Last weekend, I helped a friend test drive a range-extended SUV and a PHEV sedan, both in the same price range. In the city, ...

Have you ever wondered what made car manufacturers decide to go from dynamos to alternators for generating electricity? It's a mix of reliability and cost.

The DOE categorizes BEVs as vehicles “with only a traction battery as power source for vehicle propulsion.” Examples of these ...

I was recently told that some folks think The Autopian has it out for General Motors — that we write too many stories about GM failures, and that we therefore have some kind of beef with the company.

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When I was young, I always thought that those heavy mining trucks, like ordinary trucks, were driven by diesel engines and ...

Concept THREE, Hyundai Motor's first compact EV concept under the IONIQ sub-brand, embodies Art of Steel design language and signals the brand's planned expansion into the European compact EV market ...

Like going to a detox retreat and coming out the best version of itself. More MPG. More oomph. Less weight. Less noise. Less CO2. With none of that cost passed on to you. Actually, some versions are ...

Millions of electric motors used in gable- and roof-mounted attic fans have been recalled after reports of burning or fire, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...

BEAVERTON, Ore. — As Beaverton students head back to school, some of them will be riding a first-of-its-kind school bus to get there. Beaverton School District already operates the largest fleet of ...

Garmin has always been well known for virtual on-screen marine navigation, but since 2019 it's also been doing some work on the mechanical side of on-water navigation through its Force lineup of ...

This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to audio speakers. Oh, and without it we’d live in eternal darkness.