Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday handed over the keys to the first nine electric vehicles the California car company has sold in the country

The electric vehicle documentary Kick Gas is being released today, on Earth Day 2014.

 Electric vehicles are centre stage at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition.

Daimler AG, the German automotive group, Sunday unveiled plans to build an all-electric vehicle with its Chinese partner BYD.

The number of electrically powered vehicles in the world now totals more than 400,000 vehicles, and has been doubling for the past few years.

The vintage-style car designed to replace controversial horse-drawn carriages.