The 2-seater, based on the earlier Alfieri concept, will see pilot production next year with customer deliveries in North America likely in early 2021.

After more than 1,000 days behind the wheel of a modified Volkswagen Mk V Golf Wagon, VW says Wiebe Wakker has driven the farthest distance ever covered by an EV – more than 55,300 miles. The old mark was 13,670 miles.

Tesla is succeeding because it’s doing so many things that give it a competitive advantage. Most EV startups coming to market now are not doing anything new.

Toyota doesn’t see the Thai market as being ready for battery-electric vehicles because of the scarcity of charging stations. The automaker for now is focusing on plug-in hybrids, which are being offered government incentives albeit at a lower...

Automobili Pininfarina has said the first phase of its dealer network rollout so far has secured relationships with between 25-40 luxury retailers in North America, Europe the Middle East and Asia.

In a race with France, the Spanish government is preparing a law that will ban the sale of diesel, gasoline and hybrid vehicles from 2040 and ban them entirely from 2050.

The company is expanding its manufacturing plant in Singapore to build the EV, making it the first car plant for the island state, which has free-trade agreements with China, the U.S. and the European Union.

Bill Visnic, former WardsAuto technical editor who launched the Wards 10 Best Engines program 25 years ago, talks about early highlights, such as the Nissan VQ, Honda VTEC, GM’s Vortec and Mazda’s Miller Cycle/Lysholm supercharging tandem.

In an interview with a German newspaper, Michael Jost, chief of strategy for Volkswagen, says the automaker decided to make the MEB platform available to rival car companies as part of a plan to make it an industry standard among EV architectures.

Nissan last month became the first major OEM to offer an EV for sale in Thailand when it began accepting orders for the battery-electric Leaf. Deliveries begin in April.