Hold Your Horses, Ferrari Releases Hybrid Supercar this Holiday Season

As it is, the LaFerrari was already a beast of a car at 963 horsepower.  But the folks at Ferrari had other ideas, they...
Fuel economy and emissions testing, automakers and regulators have catching up to do in the EU.

Europe Needs to Update Fuel Economy Test Cycles

Times, “they are a-changin’ but, at least according to some independent testing agencies, environmental regulations, such as those that govern transportation fuel economy and...

Tesla, Aiming for the Stars, or at least Mars

A generation ago, the only electric vehicles around were golf carts, fork lifts, and bumper cars. It’s probably this kind of lineage that Tesla...

EV Fleet Makes Skies Clearer in Sunny California

It’s not exactly Top Gun, but the top brass at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California are aces in my book. After...

Solid State Batteries the Basis of Extended Range Audi EV?

One of the biggest fears of EV owners is getting stuck in the middle of nowhere with a dead battery.  Volkswagen, the makers of...

Fuel Cell Uptake to Charge Platinum Demand

We’re not talking album sales here, though we wouldn’t mind getting a million hits. We’re referring to the rare shiny metal that’s more expensive...

Wireless EV Charging Hits the Right Spot

Filling up is a chore, so much so that gas stations with service attendants are a standard feature in my part of the world. ...

Your Next EV, Batteries Not Included

It's been said that the next big thing is a better battery.  However, researchers at Queensland University of Technology in Australia and Rice University...

Herbie Now an Electric Dream

Well, it's really not Herbie but his younger sibling, a 1966 Volkswagen (VW) Beetle, that becomes an electric vehicle.  The VW Beetle, the original...

Toyota FCV Company’s Hero as Zero Car in Japanese Rally

The Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) participated in the Shinshihiro Rally as the Zero Car. It was the final race of the Japanese Rally...