Electric vehicle

Could the future of our public transport rely on electric vehicles? Probably not.

2 | March 13, 2013 5:06am | By Charlie Osborne

BMW thinks that giving EV owners the option of getting a gas-powered car on loan could ease range anxiety.

24 | March 8, 2013 4:00am | By Tyler Falk

To prove it's ready for production, the ultra-lightweight Urbee will go coast to coast on 10 gallons of gas.

9 | March 7, 2013 1:53am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Carbon capture and storage has been touted as a way to let us keep burning fossil fuels while saving the climate. But will it ever pay off? Energy analyst Chris Nelder runs the numbers.

35 | March 6, 2013 1:50am | By Chris Nelder

Self-driving cars? Child's play. Join the slipstream of this energy saving convoy.

9 | March 4, 2013 4:38am | By Mark Halper

BARCELONA -- Wireless scooters. Facial recognition crowd control. 4G cars. The future of a completely connected city is here, at Mobile World Congress.

1 | February 28, 2013 3:04am | By Jennifer Riggins

EV sales are slumping in the rest of the world, so why have China's automakers been investing so strongly in them?

8 | February 21, 2013 4:56am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

Estonia has installed 165 fast-charging EV stations through the country, none more than 37 miles apart.

4 | February 20, 2013 12:55pm | By Tyler Falk

Honda and Acura customers in the U.S. will be offered a different kind of add-on when they buy car: a home solar power system.

7 | February 20, 2013 8:26am | By Kirsten Korosec

A British company says it has slashed the cost of fuel cells for cars by replacing expensive metal with a catalyst from detergents.

4 | February 20, 2013 5:25am | By Mark Halper

America is faced with a strategic choice: pay more for oil or leave it behind.

48 | February 20, 2013 1:55am | By Chris Nelder

Vehicles are now equipped with the same features as smartphones--and store the private information that goes with them. So why don't we consider security in the same way?

1 | February 19, 2013 7:00am | By Charlie Osborne

The U.K. has debuted its own version of Google's driverless car -- could this rival technology surpass the search engine giant?

5 | February 18, 2013 2:06am | By Charlie Osborne

Internet giant, aerospace firm and renowned venture capitalists pop up together in the quest for energy's Holy Grail.

18 | February 15, 2013 5:25am | By Mark Halper

Think "byproduct" and "methanol." A Reykjavik group strikes a deal with a Dutch oil company.

6 | February 13, 2013 5:16am | By Mark Halper

In the Netherlands, electric cars are being pushed hard. But are consumers responding?

3 | February 12, 2013 6:58am | By Tyler Falk

"The Morning Briefing" is SmaertPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about biofuel research and opinion.

4 | February 7, 2013 12:58am | By Charlie Osborne

The electric car infrastructure company, whose founder envisioned a network of battery-swapping stations, is turning its attention toward two core markets.

5 | February 6, 2013 2:29pm | By Kirsten Korosec

One of the largest venture capital backers of cleantech has stopped raising a new fund because a lack of interest.

3 | February 6, 2013 12:20pm | By Kirsten Korosec

Nowhere is the challenge of the energy-water nexus so acute as in the Middle East. Here's what Abu Dhabi plans to do about it.

26 | February 6, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder