Latest Stories in Cars
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Ford Begins Taking Orders for 2013 C-Max Hybrid
The C-MAX is a compact hybrid utility vehicle and the Ford's first dedicated line of hybrids. The 2013 C-MAX Hybrid will be available this fall with a base price of $25,995.
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Prius C Earns 'Top Pick' Safety Rating from IIHS
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety busted up a few Prius C hybrids to see how they held up in crashes. Here's what they found...
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Goodbye Lexus HS 250h Hybrid, We Hardly Knew Ya
It seems like it was just yesterday that Lexus introduced the HS 250h hybrid, the first dedicated luxury hybrid (like the Prius, there's no non-hybrid version of the HS 250h).
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Tesla to Begin Repaying Department of Energy Loans by End of 2012
Against all the odds, Tesla is about this ship the first Model S electric sedans to customers and the company will begin repaying its debts by the end of this year.
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Nissan to Follow LEAF with 3 New Electric Cars Models
Nissan has made a big bet on electric cars. They are not just making a couple thousand units to get favorable PR and meet quotas in places like California. They have invested billions to make hundreds of thousands of EVs.
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Toyota Launches Pixis Epoch Minivehicle in Japan (70 MPG US for <$10K)
Toyota has just launched the Pixis Epoch in Japan. It's a front-wheel drive minivehicle with a starting price of ¥795,000, which converts to under $10,000.
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Tesla Model S Electric Sedan has Greater Driving Range than Expected (320 Miles)
The Tesla Model S sedan, which should be delivered to the first customers in about a month, will be available with three different sizes of battery packs (40kWh, 60kWh and 85kWh). Tesla's goal was to achieve a 300 miles driving range.
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BMW and Daimler to Work Together on Urban Electric Car R&D Project
BMW, Daimler, the German Federal Ministry for Education, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen and others are joining force and cooperating on a research project called Visio.M.
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Toyota Introduces the RAV4 EV (With Tesla DNA Under the Hood)
Toyota just unveiled the RAV4 EV at the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles. I'm totally torn on it...
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London's Congestion Pricing Has Transformed Transportation in the City for the Better!
If anyone still doubted that congestion charging can nudge a city toward greener forms of transportation, these maps by ITO World should dispel those doubts.
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New J1772 Standard Could Charge EV Batteries in 15-20 Minutes
A new standard for electric car plugs could allow much faster charging, and thus make electric car more convenient for longer trips.
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Toyota Prius Sales Up Over 100% Year-on-Year in April
While March 2012 was the best month ever for sales of the Toyota Prius hybrid brand, last month came close with 25,168 units sold. That's an increase of 126.9% one a year-on-year basis, and the best month of April yet for the Prius.
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2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid to Be Made in U.S.
After more than a decade, the Toyota Prius is still the king of hybrids, at least when it comes to units sold. But despite selling very well in the U.S., it hasn't yet been produced there.
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Tesla's Electric Car Battery Tech Could End Up Powering Your Home
SolarCity, the biggest installer of solar energy systems in the U.S., and Tesla Motors, the electric car startup, are intimately linked via Elon Musk, the Chairman of the former and CEO of the latter.
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Car2go Launches Car Sharing in Berlin - Why are the Germans Chuckling?
Daimler brings the flexible short-term rental concept to Berlin with 1000 SmartCars, raising smiles for more than just the pleasure of car sharing.
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High Gas Prices Having a Different Effect on US Drivers This Time
Sometimes the same circumstances can produce different reactions. The first time that gas prices spiked in the past decade, after hurricane Katrina and the big commodities boom up to the 2008-2009 financial crisis, US drivers became paralyzed.
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Check Out NASCAR's New 100% Electric Pace Car!
The new NASCAR pace car will be a Ford Focus Electric, further pushing electric car technology into the mainstream and reaching an American demographic that is a bit different from the one that is usually targeted by EV makers.
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Hydrogen Fuel Cells 101 With Robert Llewellyn
The vocal comedy legend and electric car advocate explores the pros and cons of the hydrogen fuel cell.
