Electric Cars

Toyota is getting back into Le Mans, but it's doing it with a hybrid, the TS030 HYBRID. It looks mean, sounds great on-track, and has a serious factory effort behind it--but will it be enough to win? In more oval-shaped racing, the 2013 Ford Fusion has been unveiled in 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup trim...

If you're a fan of the Camaro, muscle cars, sports cars, or America, you're probably going to love the 2012 Camaro ZL1. We did. The Supreme Court ruled that GPS tracking cars without warrants is unconstitutional. The next generation of the Corvette is still about 18-20 months away, but the first...

A Germany company best known for building carbon-fiber bicycles has announced a revolutionary electric car, with performance claims that sound far too good to be true.

Are you a 20-something Millennial who would rather drive a hybrid or electric car over any other type of vehicle? If you didn't say yes, then you are in the minority according to a new study. The USA Today reports that a study performed by Deloitte shows six out of ten Millennials prefer buying a...

Fresh from his drive of Rolls-Royce’s 102EX electric Phantom prototype, High Gear Media’s green car expert and editor of Green Car Reports John Voelcker has now driven the very first BMW ActiveE all-electric 1-Series to be delivered to a customer in North America. That car was delivered...

Following the departure of two Tesla executives, the electric automaker held a phone conference to brief attendees on the status of the Model S sedan and the Model X crossover.

Today we have an ultra-rare--and stunning--Jaguar XJ220S up for sale, news of Mercedes-Benz's B-Class range-extended electric vehicle plans for the U.S., and a Cobra crash that's one wild ridBe, with a surprisingly un-deadly outcome for the driver. Catch all of this and more in the day's headlines...

The Tesla Model S sedan is looking to change the game of electric car ownership, taking range up to 300 miles and performance into serious sport sedan range, all while packing as much luxury and tech--or more--as any German or Japanese gas-burning alternative. That's a tall order for any car, much...

You might have heard of London's famous Harrods department store, located in the heart of the upmarket Knightsbridge area of the capital. The prestigious seven-storey department store has welcomed several cars before, but its current automotive visitor is a little easier on the eyes than the Aston...

What separates your regular gasoline car from an electric car? The batteries? The motor? Plugging in each night versus going to a gas station in the morning? All of the above, of course, but also the high levels of interactivity now available to electric car users, via their smartphones. Ford is...

The Detroit Auto Show is still underway--in fact, just at the midpoint of press days--but already Infiniti is looking ahead to the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, teasing its upcoming electric sports car concept. The images in the gallery below show what little of car we can see for now, and a few details...

Nissan is showing an electric-powered version of its NV200 van, using the Leaf drivetrain, at this week's Detroit Auto Show.

Fresh from its win in last year’s Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge, Smart has unveiled a funky electric urban pickup concept at this week’s 2012 Detroit Auto Show. Yes, this tiny concept car is an open-top pickup complete with a sturdy tray, which Smart claims is ideal for holding...

A two-seater, chop-top, electric Beetle? Yep, that's the Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept, making its world debut tomorrow at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show--but getting an early sneak peek thanks to some leaks the night before. The "speedster" look (though VW acknowledges it's not a true open-top...

Today we all continue our preparations for the Detroit Auto Show, with perhaps the most impressive detail yet revealed being the 2013 Dodge Dart's claim of 40 mpg combined. That's a significant number for a non-hybrid, and not just for the Fiat-Chrysler merger. In non-show news, we just got back...

Fisker is recalling 239 Karma sedans to correct a potential battery coolant leak that could result in a fire.

The IHRA joins the NHRA in recognizing electric drag racing as a legitimate sport, expanding the number of tracks available to electric racers in the United States and Canada.

Tesla's most incredible effort yet, the 17-inch touchscreen-equipped, 300-mile, all-electric, luxurious, and very stylishly penned Model S, has just hit the web with its full specs and pricing. And it's a surprisingly good deal. If, of course, it lives up to its promise. While Tesla pulls typical...

One of Honda’s star attractions at last month’s 2011 Tokyo Motor Show was the EV-STER electric sports car concept that many, including us, were calling a modern day iteration of the classic CRX. Turns out the CRX analogy may not be too far off as a new report suggests that the EV-STER...

With closest rivals BMW and Daimler forming industry alliances to help further the development of batteries and other electrical energy storage technologies for use in cars, it appears Audi too is getting in on the action, today announcing a new joint-research project of its own. Dubbed...