By Alessandro Parodi Jan 27 (Reuters) - Sales of fully electric cars surpassed those of petrol-only vehicles in the European ...

BYD, the largest and fastest growing Chinese automaker, has emerged as an existential threat to American, European and Japanese car companies.

The majority of EVs on sale in the states come in sizes ranging from moderately large to ginormous, and even a midsize electric car can weigh significantly more than its gas-powered equivalent, like ...

Regular petrol-electric hybrids are the best-selling new cars, accounting for 28.3 per cent of the market, followed by EVs ...

Electric cars are no longer a novelty. They are everywhere, and yet adoption has not matched the hype. For many drivers, the problem is not ideology or technology. It is practicality. Too many EVs are ...

When was the last time you stopped to think about how electric cars actually work? We superfans of the car biz have mostly developed a reasonable understanding of how combustion powertrains work. Most ...

Porsche is simultaneously planning hybrid versions of the 718, which requires more money because the architecture of hybrid cars is fundamentally different from that of all-electric cars. Porsche also ...

You can get the efficiency of electric driving with the peace of mind of a gas backup making the plug-in hybrid a good compromise. Despite the growing popularity of traditional electric vehicles, not ...

Ferdinand Porsche, it seems, was always ahead of the curve. He conceived one of the earliest electric cars back in 1900, which later added a gas engine to compensate for its primitive lead batteries.

Electric vehicles have long promised cleaner cities, but new research shows the effect is no longer theoretical. A study led ...

While no car is truly theft-proof, electric cars pose challenges that can stymie thieves, sending them in search of easier prey. Stealing cars is no longer as easy given recent technological ...

The mid-spec Boost model is our top pick, adding alloy wheels, electric front seats and rain-sensing wipers to the base car’s 10.1-inch touchscreen, sat-nav and phone connectivity. Better still, ...