The Wall Street Journal (which I just railed on the other day for a horrible post about solar energy) has actually published a pretty interesting infographic on who drives electric cars. Granted, I saved myself the […]
Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn is one of the biggest champions of electric cars in the world today. Renault and Nissan together have already sold over 100,000 electric cars. He’s also been one of the most bullish […]
Quentin Clark and Suzy Wadsworth of Waitrose recently set out on a Nissan Leaf road trip that demonstrates Nissan Leaf’s superb flexibility in the UK now, thanks to Ecotricity’s Electric Highway. The video is full of fun […]
Porsche’s second plug-in hybrid electric car (PHEV), the Porsche 918 Spyder, was recently debuted at the 2013 International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt. “The super sportscar with plug-in hybrid drive marks the beginning of a new […]
Norway is a clear EV leader. It is likely the most EV-friendly country in the world, which is why it was no surprise to see Tesla roll out its entry into Europe in Norway, while also […]
French car companies Renault and Bolloré have teamed up to work on EV carsharing together. Clearly, I think EVs have a big future, and I think carsharing does as well, so I’m curious to see where […]
Scotland — long a leader in clean, renewable electricity — has now set a plan in motion for an electric vehicle revolution in order to take even better advantage of that clean electricity. The £14 million ’Switched On […]
As you can see in the table above, 100% electric cars, plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs), and conventional hybrid electric cars continue to do better and better. 100% electrics were up 457.48% in August 2013 compared […]
Mitsubishi ran into some battery problems earlier this year that led to it halting production of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. The non-production period lasted 5 months. However, Mitsubishi seems to now have things in order and has […]
With its sprint into the 100%-electric-car arena, Nissan is a clear leader in the production of greener cars. While the greenness of a car’s operation is certainly the biggest environmental innovation worthy of praise, Nissan also […]
The new Nissan Leaf is set to have some innovative safety technologies, including laser scanners and cameras that monitor the area around the vehicle, a full 360 degrees, and keep an eye out for things like other […]
BMW Group and Vattenfall have reportedly partnered up to jointly conduct research on the secondary use of high-voltage EV batteries from the MINI E and BMW ActiveE. The BMW release is in German, and Google doesn’t […]
Volkswagen (VW) has officially announced that it is going to produce 250 units of its Volkswagen XL1 for sale, reportedly at a price of €111,000 (or $143,000). The XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid is claimed to be “the world’s […]
Tesla Motors this week hit an astounding value of $20 billion (billion with a bloody big B). Its shares are up just about 390% this year. As I write this, Tesla is valued at $20.2 billion, […]
Quite frankly, I think Elon Musk is one awesome dude. My impression is that he’s very honest (more so than perhaps any CEO I’ve ever know or followed) and humble (despite the fact that a ton […]
