Hardly a modern invention, the electric car has a long history. Interest has boomeranged over the years based on consumer trends and economics.

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Remember, this was a time when you'd get gasoline from your local pharmacist or the area blacksmith, if you had either, not a gas station on every corner. If you were around back then you'd probably ...

Electric vehicles haven’t only become newsworthy in the 21st century. The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network, has been covering EVs for more than a hundred years. On March 21, 1915, The ...

The debate between battery-electric vehicles (EVs) and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles (FCEVs) often sounds like ...

Few cars have captured the popular imagination quite like the EV1, the pioneering electric vehicle that General Motors launched a generation ago. Approved for production in 1994 and released two years ...

Ross has experienced many aspects of the automotive world from a young age. At eight years old, he discovered F1, and it didn't take long for him to pick up on other racing organizations. Today, Ross ...

The 2026 Porsche Cayenne Electric is the most powerful production Porsche ever, with up to 1,139 horsepower and 1,106 pounds-feet of torque. The Cayenne Electric also offers inductive charging ...

It was the most reliable car he had ever driven — that's how Kris Trexler remembered his General Motors EV1. "It was just a car that I took home, plugged in at night, got up the next morning — it was ...