Car companies are attaching solar panels to the roofs of cars to harness added electric power while parked or on the go. Hyundai’s new Sonata Hybrid has solar panels, which can power a few extra miles ...

One automaker is finding a new way to reduce the weight of a body panel while still giving it a familiar steel skin — using a composite plastic core between two thin steel sheets in a production ...

The purchase of an electric car that plugs into the power grid to recharge its battery often gets drivers thinking about the source of their energy. We haven't seen data from recent years looking at ...