Electric Cars

Based in Oxford, England, Drayson Racing is one of the world's foremost proponents of sustainable racing technologies. Now, it's also become the fastest. Driven by team principal and former Science Minister Lord Paul Drayson, the Lola-based Drayson B12 69/EV electric Le-Mans Prototype established a new FIA world speed record for electric vehicles in a 2 Read more...

Tesla Motors boss, Elon Musk, has announced that his company plans to install new battery-swap technology at a number of its Supercharging stations. This feature will allow Tesla Model S owners to exchange a depleted battery pack for a new, fully charged one in an automated procedure that takes about 90 seconds to complete. Musk demonstrated the process Read more...

On the eve of this year's annual 24 Hour enduro event at Le Mans, Nissan has taken the wraps off a radical electric-powered prototype racer it plans to enter there in 2014. While visually similar to the DeltaWing that took part in the 2012 competition, the new Nissan ZEOD RC shares no common parts with that vehicle. However, like the DeltaWing, it will Read more...

Striking another blow for the zero-emission high-performance set, a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupe Electric Drive has shattered the existing EV lap record at Germany's fabled Nurburgring. This high-profile -- and equally high-priced - gullwing coupe recently became the first electric-powered vehicle to complete the grueling 12.9-mile Nordschliefe circuit Read more...