Electric : Car News And Reviews

This past weekend, driver Blake Fuller set a new Electric Production class record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado. His Tesla Model S P90D wasn’t exactly stock, but it was very close to that.…

There are a bunch of hypercars out there that can rocket at insane speeds to 62 mph from a standstill. The Lamborghini Aventador can do the deed in well under 3 seconds.…

Sometimes when watching a car commercial, I’ve noticed that cars aren’t always quite natural looking. As it turns out that might be because some cars in commercials are actually computer generated.…

Several factors keep many electric cars from going mainstream. The biggest of those is their limited driving range. You can’t easily travel cross-country using an EV without having serious time allotted for charging.…

While sports cars battle for supremacy on paper with numbers for power, torque, and G force capability, the EV battles with battery size and driving range.…

Years ago, I was dispatched by a now-defunct magazine to cover the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. It took place that year in the first week of June, and I was psyched to watch everything from dune buggies to semi-trailer cabs blast up the 156 turns and near 5,000 vertical feet.…

Tesla seems to be aware that it might not be able to meet the insane demand for its Model 3 EV for several years. The company racked up nearly 400,000 reservations for the car, and most in the industry think Tesla will be hard pressed to build that many rides any time soon.…

One of the big challenges holding back cars that run on hydrogen fuel cells from the mainstream is the fact that outside of very limited areas, there is no hydrogen refueling infrastructure.…

I’ve been listening to lots of audio books as I drive around in the sweltering heat of June in Texas this summer. My favorites are the Dark Tower series.…

One thing that is synonymous with Smart cars is their tiny size. These cars are miniscule measuring just about 106″ long and seating two people without space for much more than a grocery bag or two.…

The hydrogen fuel cell is a green method for powering cars that has been around for a long time now, but has yet to make a significant impact in the market.…

I’ve owned a bunch of cars over the years with T-Tops or sunroofs, and the thing that some car designers don’t understand is that in Texas or other hot states you need a way to block sunlight from beaming through all day.…

The LA Police Department has agreed to purchase 100 electric BMW i3 cars from BMW of North America to use in the department’s transportation fleet. The announcement that BMW won the bid for the 100-vehicle purchase comes after field trials of the i3 were conducted along with trials of other EVs in LA.…

Most of the time when you are in the car driving to and from work, you are probably alone. A Vancouver-based company called Electra Meccanica is aiming directly at these lone drivers with a new EV called the Solo.…

My wife is a bit of a dick behind the wheel of a car, which is why I never let her drive when we are together.…