The City Council, following London and Vancouver, has passed a new law ensuring that 20 percent of all new garages and lots embed conduit for electric car charging.

High-end EVs are the rage, and Steve Saleen—responsible for the fastest street car in the world—is now planning to rock everyone's world with an out-of-the-box entry.

This week the Green Parking Council (GPC) and Nissan announced a partnership in which the Japanese automaker is offering significant funding and charging station hardware to GPC members, as long as they commit to an accelerated installation schedule. The program is an extension of announcements by Nissan throughout 2013 that it will subsidize a CHAdeMO-based fast charging network across the U.S.

The solar company's CEO is Elon Musk's cousin, so there's synergy galore in this deal, which could ultimately lower the cost of EV cells.

The German-made Colibri, after financing delays, is now targeted for late 2015. It's Europe-only, which makes sense. Here's one more EV with an uphill battle ahead.

California is generously supporting plug-in infrastructure in the state, but why is excluding the 110-volt option, which works very well for workplaces?

Oregon is pushing hard for electric vehicles, including a coordinated, multi-agency push to encourage battery-based tourism.

How low can it go? That's the question Tesla owners are debating in online chat rooms after the latest software upgrade from Tesla, which alters the Smart Air Suspension feature at high speeds. The change is in response to three recent fires in Tesla Model S vehicles.

The Renault Zoe battery pack lease gives Renault the power to remotely turn off the car for lease enforcement. But the ramifications mean governments who are already gathering data from Internet activities might tap into data about us via our cars.

In a suburb south of Tokyo, the electronics giant is building a new town with solar power, battery storage and EVs as the default transportation.