powered electric car due from...

  • BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo Power eDrive prototype
    BMW previews 670-horsepower plug-in hybrid system in 5-Series GT prototype

    For years, hybrid technology has been marketed purely as a means of improving vehicle efficiency, but now that the technology has matured we’re starting to see automakers investigate ways of using the addition of an electric motor(s) to boost performance as well. The turning point was...

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