Electric Car

Electric vehicles (EVs) are getting cheaperso whether youre looking for a way to save on the hassle and cost of gas, shrink your carbon footprint, or simply zip around in a new Tesla, there are lots of reasons to consider a hybrid or electric car. But before…

Tesla has installed a Supercharger at the iconic Nürburgring race track in Germany, the company said Wednesday, further fueling the electric car maker's unofficial competition with Porsche. It's not Tesla's first Supercharger in Germany, a country synonymo…

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Road & Track reported Tuesday that the stripped-down Model S clocked a lap time of 7:23. Do note, that is not an official time and comes from well-placed sources hand-timing the electric car with a clear view of the track. It also happens to be 20 seconds…

Mazda has experimented with electric technology for years, but its product portfolio doesn’t include a battery-powered model yet. It will hop on the EV bandwagon in October when it travels to the biennial Tokyo Auto Show to unveil its first production-bound e…

Following is a transcript of the video. This is Porsche's first all-electric vehicle, the Taycan. It's unmistakably Porsche. Aluminum and steel shaped into the downward-sloping roofline and pronounced shoulders of the wings that are the manufacturer's signa…

Few details are known about the model that Mazda will unveil in Tokyo, other than the fact that it will be based on an entirely new car. The automaker last month tested a prototype of an electric vehicle that resembled its CX-5 SUV in Norway, reported Electre…

The first electric Mazda might be right around the corner. Jon Wong/Roadshow Mazda has long championed driving dynamics as a core competency (remember "Driving Matters?"), but the brand will reportedly dip its toes into the brave new world of electric cars …

Mercedes-Benz's newest concept car is shocking, to say the least. This is the Vision Mercedes Simplex, a new concept car from the German manufacturer that takes the nearly 120-year-old design of the Mercedes Simplex and re-imagines it with sleek, futuristic …

Volkswagen debuts energy-efficient, reasonably-priced electric car