Automotive

See what's new in electric and hybrid cars and read about issues surrounding traffic, emissions, infrastructure, and the internal combustion engine.

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What Is the True Cost of Car Ownership?

Environment

OECD Says Electric Cars Won’t Save Us From Pollution

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Ford F-150 Pickups Dominated Vehicle Sales in 2020

Environment
Electric Cars Are Not A Silver Bullet
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Ford Can Fix the Biggest Problem With Pickups When It Goes Electric
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Volvo Filters Out PM2.5 Pollution – Inside the Car
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Electric Car Batteries Are Going to Need a Lot of Nickel
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Dumping All Over American Trucks Goes Mainstream
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UK Group Calls for Treating SUVs Like Cigarettes and Banning Advertising
Business & Policy
New Study Shows That SUVs Remain 'Disproportionately Likely To Kill'
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I Want the New VW California Camper, but I Can't Have It
Current Events
What Do We Do About Cars, Climate and Coronavirus?
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For Electric Cars, Battery Recycling and Demand Reduction Must Go Hand-in-Hand
Automotive
How Much Does It Cost to Charge an Electric Car?
Automotive
How Do Electric Cars Work? A Guide to EV Basics
Business & Policy
Volvo Wants Half Its EU Truck Sales to Be Electric by 2030
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Volvo Plans to Build Trucks from “Fossil-Free” Steel
Environment
Polestar Sets Sights on a Genuinely Carbon Neutral Car
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Why Do We Buy SUVs and Pickups?
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GM Announces SUV Version of the Hummer EV
Environment
US Public Warming Up Quickly to Electric Vehicles
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Uber Expands Electric and Transit-Friendly Offerings
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Spiritus Is the 'Clean, Green, Electric Car of the Future'
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Canoo Introduces a Cute Little Electric Pickup Truck
Business & Policy
People Drove Less During the Pandemic, But Car Crash Fatalities Rose 24%. Why?
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Should We Fly Less or Fly More Efficiently?
Business & Policy
Volvo is Going All-Electric by 2030
Environment
Maryland Suburb Places Largest Electric School Bus Order of its Kind
Environment
Why Cars are Like Buildings and Why Embodied Carbon Matters
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The New USPS Delivery Van: Hit or Miss?
Business & Policy
Why Fleet Electrification Could Be a Game Changer for Electric Vehicles
Business & Policy
Jaguar to Go All-Electric by 2025
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Why Are Women More Likely to Die in Car Crashes?
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Life With a Used Nissan Leaf: 5 Years On
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The True Cost of Car Ownership: It's Worse Than We Thought
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Aston Martin says Electric Cars Aren't Green Enough
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Electric Cars are Still Cars
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Electric Hummer is 'Innovation Engineered to Ensure Domination'
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California To Ban the Sale of Gas-Powered Cars in 2035
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George Monbiot On How Electric Cars Won't Save Us
Automotive
Air Quality Hasn't Been This Good in Decades. How Can We Keep It This Way?
Automotive
How to Set Up a Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station, the Fast Charging Edition
Automotive
VW's Re-Imagined Electric Microbus: An Early Test Drive
Automotive
$13K DIY Electric Car Made From Recycled Parts Has 380+ Mile Range
Environment
Volkswagen Starts Taking Orders for Its ID.3 Electric Car
Renewable Energy
Why Choosing Solar Panels or a Hybrid Car Has More Impact Than You Think
Automotive
General Motors and Cruise Introduce the Origin Toaster-Car
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Why Shouldn't an Electric Car Look Like a Toaster?
Automotive
New Finnish Study Confirms That BMW and Audi Owners Drive Like Idiots
Automotive
Electric Cars Are Taking Over
Automotive
Gas Prices Are Going Up. What Will This Do to Light Truck Sales?
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NHTSA Keeps Blaming Victims Instead of Regulating SUVs and Pickups
Environment
London Cracks Down on Drivers Who Sit With Engines Idling
Environment
ShareNow, Successor to Car2Go, Pulls Out of North America
Automotive
New York's Governor Cuomo Considers Helmet Mandates for Car Drivers
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Hey, People Who Drive: Here Are Some Tips on How Not to Hit People Who Walk or Bike
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Cadillac Will Drive Us to Distraction With a 38" Wide Curved OLED Screen
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"You’re Not in Traffic, You Are Traffic."
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How Ants Are So Much Better at Traffic Than We Are
Automotive
Car Industry Splits Over California Emissions Rules. What Side Is Your Car Maker On?
