Electric Cars

Smart was one of the first mainstream automakers to introduce an electric car when it launched the first ForTwo Electric Drive on the market late last decade. Smart is now launching a successor, which the company has confirmed will be priced from $24,550. That’s $1,200 lower than the previous...

After years of development and a handful of concept versions, BMW’s i8 plug-in hybrid sports car is about to make its auto show debut. We have just one week to go until the covers finally come off but in the lead up BMW has released this teaser video to help build excitement. We don’t...

BMW’s i3 electric car, due in showrooms next spring, is still a week out from its official reveal but we already know all of its specs and now we have the all-important pricing details, too. We can--finally--confirm that the 2014 BMW i3 will be priced from $42,275, including a $925...

BMW’s revolutionary i3 ‘Megacity’ vehicle is now less than a year away from launch and in the lead up to its eventual arrival engineers are hard at work finishing off the final prototype evaluation. The latest spy shots show the i3 doing a striptease that leaves little to the...

There’s a new Audi model coming that will be positioned between the entry-level A1 and A3 Hatchback and soon-to-be released A3 Sedan, and now we have our first tangible evidence as to how it may look. We’re of course talking about the Audi A2, the long-rumored successor to the previous...

Yes, electric sports car fans, the Electric RaceAbout, the only of the Automotive X Prize finalists to actually, you know, look like a real car, has taken its turn at the Nurburgring's Nordschleife. Unfortunately, it's not quite as quick as you might have hoped. It's not exactly slow, completing...

Volkswagen's 1-Liter car may live on as an Audi e-Tron concept. [MotorAuthority] The convertible version of the Ferrari 458 is due next month in Frankfurt. [MotorAuthority] Bernie Ecclestone gets a bit hysterical over "lethal" F1 hybrids. [GreenCarReports] Australia's FPV tweaks a sedan into GT...

Audi has developed a brand new eco-focused concept car falling under its e-tron umbrella of electrified vehicles; this compact two-seater pod car that was spotted recently on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The new concept, which is believed to preview the smallest of Audi’s future e-tron...

Just yesterday we brought you spy shots from what appeared to be a hot-weather testing session, and which has the same setting as this official video released today of three Model S Alpha build cars testing on track. The track is partially banked, enabling easier high-speed testing, but also has...

Our colleague John Voelcker of GreenCarReports is on the scene for the unveiling of the new BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe and i3 electric city car in Frankfurt today, and he's sent us these live images from the event. Jump into the gallery for a more first-hand look at these slick new...

It may be the last week of the month but Fisker has come true on its promise of delivering the first of its new 2012 Fisker Karma range-extended electric cars by the end of July. The very first car went to Silicon Valley-based investor Ray Lane, who just so happens to be Fisker’s Chairman of...

Because of their high instantaneous torque most electric cars currently in production suffice with just a single-gear transmission, but in the future we may start to see more gears installed in the zero-emission vehicles. In the past we’ve seen Tesla unsuccessfully attempt to install a...

Ever wondered what the BMW ActiveE looks like while it's rolling through the plant, innards exposed to the open air? Here's your answer. The 1-Series bodies in white glide through the Leipzig plant as they are built up into BMW's all-electric, lease-only ActiveE coupe. As it's being build, BMW...

BMW is to supply a total of 4,000 cars for the upcoming London Olympic Games, which kicks off in July of next year. Among this fleet of 4,000 cars will be no less than 200 electric cars though the i3 (formerly Megacity Vehicle) won’t be on duty as earlier predicted. However, the summer event...

It's not quite Monster Tajima's breakneck pace, but the Nissan Leaf did make it to the top of the hill without flipping, going off the side, or breaking--things that can't be said for a lot of the fully race-bred cars that tackled Pikes Peak this year. The 156-turn climb hit a top speed of 72 mph...

The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) has put a lot of stock and effort into making itself one of the greenest motorsports going, and it looks like that push may get even stronger soon, with electric and compressed natural gas (CNG) race cars potentially joining the field. According to a Fox Car...

Last week we brought you the first details on the Alpha 1 SRF electric track car from Germany’s e-Wolf, and today we have images of an example of the stripped-out, zero-emission racer at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife. You may be wondering why e-Wolf is running up laps at the notorious track...

Tesla's Roadster takes top honors at the ReFuel EV races. We interview the driver. [MotorAuthority] The 2012 BMW 528i packs a turbocharged four-cylinder, stop-start, and available all-wheel drive. Awesome. [MotorAuthority] A Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport gets a porcelain covering for the L'Or Blanc...

The ReFuel EV Track Day and SportElectric Time Trial were held at Laguna Seca last weekend, and a group of Tesla employees decided it would be a fun way to get to know each other better. What the others there, mostly owners of a range of electric cars, both production and home-built, didn't know...

Electric vehicles have upsides and downsides. On the upside, they crank out far fewer pollutants than their fossil-fuel-swilling cousins, and they may help ease dependence on foreign oil. On the downside, they're quiet. Too quiet. While some of you might find that a good thing, EV's lack of sound...