Nissan Leaf Sales Inch Past Chevy Volt Sales (2013 US Sales Rivalry Update)

Nissan and GM (or the consumer who buy their electric vehicles) couldn’t make this sales rivalry more interesting. In June, the Chevy Volt inched ahead of the Nissan Leaf in 2013 sales. It was 9855 vs […]

Ford’s Hybrid & Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Arrival

Ford has not historically been a leader in hybrid or electric vehicle technology. Toyota and Honda very clearly led the introduction of mass-market hybrid electric vehicles. More recently, Nissan and GM have led the burgeoning 100% […]

Electric Car Pollution Much Less Than Gas or Diesel Car Pollution

This article is about a study published by Renault on the emissions of electric vehicles vs that of diesel- and gas-fueled vehicles. The Renault Fluence 4-door, 5-seat sedan product line was used for this study. This […]

EV Sales Doubled In 2013 — Why?

The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that about twice as many electric vehicles were sold in the first half of 2013 compared to the first half of 2012. The DOE noted the very low […]

Honda Fit EV & Fiat 500e Are 100% Compliance Cars

Something that I think not many people are aware of is that some green cars are only produced because of California’s strict laws aimed at greening the automobile industry. Unfortunately, while some automakers get the underlying […]

100% EV Sales Beating PHEV Sales In US

Green Car Reports recently stumbled across an interesting fact — 100% electric vehicles (led by the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S) have actually outsold plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the first half of 2013 […]

Chevy Volt Owner Review After 1 Year

Below is one useful review of the Chevy Volt. Notably, as with many things, financial savings or not from driving the PHEV are going to vary from person to person. Also, EV rebates or other incentives […]

Nissan Leaf Owners Wax Poetic On Benefits Of Electric Cars (& The Nissan Leaf, In Particular)

Here’s another cool video from Kelly Olsen, this one featuring some Nissan Leaf owners who discuss the benefits of electric cars, how convenient they are, how pretty the Nissan Leaf looks, and how to use the […]