An electric car, at its most basic, is rather simple: batteries, motor, a means of controlling the latter, and a wheeled platform for all of the above. Yet it’s surprisingly difficult to say for sure...
Photos courtesy Smithsonian. Though historians live to debate these sorts of things, focusing largely on definitions and the indefinite qualifier of practicality, it’s fairly well established who bui...
Photo by Russ London. “Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?” – Mary Shelle...
2019 will go down as a year, that much is certain. Joking aside, whether or not 2019 was good depends on your perspective. There’s no better example of this than the arrival of the mid-engine Corvett...
With instantaneous torque, fewer components, and compact motors, are electric conversions the future of hot rodding? No, they’re not. But chances are they’ll be a piece of that future. And to show of...
The oldest surviving American automobile, as The Henry Ford pointed out this week, exists in the museum’s collection, and it well predates the internal combustion engine. Smoke-belching steam locomot...
High school shop class-built electrified Volkswagen Rabbit. Photo courtesy Volkswagen. FIVA, the global organization dedicated to preserving older vehicles in part by fighting legislation aimed at ge...
The Historic Vehicle Association paid tribute to Jesse Valadez II, the caretaker of his father’s Gypsy Rose lowrider, who died this past week. Although Jesse was soft spoken and humble, he was always...
For more than 50 years, a 1948 Studebaker has resided on the second story of the Greider family’s garage near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. At least, it did until this month, when it was removed for a res...
Volkswagen ID.R. Photo courtesy Volkswagen Group. Volkswagen’s futuristic ID.R electric race car set a record earlier this June in Germany, becoming the fastest all-electric car to lap the Nürburgrin...
Swind E Classic Mini. Photos courtesy Swindon Powertrain. In 2018, automaker MINI showed a battery-powered concept version of the original Classic Mini at the New York Auto Show, but there was a catc...
Photo by Marco Verch. We can’t remember a year — at least in recent memory — that we were happier to see in the rearview mirror than 2018. From an automotive news perspective, it was the “dog’s break...
Chevrolet’s eCOPO Camaro Concept. Photos courtesy Chevrolet. At this year’s SEMA Show, Chevrolet marked the 50th anniversary of the COPO Camaro with a limited run of racing-use-only 2019 COPO Camaros...
Most stories of electric conversions on older cars stop right after the test and tune phase. Corbin Dunn, however, has kept us current (geddit?) on his Beetle EV conversion through the years. ( via )...
Jaguar’s E-type Zero, now production-bound. Photos courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. Last September, Jaguar debuted a concept car it called the E-type Zero, which swapped a 1968 E-type Series 1.5 roadster’...
Alright, let's get this out of the way first: I'm not going to suggest that electric cars will ever replace what internal combustion engines do for folks like you and me. The smell of burnt fuel, the...
1917 Detroit Electric Model 68 B. Photos courtesy The Revs Institute. The Revs Institute in Naples, Florida, houses a most impressive collection of automobiles, ranging from an 1896 Panhard & Levasso...
Electrified 1965 Ford Mustan g for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: My Dad’s Electric Dream My Dad had an idea, completed in July 1995, to build a “Classic Electric Car”. He found...
2017 Acura NSX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD powertrain layout. Photos courtesy Acura, unless otherwise noted. In the not-so-distant-past, the convenience and safety features we take for granted on modern auto...
Classic Mini Electric concept, which debuted at the 2018 New York International Auto Show. Photos courtesy MINI. Battery electric cars don’t typically generate much interest among enthusiasts, so aut...
Spotting this Rambler-like soft top on the Fiat Cabrio sent the writer’s imagination into a fever dream of then-and-now comparisons. The New York International Auto Show has ancient roots. It is one ...
Photo by Karli Watson. Somehow, while we weren’t looking, another year passed us by. With 12 more months behind us, it’s time once again to dust off our crystal ball (Lucite, really, because the good...
Electric-powered fiberglass-bodied 1927 Ford Model T for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This car is powered by a 90hp 120 volt electric motor. It uses 10 deep cycle 12 volt batt...