The French carmaker recently announced that it would build midsized electric cars on a new EV-specific platform that would ...

Several days into it, the ongoing auto show in Shanghai, China, continues to capture the attention of the automotive world. The time that has passed since the event opened its doors allowed us to go ...

Renault and Volkswagen have teamed with Chinese firms to build EREVs, which combine an EV battery with a gas-powered ...

Range extenders combine a combustion engine with an electric generator that recharges the vehicle’s battery whenever its charge falls below a specified level. Credit: ZF Friedrichshafen AG. ZF, a ...

The Bavarian automaker is open to extended-range EVs, but it hasn’t decided whether it will jump on to the growing trend in the U.S.

A small gas engine turns a generator to charge the batteries. But that generator can also be another electric motor. ZF has developed an electric range extender that can also power a car's wheels. It ...

Volkswagen AG is drawing up plans for electric vehicles with range extender technology in Europe and the U.S., one of several strategic shifts considered as the automaker decides on its future ...

The combustion engine would act like a generator to charge the battery, addressing range anxiety. Ever since Jaguar shockingly hit the reset button a few years ago, it has consistently claimed that ...

Ferdinand Porsche's original automotive creation was a quad-motor electric vehicle. He added a combustion engine generator to that vehicle to avoid battery limitations and created an actual range ...