Automotive standards--the explicitly detailed regulations that specify how a car must operate, what equipment it must or must not have, and a whole lot more--govern the design of vehicles sold around ...

If you own a phone in the United States, and try to plug it in at a socket in Ireland to charge, it won't work. The same is true with any electronic appliance. You might think that, for cars, there ...

A new pay-per-mile charge for electric vehicles (EVs) and some hybrid cars was announced in the Budget. All new cars will ...

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 ...

When oil prices drop, the knee-jerk response of many analysts is to forecast doom for sales of electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and other green cars. That's not something{}General Motors recognizes as ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German carmakers hope a network of high-power charging stations they are rolling out with Ford will set an industry standard for plugs and protocols that will give them an edge ...