When I spied James Elliott’s Le Car at a local coffee shop, I had to pull over. The cheekily-named U.S. version of the Renault 5, the Le Car was a great design but cheaply made, rust-prone, and ...

To succeed, the electric cars of those days would have had to succeed as part of a greater all-electric transportation system. In fact it was attempted by the Electric Vehicle Company, which was ...

Yes, two Henry Manns, one electric car, ... At 3250 pounds, the ePower is about 250 pounds heavier than the original V-8-powered car but almost 500 pounds lighter than a modern Mustang GT.

There have been a handful of hand-built modern electric cars with manual transmissions, too, including the 900-horsepower, 1,000-lb-ft Mustang Lithium Ford built in cooperation with Webasto for ...

Converting a classic car to full battery-electric drive is either the best idea or the worst. There's an argument to be made that without the original powertrain, a classic is no longer the car it ...

These are the 10 most impressive electric cars in the world, thus far. Nissan, Hyundai, Rivian, Lotus, Tesla, Porsche, and even a classic Baker make the list.

But the main idea is true — shortly after World War II, Japanese auto manufacturers did develop and sell an electric vehicle, long before modern versions became popular in the 2010s.