Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Carbon ...

EV environmental impact outperforms gas cars over lifecycles, with lower emissions, battery recycling benefits, and renewable ...

EVs would make up 67 percent of new vehicle sales by 2032 under the proposed regulations for smog, soot and carbon, according to the agency. EPA will propose tailpipe emissions rules Wednesday that ...

The Biden administration is poised to soon finalize gas-powered car tailpipe emissions standards that consumer advocates and energy industry groups have dubbed a "de facto electric vehicle mandate." ...

Fred Krupp: EPA has the authority to reduce the amount of tailpipe pollution. And when you reduce it enough, the way to meet that is through zero-emitting vehicles like electric cars. And that's the ...

The Renewable Fuels Association and National Farmers Union filed a lawsuit June 17 in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently finalized light- and ...

The EV transition is clean at a glance, but a deeper look at battery production and disposal reveals a global race to build a circular, sustainable supply chain from the ground up. The electric ...

You know how you're sitting around a camp fire after a long day on the trail, and as you recap the day's events, the group comes up with all sorts of crazy inventions that would make the off-roading ...

Dear Tom, Smoke is coming out of the tailpipe of my 2002 Chrysler Sebring with 90,000 miles. Is this a big problem? I have to put a quart of oil a week in the engine. What should I do? Sally from The ...

Sir, The Big Read article “Green driving’s dirty secret” (November 9) highlights an important issue in which most consumers continue to be left in the dark: namely the impact on the environment of the ...

During normal operation, the emissions from a car's tailpipe should be invisible. But what if they're not? Should you be worried if you notice what looks like smoke? What should you do? The answers to ...