At “The Battery Show,” coming up September 16–18 in Novi, Michigan, there will be a free series of seminars on the topic of UPS systems. The seminars will delve into current issues with backup power systems, […]
One of our readers recently passed along a photograph of a 1914 LIFE magazine ad about “the economical electric.” Interestingly, it talks about electricity “constantly decreasing in cost,” which clearly didn’t hold steady for too long. However, electricity […]
Someone recently passed along to me a fun Chevy Volt commercial I don’t think I had ever seen. It’s actually quite old, but worth a share, and if I hadn’t seen it before, I imagine plenty […]
It’s hard to get European-wide numbers for electric car sales. In fact, it’s hard to get numbers for almost any country in Europe. A Norwegian electric vehicle association was publishing Norway’s numbers regularly for awhile, as was a […]
The Tesla Gigafactory is one of the hottest cleantech stories of 2014, if not the hottest. Someone recently passed along a cool Tesla Gigafactory infographic that includes quite a bit of interesting info about the lithium-ion […]
Last week, Tesla began deliveries of right-hand-drive Tesla Model S’s in Asia, Hong Kong to be specific. Movie stars*, rich tech lovers, and Tesla’s Vice President of World Wide Sales and Service, Jerome Guillen, were present. Aside […]
July was a momentous month for Mercedes and me. Mercedes saw the US birth of its first electric vehicle, the Mercedes B Class Electric, and my little girl was born. With this being a monthly electric […]
Not that many people would assume it was, but just for clarity’s sake (or, more likely, a bit of fun), Tesla Motors took to the Twittersphere in order to officially state that the vehicle in the […]
After a bit of delay, we’ve got the full electrified car registration numbers for France for May. Thanks a great deal to France Mobilité Électrique for sharing the numbers, and also a thanks to EV-Sales Blogspot for distinguishing BMW […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. By Jeff Cohen Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to tour many automotive assembly plants. As a child, I saw 1965 Ford Mustangs assembled at the Ford River Rouge factory in Michigan. When […]
Once upon a time, the US electrified vehicle (EV) sales rivalry was between the Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt. Now, it seems the Ford Fusion Energi has taken the Volt’s place, but the Nissan Leaf is […]
Here’s a fun picture reminding us of our electric car history. Coming from @HistoricalPics via Lloyd Alter, it shows an electric car charging way back in 1905: “The history of the electric vehicle began in the mid-19th […]
I’ve deciphered KBA’s registration data enough that I actually feel comfortable reporting on Germany’s May plug-in registrations. Like it is with almost every country, there were still holes remaining in the data. For example, for models that have […]
Tesla battery supply is still constraining production, but is projected to ease up within a year. On a conference call towards the end of 2013, Tesla Chairman, CEO, Chief Product Architect, yadda yadda yadda Elon Musk noted that […]
Of course Tesla is hitting more milestones — it’s moving forward fast, and there are always new stats that can be shared. Nonetheless, I’m a sucker for stats, so here are a few that came out of […]
