The city fleet will have 425 Leafs, Volts and Energis on the road by early next year.

The Lit Motors C-1 can cruise 200 miles on a charge, and even a truck can't pull it over.

Audi’s R8 e-tron sports car is finally a reality — with almost 300 miles on a charge.

Sales of plug-ins are a fraction of cars sold, but governments and industry are doing their part to make that number grow.

The key question isn't why Tesla stock dipped below $200, but why GM and Ford are at $30 and $14.

The introduction of the 2015 Kia Soul EV brings the notion of a practical, affordable all-electric car closer to the driveway.

OK, the sound is more like "eeeeeee," but it's still exciting international action, and it's coming to the U.S. in March.

Nine of the top 12 cars on the 2015 ACEEE list are either plug-ins or hybrids.

Exciting new hybrids from Mitsubishi, Kia and Volvo are the talk of the Windy City.

When the weather outside is frightful, battery performance suffers.

Being stopped at red lights is more than just annoying; it also can be incredibly unhealthy.

These guys aren't shy about taking on Tesla, but first they need to ramp up the factory for this 1,088-horsepower, 200 mph electric from Croatia.

The City of Lights is for lovers ... and pedestrians, bikers and transit riders.

By reducing the urban heat island effect, mass adoption of electric vehicles may even cut our air conditioning bills.

These plug-in supercars are big on sex appeal and horsepower — but you've never heard of the companies that make them.

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Proterra's new Catalyst is a lightweight, energy-efficient marvel with six times the efficiency of diesel.

Factoring in no-cost charging, electric vehicles are a no-brainer, and now Volta has a national plan.

Even under poor conditions, Venturi's 240 mph shakes things up at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Tesla Motors gets some high-powered competition.

The big Japanese auto show is all about plug-in and hydrogen cars — and some even drive themselves.

EV prices are falling, range is rising, and there's free fuel to sweeten the pot.

As CES proves, the gadgets are more important than the color and the trim package.

The Detroit and New York auto shows may have the new car introductions, but Washington has the politicians.

Rimac's Concept One is a $936,000 supercar made in Croatia, and only 8 will be built.

Electric cars are really shooting off into the stratosphere, and it’s all Elon Musk can do to keep up.

Millennials and lower-income consumers are in a buying mood. They think that brand matters, and Tesla is the ultimate brand.

Low gas prices, and crossovers with 30 mpg, mean that only a quarter of hybrid and electric buyers are getting another one.

The British vacuum cleaner kingpin will invest nearly $3B in developing an electric vehicle by 2020.

A ban on gas and diesel cars is the latest in Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's ongoing crackdown on air pollution.

Electric carmakers need more cobalt for their lithium-ion batteries. Tiny Cobalt, Ontario, aims to become a sizable supplier.

Muncie, Indiana, police department lets residents pay off parking tickets with donations to the local animal shelter.

There are many different types of staircases that can make your home a more efficient, safer and even a more attractive place.

Photographer Richard Silver captures the surreal ambience of the "blue hour" with these beautifully spliced landscape images.

Here are 10 historic shopping centers that are still thriving today.

University of Cincinnati students score big in the 2015 perFORM Building Design Competition.

Don't want to live in it anymore? Just covert it into a drive-through shaved ice stand.

The man-made foothills are most definitely alive in Cupertino.

A solar-powered home that can charge a car is one thing. But what if power flowed the other way, as well?

At 208-square-feet, Kasita smart apartments are roughly the size of 6 garbage receptacles.

Developers behind the 104-acre sustainable project in Belize promise to consider all concerns ahead of construction in 2017.

From the man who brought you the giant tetrahedron on 57th Street...

The treehouse-esque bunkhouses of Whitetail Woods Regional Park score big at the AIA Housing Awards.

Berlin startup Cabin Spacey has a clever idea for the city's unused rooftops.

Situated next to the High Line, Solar Carve Tower is specifically designed not to bogart air and natural light from its neighbors.

Donut-shaped and parked at the foot of a glacier, the Snøhetta-designed Svart hotel in Norway is the first of its kind.

Bosco Verticale, Milan's literal vertical forest, boasts the equivalent of 2.4 acres of richly green land.

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Habitat loss and climate change have pushed the antechinus, a marsupial that looks like a small shrew, to the brink. And their sex lives don't help.

The Sisters of the Monastery of the Dominican of Order have cared for the rare salamanders for 150 years.