Automotive
No Wonder So Many People Are Still Trying to Kill the Electric Car
Automotive
Electric Cars Are Quiet. Maybe Too Quiet.
Environment
Transportation for America Calls for No More Funding for New Roads and Highways
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How Will We Ever Get People Out of Cars?
Business & Policy
Montreal to Charge More for Parking for Bigger Vehicles
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Who Is Responsible for the Death of Elaine Hertzberg?
Automotive
10 Ways to Reduce (Or Reverse) Your Car's Carbon Skidmark
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People Who Drive Are Killing More People Who Walk and Bike Than They Have in 30 Years
Environment
Growing SUV and Pickup Sales Are Cancelling Out Emission Savings From Electric Cars
Environment
After 4 Killed in Crash, Berliners Call for Ban on SUVs
Business & Policy
Scotland Bans Parking on Sidewalks
Automotive
More Calls Worldwide to Ban SUVs
Automotive
Peak Palladium: Thieves Are Going After Catalytic Converters From Hybrid Cars
Automotive
Electric Ford F-150 Pickup Truck Tows a Million Pound Train. Is This a Big Deal?
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The War on Cars Is Over, if You Want It
Automotive
Just What We Needed Dept: A BMW With Paint So Black, It's Almost Invisible
Automotive
Why Throw Subsidies at Electric Cars When 48 Percent of Trips Are Less Than 3 Miles?
Automotive
Coming Soon: Weird but Maybe Wonderful Alternative Electric Vehicles
Environment
Why We Need Fewer, Smaller, Lighter, Slower Cars: Plastic Particulates From Tire Wear Are Being Found in the Arctic
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Pop-Up Charging Hub Borrows the Sidewalk Instead of Stealing It
Automotive
Electric Cars Are Sucking Up All the Air in the Room
Automotive
Why Do Cars Have So Many Cupholders?
Business & Policy
Study Finds Deaths From Drivers Running Red Lights at Ten Year High
Automotive
Volkswagen Designs "Micromobiles" for Life After Traffic Collapse
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It's Time to Get Serious About Dealing With Cars and Trucks in the City
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In Praise of Dumb Cars
Sustainable Eating
The Best Healthy Snacks for a Long Drive
Automotive
Why Electric Cars Won't Save Us: There Are Not Enough Resources to Build Them
Automotive
Cute Little Electric Delivery Truck Launched by AEV and Club Car
Automotive
Car Safety Tips
Environment
Almost Half of American Drivers Don’t Bother Using Their Turn Signals
Automotive
Peak Copper Is Back, Thanks to Teslas and Smart Tech
Science
Nissan and Mackie Deliver Ice Cream Without Diesel Exhaust PM2.5 Sprinkles on Top
Automotive
Rivian Electric Pickup Has a Pullout Kitchen for "Overlanding"
Automotive
Are the Autobahn's Speed Limit-Free Days Nearing an End?
Automotive
Teens Don't Want to Drive. Is This a Problem?
Automotive
Why Aren't North Americans Buying Electric Cars?
Automotive
Survey Finds That 76 Percent of Americans Think They Are Terrific Drivers. They're Not.
Automotive
It's Time to Stop Cars From Making Legal Right Turns on Red Lights
Automotive
Why Aren't Young People Interested in Getting Licences or Buying Cars?
Automotive
Are SUVs as Terrible as We Keep Saying They Are?
Environment
Canada Introduces $5,000 Incentive to Buy Electric Vehicles
Automotive
Does Size and Weight Matter in an Electric Car?
Automotive
Yet Another Study Confirms That Drivers of Expensive Cars Are More Likely to Ignore Pedestrians
Automotive
Why Is Toxic Masculinity Such a Huge Part of Car Culture?
Automotive
Why San Francisco Nixing Parking Minimums Is a Win for the Environment
Automotive
Pedestrian and Cyclist Fatalities Increased 53 Percent in Ten Years
Automotive
Stockholm Declaration Calls for Vision Zero, Lower Speed Limits; USA Says Drop Dead
Automotive
$80 Billion Has Been Spent on Self-Driving Cars With Nothing to Show for It.
Automotive
37,000 Lives Could Have Been Saved in the Last 25 Years With Lower Speed Limits
Automotive
Why Electric Cars Won't Save Us: It Takes Years to Pay Off the Upfront Carbon Emissions
Automotive
Study Finds That Owning a Car Is Bad for Your Health
Renewable Energy
How Many Solar Panels Does It Take to Fill Up a Hydrogen Car?
