Electric Car

epstein wanted photo REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo Jeffrey Epstein told a New York Times reporter that he had advised Tesla CEO Elon Musk during the frenetic few weeks in summer 2018 when Musk had sought to take the electric-car company priva…

Chinas electric-car market is taking a breather after two years of rapid growth. Monthly sales of new-energy vehicles (NEV), including battery and hybrids, declined 4.7% from July 2018 to 80,000 units last month, the latest data from Chinas biggest auto indu…

Platinum Giant Wants In on Batteries to Ease Electric Car Threat

Chinese electric-vehicle maker NIO (NYSE:NIO) said that it delivered just 837 vehicles to customers in July while it devoted resources to repairing several thousand vehicles that had been recalled for battery-pack defects. The news didn't help NIO's battered…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Tesla electric car caught fire after crashing into a tow truck on a Moscow motorway late on Saturday. Footage of the incident on state TV channel Rossiya 24 showed the car by the side of the road engulfed in flames and thick black smoke…

The Taycan will be Porsche’s first production electric car, so it will need to offer performance worthy of the Porsche crest. But performance isn’t just about numbers, it’s about repeatability. A quick acceleration time isn’t that impressive if a car can only…

The new generation of electric cars is on its way with the Lightyear One, a vehicle capable of using solar energy to charge while on the road. Currently in the prototype phase, the solar panel-covered vehicle is due to hit the streets in 2021. The Lightyear …

For decades, the dream of motorists all over the world has been a car that could run on frothy buckets of cheap, garbage fish like tilapia or something. So far, though, that dream has eluded humankind. But now, thanks to the rise of modern electric cars, perh…

Volkswagenhandily beat the original electric car record at the Nürburgring a couple months back, but now the Germans have released some numbers to further break down the lap. The ID.R completed the circuit in just 6:05.336 you can watch the video above. On t…

When I bought my 2015 Chevrolet Volt in late 2017, saving money on my commute was a big motivation. The 2003 Mustang and 2005 BMW X3 I'd owned before had chugged gas, and I wanted a change. But, with public charging scarce where I lived outside of Cincinnati,…