Electric Vehicle News

Tesla will compete with established automakers like Ford, General Motors and Nissan Motor Co, all of which are racing to launch electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles.

For 2010, BMW is releasing two hybrid vehicles that are very different both in style and in their approach to using electric power to assist the gasoline engine.

Hoping to see the USA in your Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf? The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of electric charging stations and no wait _ if you can get there.

Nissan unveiled its Leaf electric vehicle today at San Diego Gas & Electric's Kearny Mesa headquarters.

The Pontiac G6 was the 2005 replacement for the Grand Am, a name that had graced many different cars since 1973.

Anyone looking to convert a Toyota Prius into a plug-in electric vehicle can get $5,000 from the state to cover some of the cost.

Reliant Energy and Nissan signed an agreement to establish Houston as a launch city to advocate the use of electric automobiles by the U.S. public.

Norwegian electric car maker Think Global is gearing up to launch its vehicles in the United States and has picked a site in Indiana for its U.S. manufacturing facility, according to a major investor in the company.

The City of Houston and Reliant Energy, an NRG Energy company , today launched a program to bring plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to the streets of Houston to demonstrate the important role that electric cars can play in the city's clean energy future.

Consumers can select the name of the paint color of the Chevy Volt. GM We know the Chevrolet Volt is going to be green, but what color will it be? Chevy is staging a contest to officially name the color of the Volt, and it's down to three finalists: EV-ergreen, environMINT and Viridian Joule.

Mercedes-Benz has introduced the 2010 ML450 Hybrid, which it says is the first European full hybrid vehicle to be offered in the U.S. The midsize utility vehicle mates a 275-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 engine with two powerful electric motors.

A group of businessmen on Monday launched a new coalition to urge the federal government to make a major investment in electric transportation, pointing to electric cars as the best way to confront the nation's dependence on imported oil.

Government asks domestic auto companies to join forces to get hybrid and electric vehicles on the market sooner.

On the vast expanse of asphalt outside Dodger Stadium, Nissan Motor Co.'s new electric car made its U.S. debut Friday, zipping quietly through a maze of orange cones on its way to what the Japanese automaker hopes will be the top of the clean transportation class.

General Motors first revealed the production version of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt in September of 2008 and ever since the original unveiling the car has appeared in the same silver exterior with an emerald hue.

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are decades away from being mass-production reality, but we can already tell you what one is like to drive.

Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn said U.S. consumer demand for electric vehicles may exceed President Barack Obama's goal of 1 million plug-in models by 2015.

Chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan Alliance Carlos Ghosn adresses the seventh Annual China Automotive Industry Forum 2009 in Shanghai.

The majority of traditional automakers are taking a careful but positive approach to the development of electric vehicles , according to Gartner Inc.

The Seattle International Auto Show kicked off its three-day run on Wednesday. The great thing about the auto show is that there's something for everyone.