The upgraded Nissan Leaf electric car can travel further without recharging, comes in a cheaper model and tells drivers how much battery life is left.

Google is investing $75 million in an Iowa wind farm as part of its effort to encourage development of cleaner energy sources.

The second annual Solar Challenge has begun in Chile's Atacama desert, where 15 solar-powered cars rolled out of an old salt mine.

Google is investing $75 million in an Iowa wind farm as part of its effort to encourage development of cleaner energy sources.

U.S. federal investigators said the government should require automakers to make the latest collision prevention technologies standard equipment on all new cars and trucks.

Toyota is recalling 2.77 million vehicles around the world for a water pump problem and a steering shaft defect that may result in faulty steering — the latest in a spate of quality woes for Japan's top automaker.

The first LED bulbs that are about the same size and brightness as regular 100-watt bulbs are reaching stores.

Toyota is testing car safety systems that allow vehicles to communicate with each other and with the roads they are on in a just completed facility in Japan the size of three baseball stadiums.