At this year’s Detroit auto show, there’s been a lot of hoopla over fancy new electric cars and hybrids. Less-remarked has been the fact that automakers are shifting to smaller and lighter vehicles. With good reason: This is, by far, the easiest way to boost gas mileage. Read full article > >

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The electric cars that will be on display in Detroit adopt one of two overriding design philosophies: make it exciting, or make it familiar.

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Federal regulators said they are looking at lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars after a Chevrolet Volt that had undergone a crash test caught fire.

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With whisper-quiet electric cars set to proliferate, the motor industry is under pressure to give them an artificial noise for safety purposes, but should they sound like traditional petrol vehicles?

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Should electric cars be made to go ‘vroom’?

Car makers plan to launch a range of electric cars in the Middle East where the gas guzzler has been king.

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Will Dubai embrace the green car?

Car makers plan to launch a range of electric cars in the Middle East where the gas guzzler has been king.

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Will Dubai embrace the green car?

UK drivers who buy new electric cars will now be eligible for a grant to offset the cost.

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Electric cars to get government subsidies

UK drivers who buy new electric cars will now be eligible for a grant to offset the cost.

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Electric cars to get government subsidies

Teams from three continents have set off from the Place des Nations in Geneva with their electric cars on the longest and greenest race of all time, called the Zero Race.

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Global solar powered car rally begins