Natural Cleaning
How to Remove Rust, and How to Prevent It in the First Place
Automotive
MOTIV Is a Tiny, Electric, Autonomous Vehicle With a Race Car Heritage
Automotive
Words Matter: When Does Someone Die, and When Is Someone Killed?
Environment
Fiat Chrysler Offsetting Emissions With Credits From Tesla
Environment
Monbiot: We Have to Phase Cars Out Within Ten Years
Automotive
Much Ado About Nothing: The GMC Hummer EV
Aviation
Researchers Say Flying Cars Could "Have a Niche Role in Sustainability"
Business & Policy
Two Mail Giants Commit to 100% Electric Vehicles
Environment
European Parliament Approves Speed Limiters, Built-In Breathalyzers and Data Recorders for Cars, Safer Designs for Trucks
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Why Do Electric Cars Look Just Like.... Cars?
Automotive
The "War on the Car" Is Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Better
Automotive
The Deliverator Electric Cargo Motorcycle Covers the Last Mile in Style
Automotive
Average Age of Toronto Pedestrians Killed by Drivers This Year Is 65.2
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Why Are So Many More Pedestrians Getting Killed at Night?
Automotive
Can Cars Run on Hydrogen Made From Plant Sugars?
Business & Policy
Tesla Vigorously Defends Cofounder's Lawsuit
Automotive
London Mulls Car-Free Days to Curb Air Pollution
Automotive
Which Is Better: Car Wash or DIY?
Transportation
The Left Lane Is for Passing, Not for Cruising
Transportation
The World's Most Famous Explosive Cars
Automotive
Tesla Finally Releases Its 'Affordable' Model 3
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Are You Waiting for the Perfect Electric Car?
Automotive
How One Asian City Silenced Car Horns
Business & Policy
Gas Car Sales Are Down in China, EU, US. Electric Cars to Blame.
Automotive
The Sheer Joy (And Simplicity) of Not Buying Gas
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Pickup Trucks Are Now Luxury Vehicles
Automotive
Tour De Grille: A Look at the Latest Pickup Truck Façades
Environment
European Members of Parliament Approve "Intelligent Speed Assistance" for Cars
Current Events
50-Year-Old Car Sets New Land Speed Record
Automotive
Can Volkswagen Really Build a Tesla Killer?
Environment
DHL Adding 63 Electric Vans to US Fleet
Automotive
Dudes in Pickup Trucks Are Deliberately Blocking Tesla Superchargers
Automotive
Ikea Deliveries Now 100% Electric in Shanghai
Automotive
In Germany, Speed Limits Are 'An Affront to Masculinity'
Automotive
10 of the Strangest Public Transit Systems
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American Roads Are Dangerous by Design, and More People Are Dying Than Ever Before
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Why I Said Goodbye to My Miata
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Giant Ram 3500 "Breaks the Sound Barrier" for Power and Intimidation
Automotive
8 Healthy Ways to Stay Awake on a Long Drive
Business & Policy
As Emissions Spike, VW Announces an End to Oil-Powered Cars
Automotive
Cars Kill More Kids Than Guns, but You Would Never Know That Reading the News
Automotive
10 Ways to Save Money on Gasoline
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Can Legacy Automakers Survive the Switch to Electric?
Environment
California Utilities Will Pay You to Drive Electric
Automotive
FedEx Is Getting 1,000 More Electric Delivery Vans
Family
Majority of Car Seats Contain Toxic Flame Retardants
Automotive
Elon Musk Unveils the First Boring Company Tunnel Under Los Angeles
Automotive
Smart Cars, Smart Meters: Recharging Battery Vehicles on a Consumer-Friendly Grid
Automotive
California Dreaming: The Reckoning on Climate
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Eliminate Electric Car Range Anxiety With This One Dumb Trick
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Big Surprise: Car Industry Doesn't Like the Idea of Speed Governors
Automotive
Rivian Introduces 3 Ton "Electric Adventure Vehicles"
Transportation
No One Knows How to Merge, Say Road Officials
Automotive
How the Mysterious, Tesla-Like Faraday Future Has Dazzled Nevada
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Ban SUVs
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Why Do Pickup Trucks Have Such Aggressive Front Ends?
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In Praise of the Slow Car
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Just Being Electric Doesn't Make a Giant Pickup or SUV a Good Thing
Automotive
In Ritzy East Hampton, Beware the Deadly Tire Boot!
