Both Toyota and Mazda are set to make future EVs off of Prius platform. More automakers are partnering in preparation for an electric car future. Toyota and Mazda are next, joining with Denso Corporation to form a new company that will develop electric vehicle technologies. The deal, announced today, comes about a …

Mazda is a tiny carmaker on a global scale, producing just 1.6 million vehicles a year. It competes with four companies (GM, Nissan-Renault, Toyota, and VW Group) that each sell around 10 million a year, as well as numerous other smaller makers still larger than Mazda. In a world where …

Urban EV Electrified technology will now feature in every new model launched by Honda in Europe Production version of Honda Urban EV Concept confirmed for 2019 CR­-V Hybrid Prototype – Honda’s first electrified SUV in Europe – launches 2018 Honda Power Manager energy transfer system undergoing European trials in Western …

In the Tour de France, equipping your bike with a small electric motor is called mechanical doping, and is considered cheating. But for the rest of us, an electrified bicycle might be a way to make exercise both tolerable and practical, according to an encouraging new study of bicycle commuting. …

It had a good run. But the end is in sight for the machine that changed the world. “HUMAN inventiveness…has still not found a mechanical process to replace horses as the propulsion for vehicles,” lamented Le Petit Journal, a French newspaper, in December 1893. Its answer was to organise the Paris-Rouen …

Electric Truck by Cummins, Beats Tesla showing off a prototype by just days. Cummins revealed an electric truck from its historic technical center in Columbus, Indiana, a fully electric truck class 7 demonstration Urban Hauler Tractor as a step in its earlier announced electrification movement. The vehicle is equipped with a 140 …

Fiat 500e, with its tiny size, zippy handling, and an EPA range of 84 miles, the 500e is a fine city car—as long as you don’t need to go anywhere else. The interior is cramped, with an awkward driving position and a rear seat that is best reserved for short …

Green car demand rising for just the first time in four years Total U.S. auto sales poised to fall a seventh straight month For all the excitement Tesla Inc. mustered by starting to deliver its cheaper Model 3, the tall order ahead for the sedan will be to pull off what no electric …

THS-R: development starts Although the Toyota Prius had been on sale since 1997, the earliest indication that Toyota’s proprietary hybrid technologies could be adapted for racing came on 12 May 2005, when Toyota Motor Corporation determined that it would “consider the race activity that uses a hybrid system.” At that …

The onslaught starts with an electric Mini coupe and an electric X3 crossover. Volvo isn’t the only automaker attempting to electrify its entire lineup. BMW Group wants in on the action, too. BMW Group, which includes both BMW and Mini, announced Tuesday that it plans to electrify all brands and models under its …