Electric Cars

Voitures Extravert is on a mission to put more classic cars on the road in a world increasing its policing efforts over emissions. To accomplish its goal, the Dutch firm has tackled the restoration process in a different way: by swapping electric powertrains into vintage Porsche 911s. The firm...

Infiniti has been looking for its place among luxury brands for 30 years, and it seems an electrified future finally might give the Japanese automaker a clear vision. The Qs Inspiration sport sedan concept released Wednesday may be a sneak peek. Revealed ahead of its formal debut next week at the...

The Tesla Model S has proven adaptable thanks to efforts to transform the electric car into various different machines. Now, we can add a recreational vehicle to that list. The Model S-based Roamer RV is set to debut at Michigan Energy Office’s EV ride and drive, the state said last week. The...

California's Karma will showcase its future plans with a trio of world premieres at next week's Auto Shanghai 2019. One will be a concept penned by Italy's Pininfarina, which appears to be a coupe judging by a new teaser released on Tuesday. A second teaser hints at a repeat of the mustache-shaped...

Mini's first volume electric car bows in 2019, but instead of positioning it as an eco model Mini has decided to go the hot hatch route.

To get its fleet-wide average carbon emissions down to a permissible level in Europe, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will pay Tesla hundreds of millions of dollars to count its EVs.

Fisker has hired an industry veteran to help lay the groundwork for production of its 300-mile electric SUV due in 2021.

Faraday Future plans to form a joint venture with Chinese video game company The9 to build hundreds of thousands of EVs in China.

Audi's e-tron only gets 204 miles of range but its battery has been designed to offer a more consistent range over the life of the vehicle and in a wider variety of conditions.

EV startup Lucid Motors has received a $1 billion investment from Saudi Arabia, which it will use to start production of the Air luxury sedan in 2020.

Infiniti will preview a planned sport sedan at April's Auto Shanghai 2019 with the Qs Inspiration concept. The sport sedan will be an electric car based on a new modular platform.

Apple has poached yet another Tesla executive. The technology company has brought on Tesla's head of powertrains, Michael Schwekutsch. Schwekutsch was previously in vice president of engineering at Tesla where he oversaw electric motors, transmissions, and axles. According to his LinkedIn profile...

BMW and Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler appear to be setting aside their decades-old rivalry for the good of cost-cutting. A new report claims the two German auto giants will pursue joint development of a platform for future electric cars. For BMW, this model is reportedly set to be called the...

The long awaited electric Porsche is making its final rounds at worldwide sites before it goes on sale later this year. Followup models are reportedly also in the works.

Daimler and Geely will form a 50:50 joint venture in China to oversee development and production of future cars from Smart, the first of which are due in 2022.

The Volkswagen Group is committed to launching 70 new EVs by 2028 and many of these will come from Audi. One we can look forward to is an electric sedan similar in size to the A4.

Evelozcity, an electric car startup based in Los Angeles and formed by ex-Faraday Future staff, announced Monday that it has changed its name to Canoo. The odd name was picked because of its connection with the word “canoe,” which the company hopes will conjure up thoughts of both...

Tesla's new referral program for buyers rewards word-of-mouth but at a different rate than the old system. Getting a free Tesla is still possible, but the rules have changed.

The General Motors Orion Township plant in Michigan will be home to a new Chevrolet electric car, the automaker announced Friday. GM will invest $300 million in the facility, to build the new Chevy electric vehicle and bring 400 new jobs to the plant. The announcement did not address specifics on...

Last week Volkswagen Group announced plans to double-down on building electric cars with 20 new models and an additional 7 million cars over five years. So far it's said that the battery cells for its MEB vehicles will come from four different global suppliers: CATL, LG Chem, Samsung, and SK...