Norway offers among the most generous packages of rewards for EV ownership in the world, and EVs represent five to six percent of all new vehicle sales in country. That has created somewhat of a backup at charging stations in the city of Oslo, as well as a crowding of the city's bus lanes, which—thanks to one of Norway's numerous EV perks—are open to electric cars.

While there isn’t a great deal of government support for electric vehicle owners in India and the charging infrastructure is limited, owning an electric vehicle in the subcontinent offers significant savings compared to a gasoline or diesel-powered vehicle.

We get a lot of interesting visitors at the PlugShare office in Venice, California. Today we hosted a lucky neighbor who was driving a BMW i3 for a couple days.

The Better Place demise may have discouraged Danes from buying EVs, but the failure looks to have been just a temporary setback to PEV sales in the country. The Danish government has put out a tender for construction of a nationwide network of charging stations along motorways, and plug-in sales—which are projected to be slightly down for 2013—figure to recover in the coming years as infrastructure is created to replace Better Place's charge and battery swapping network.

Lead-acid batteries are heavier and more toxic than their lithium ion counterparts, but are widely used to power the 12-volt system on electric cars.

Canada's wide open spaces and lack of a nationwide charging infrastructure are two big reasons why the Tesla Model S has conquered the Canadian plug-in market as sales of other EVs lag.

The Audi R8 e-tron, an all-electric sports car, was first shown to the public in October 2009 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. After years of development, it was apparently canceled for any number of uncertain reasons. But if new reports are to be believed, it was never really shelved or it was brought back to life, heading for sale to the public in mid-2014. The new model will feature longer driving range, thanks to better battery technology.

A new EPA report shows a five percent improvement in the fuel efficiency of the 2012 auto fleet over 2011, thanks to tough federal regulations. But as the MPG race heats up, will EVs lose out?

A few years ago, there used to be debate about whether Tesla's best strategy was to skip manufacturing entire cars or to focus on making components for major automakers. As it has turns out, Tesla Motor is taking both paths at once.

The first woman to head a major car company is a team player and consensus builder, not the man with a mission that Bob Lutz was when he pushed the Volt through the bureacracy. But this trained electrical engineer knows the value of electrification for GM and the auto industry's future.