Automotive
Electric Cars Can Help Cool Our Cities
Business & Policy
Congress Likes Fuel-Cell Cars; Toyota Says They Could Even Be Cheap
Automotive
Ultra-Fast EVs: Zero to 60 in One Second
Automotive
'Smart' Bicycle Has Radar, Vibrates When It Senses Obstacles
Automotive
Buying a Used Car in Troubled Times: Beware the Depreciation Monster
Business & Policy
UK City Explores Retractable "Pop Up" Car Charging Stations
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There's a War on Cars, and a New Podcast Is on It
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Could Electric Cars Help Kill the Duck?
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How Can We Design Cars to Reduce Distracted Driving?
Automotive
How Smoggy Beijing's New License Plate Law Will Help Curb Pollution
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What It's Like to Take a 1,000-Mile Road Trip in a Tesla
Environment
Ford Begins Production on StreetScooter WORK XL Electric Delivery Trucks
Automotive
10% of New Cars Sold in California Are Plug-Ins
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It's OK to Kill Someone With a Car if You Didn't Mean It
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Why Should Self-Driving Cars Look Like Cars?
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Cars Don’t Kill People; People Kill People.
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How to Write a Headline About Drivers Who Kill
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Are Electric Cars Part of the Climate Solution or Are They Actually Part of the Problem?
Automotive
Why Should Autonomous Vehicles Look Like Cars? Why Not Hotel Rooms?
Family
When You Drive Your Kids Everywhere, They Never Learn Where They Are
Automotive
Follow the Eye Candy Even if You Cannot Be at eCarTec
Automotive
Tesla Releases New 'Dog Mode' for Pet Owners
Automotive
This Swedish Highway Charges Electric Vehicles as They Drive Along
Automotive
Should There Be Mandatory Driving Tests for Older Drivers?
Automotive
Cold Weather Kills Electric Car Range
Automotive
Why You Get Worse Gas Mileage in Winter and What to Do About It
Automotive
Coming This Summer to Central Park: No Cars
Transportation
Why Can't We Solve the Modern Traffic Jam?
Automotive
Converting Your Car to an Electric Vehicle
Automotive
What Should You Do With Old Car Seats?
Automotive
Einride Solving Trucking Emissions Problem With Self-Driving T-Pods
Automotive
This Is Why Senior Citizens Get Into Accidents — And Here's What We Can Do About It
Automotive
Life With the Plug-In Hybrid Pacifica Minivan: The First Road Trip
Environment
Electrify America Reveals Map of Proposed Charging Stations
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Life With a Used Nissan Leaf: The First Month
Automotive
Bubble Cars Are Back With the Electric Microlino
Automotive
Nissan Launches All-Electric Camper Van
Automotive
Let's Use the Right-Of-Way in a Smarter Way
Automotive
Honda Fit EV Drivers in California Can Now Earn Money When Charging Their Car
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If 95% of Charging Happens at Home or Work, Do Public Chargers Matter?
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Should Plug-In Hybrid Drivers Use Public Charging?
Environment
VW Promises Under $30,000 Electric Sedan With 200+ Mile Range
Business & Policy
Denmark to Ban Fossil-Fueled Cars by 2030
Automotive
Europe: 40% of Drivers Say Next Car Will Be Electric
Automotive
What Is Car Sharing and How Does It Work?
Automotive
It’s Time to Start Thinking of Driving Like Smoking
Automotive
Europe Heats Up: Smart Battery Cars and a Whole Lot of French Charging Stations
Automotive
Why Aren't Helmets for Drivers Mandatory?
Automotive
IKEA Plans 100% Electric Home Delivery in Key Cities by 2020
Automotive
6 Ways Winter Is Tough on Your Car
Automotive
What Happens When a TreeHugger Drives a Giant Truck?
Environment
16 of UK's Largest Van Fleets to Go Electric: 18,000 Electric Vans by 2028
Automotive
Pedestrians Will Have to Be "Lawful and Considerate" in a World of Self-Driving Cars
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Vacations: When Plug-In Hybrids Beat Pure Electric Vehicles
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The Car Must Die. But Let’s Get the Reasons and the Replacement Right.
Automotive
Why All Is Lost: Ford Sells an F150 Every 35 Seconds
Automotive
How VW's Diesel Scam Was Discovered
Transportation
Why Your Car Can't Read Your CD Tracks
Automotive
Drafting Behind Trucks: Does It Work?
Automotive
More Than Half of Drivers Don't Look for People Walking or Cycling When Turning Right
Treehugger Voices
Leaf 2.0: Buy Now, or Wait for Longer Range Version?
Automotive
Snow Days: The Best Winter Cars
Automotive
Meet Noah, the Circular Car of the Future
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5 Steps to Replace the Private Car With Something Better
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Is Norwegian Oil Demand Finally Peaking Thanks to Electric Cars?
