Automotive technology

Daily chart: Jump start

China plans to dominate the electric-car market(60)

Electric cars: Difference Engine: Tailpipe truths

Electric cars are not as clean as their makers like to claim(283)

Small cars: Difference engine: The balance of power

Motorists may be downsizing, but are they ready for engines with only three cylinders?(53)

Electric cars: Volt's lows and highs

GM's electric car wins a big prize in Europe but sagging American sales are a worrying sign(19)

Self-driving cars: Safer at any speed?

The driverless car is arriving in instalments(19)

Fuel economy: Difference engine: Going along for the ride

People say they want more fuel-efficient cars, but few actually buy them(81)

Electric cars: Hiriko vert

Another attempt to make tiny electric cars sexy(71)

Honda's troubles: Running out of time

The Accord Coupe that Honda unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 9th could determine whether the Japanese carmaker can recover after a devastating year(2)

Carmakers: Revenge of the petrolheads

Fossil-fuel cars are getting much cleaner, making life hard for green ones(15)

Battery vehicles: Difference Engine: Volt farce

Those afraid of fire should fear petrol cars more than electric vehicles(30)

Flywheels: Reinventing the wheel

Transport: After many twists and turns, flywheels are finding a new role as an efficient way to store energy in hybrid vehicles(16)

DIY biofuels: The fat of the land

Green-minded motorists are making car fuel at home, from used cooking oil(50)

Carmaker alliances: Swapping batteries for diesel engines

The partnership between BMW and Toyota helps both firms, and stands for a trend: sharing engineering skills across borders(27)

Electric cars: All charged up for sharing

Vincent Bolloré makes a risky bet on electric-car technology(12)

Recharging electric cars: Bidding for volts

How to recharge electric cars without causing brownouts(62)

Electric cars: Karma chameleon

Fisker's new electric car will soon meet its first owner(9)

Electric cars: Highly charged

The future of electric cars is in China, but the rules of the road seem unclear(18)

Fuel economy: The Difference Engine: Four bangs for the buck

Even in America, four-cylinder cars now rule the road(4)

Difference engine: Nikola Tesla's revenge

Transport: The car industry’s effort to reduce its dependence on rare-earth elements has prompted a revival in the fortunes of an old-fashioned sort of electric motor(10)