#ElectricCar

The proliferation of hybrid and electric vehicles has made energy-efficient tires an increasingly important market segment, and tire giant Pirelli has followed that trend with their Elect designation for EV tires. Vehicle manufacturers’ approvals of the line doubled last year; Pirelli says they’ve racked up more than 250 homologations since the Elect designation debuted in 2019. The tire is now available for many aftermarket applications.

Electric vehicles have definitely been growing in popularity, but until now it’s been unclear how popular they’ll ever be in the near future. Consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BGC) said “a switch has been flipped,” and that by 2035 the majority of new vehicle sales will be fully electric.

In a race to establish no doubt have the fastest charging vehicles on the market, Polestar places its bets on a company called StoreDot. Recently, Polestar announced its investment in StoreDot, becoming a shareholder in a company that aims to revolutionize EV battery and charging technology. In theory, this new relationship could result in future Polestars being some of the fastest charging electric vehicles on the market.

As car companies innovate their way into the 2020s, many cubic acres of time and money are being shoveled into the furnace that is research and development for electric cars.

Nissan debuted a more powerful, longer-range version of its popular Leaf electric hatchback at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Once thought to cost $23 billion, Volkswagen now says its electric-car investments will cost more. The automaker will now have to look for more efficiencies to match higher levels of spending.

Once an automotive oddity, the Toyota Prius has become a household name after two decades of saving planet Earth.

Volvo has plans to build its first electric vehicle in China. 

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At an overcrowded event in Las Vegas as part of the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the overly teased production vehicle from American EV upstart Faraday Future was officially revealed.

The Chevrolet Volt combines the best of both worlds in terms of propulsion: it offers the convenience of a gasoline engine with all the green benefits of a plug-in hybrid.

A new company has an ambitious plan of building “the most attractive, affordable, and practical electric car ever with base price starting at $10,000.”

Would you believe this little car runs a nine-second quarter mile?

VW thinks it needs a new electric car in its lineup and is working on a compact hatchback EV to go up against the likes of the BMW i3 and the Nissan Leaf.

An Audi A3 e-tron hatchback was just spotted undergoing testing and it was only obscured with mild camouflage. Here’s what we can glean from these spy photos.