Electric

The idea of a whisper-quiet all-electric drivetrain makes a lot of sense in the super-luxury sector.

The Ford Focus BEV is based on a European Focus ST.

Tesla Motors is on a roll lately, selling cars and securing investors at break-neck pace.

The announcement may be little more than bluster, however, aimed at meeting political burdens more than technological challenges.

One of the most over-the-top concepts in Frankfurt from eye-level.

Mercedes has confirmed today that the SLS AMG with electric drive will go on sale in 2013.

The plug-in hybrid luxury sports car is about 33% more efficient than the Prius according to the SAE.

De Nysschen isn't against electric cars in general, just against the way the Chevy Volt does it.

The site features a seemingly unrelated collection of factoids and videos on electricity behaving badly.

The radical new concept gets explained in detail in this new video.

Tesla will use the facility to build powertrains for its own cars as well as several other automakers.

The Pebble Beach Concours was the Karma's coming out party, and the vehicle got to stretch its legs at the legendary Laguna Seca circuit.

The fuel-sipping extended range EV gets even better numbers than most expected.

Tales of the financial success of a carmaker are rare enough these days, much less tales of an upstart electric vehicle maker. But according to Tesla's latest news, the company has reached profitability against all odds. Fulfilling a promise made back in June, the company's claims of profitability...

There's the Tesla Roadster and several three-wheeled electric vehicles for sale, but so far getting a purely electric-powered car to production with a standard car's features at a price the general public can afford has eluded the industry. Until the Nissan LEAF, that is. Or at least that's the...

The successor to the Mercedes Benz SL Gullwing (and replacement for the SLR) has been spotted in prototype form in and around Germany’s Nurburgring test circuit for several months now, but what only a select few knew is that the car is being developed completely in-house by Mercedes’...

Tie-ups between traditionally European brands and Middle Eastern investment firms are becoming increasingly common. Aston Martin's primary shareholder is the Kuwaiti firm Investment Dar, and Porsche is currently hammering out a deal with Qatar, but now Abu Dhabi investment firm Aabar has purchased...

Not only is the horsepower war not over - contrary to AMG's own declaration last year - the latest reports say it has moved into a whole new range of armaments: electric vehicles. The latest development is a possible all-electric powertrain for the 2011 Mercedes Benz SLS AMG, which is expected to...

While big brand automakers like Toyota and General Motors are still more than a year away from launching their respective plug-in hybrid vehicles, small start-ups such as California's Fisker Automotive intends on having its own plug-in hybrid on sale this November. The company today took a step...

Just a few weeks ago Tesla got a new lease on life with a $465 million U.S. Department of Energy loan to build the infrastructure it needs for the mass-production of the Model S luxury-electric sedan. Soon after that the company announced plans to grow its brand overseas while also opening its...