Automotive
Are Touchscreen Displays a Good Idea in Cars?
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The Tesla Supercharger at the End of the Universe
Automotive
Nissan Leaf 2.0 Is Best Selling Electric Car in Europe
Automotive
Study Finds That 91 Percent of Drivers Are Too Distracted to Drive Safely
Automotive
Open Source DIY Electric Car Can Be Built in Less Than an Hour
Transportation
Where Are Those Famous Gangster Getaway Cars?
Automotive
Chinese Electric Car Sales Up 149%
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RIP Nano, the Little Car That Couldn’t
Automotive
London to Boot Cars From Its Busiest Shopping Street
Automotive
The Key to Winter Driving: Be Prepared, and Don't Act Like an Idiot!
Environment
Investigative Reporters Conclude That America's Love of SUVs Is Killing Pedestrians
Automotive
1982 Range Rover Converted to Electric
Automotive
Target Adding Electric Vehicle Charging at 100 Stores and 600 Parking Spots in 20 Different States
Automotive
This Electric RV Is Powered by Solar
Business & Policy
Musk Gives CBS a Tour of Tesla Model 3 Production Line
Automotive
How to Set Up a Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Automotive
What's the Best Car for Older Drivers?
Automotive
Little Two-Seater EV Has 70-130 Mile Range, a Top Speed of 80mph, and Costs $12K
Automotive
Rubber Tracks Make Military Vehicles More Efficient, Durable, and Quieter
Automotive
Those "Falcon Wing" Doors Are Coming Back to Haunt Tesla
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Elon Musk Is Trying to Reinvent the Factory as Well as the Car. It's a Problem.
Automotive
CA Approves Utilities' Massive $738 Million Electric Vehicle Proposal
Automotive
Eco-Friendly Car Wash
Environment
Lime Bike Is Developing 'Transit Pods'—a New Kind of Electric Vehicle
Transportation
Bill Harrah's Incredible Car Collection (And It All Started With Bingo)
Treehugger Voices
Life With a Used Nissan Leaf: 18 Months On
Environment
UPS Unveils Futuristic, Longer-Range Delivery Vehicles
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What Happens When Gas Hits Four Bucks a Gallon in the USA?
Automotive
Electric Milk Trucks Still Working in Jolly Old England
Transportation
Why All Modern Cars Look Alike
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The First Month With a Plug-In Pacifica Hybrid Minivan: 155 MPG
Automotive
Eco Electric ATV: Can It Actually Be Green?
Automotive
This $10K Air-Powered Vehicle Could Be the Tiny Car to Go With Your Tiny House
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Ford Is Getting Out of the Car Business
Automotive
The Vectrix Super Fast Electric Scooter
Automotive
Huge Bus Is Really Capsule Hotel on Wheels
Automotive
Why You Shouldn't Buy a New Car ... Ever
Automotive
No Distraction Here: Harman Introduces "Helpful" Dashboard for Maserati
Automotive
The Honda IeMobi Is a Mobile Autonomous Living Room and the Future of Self-Driving Cars
Automotive
Crowdsourcing Your Car
Travel
How to Redesign a Van to Live Out of It
Automotive
Top Gear LOVES Honda's Hydrogen Car, But...
Environment
LA Launches All-Electric Car Sharing Program
Automotive
Why Are Deadly "Bull Bars" Allowed on North American Vehicles?
Environment
The All-Wheel-Drive Electric aCar Is Designed for Rural Mobility in the Developing World
Environment
SONDERS Moves Up From Low-Cost Ebikes to Sub-$10k Electric Cars
Corporate Responsibility
The Low-Cost Electric Car Charging Station That Every Employer Should Have
Automotive
Electrify America to Install Ultra-Fast Chargers at 100+ Walmart Stores
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Banning Cigarette Ads Worked; Should We Ban Car Ads?
Automotive
Dutch Plug-In Car Sales Up 170% in April
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We Don't Need Electric Transport Trucks, We Need to Get Rid of Trucks
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Life With the Plug-In Hybrid Pacifica Minivan: A Proper Road Trip
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London's Black Cab Goes Plug-In (Review)
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Electric Vehicle Drivers: Do You Lend Out Your Charging Stations?
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Hydrogen: Folly or Fuel of the Future?
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Why We Don't Need Electric Cars, but Need to Get Rid of Cars
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A Modest Proposal: Ban Cars.
Environment
Study Shows That Electric Cars Could Help Kill the Duck
Automotive
Tesla Launches 40-Chargepoint Superchargers, With Lounge, Amenities and Kids Play Wall Too