Electric Vehicle Survey Reminder
If you, like me, are a “wannabe” EV owner, here’s one last reminder to complete the survey below. You can also click this link and complete it there. In either case, be sure to click “Done” when you complete […]
Hundreds Of Plug-In Hybrid Trucks For Port Of Shanghai
A brand new fleet of plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) trucks are now set to be deployed at the Port of Shanghai following an agreement between the hybrid and electric drivetrain solutions company Efficient Drivetrains Inc (EDI) […]
National Drive Electric Week Is Coming Up! Get Involved!
National Drive Electric Week (September 12–20) is quickly approaching. If you haven’t committed to joining an event yet, check out the 147 (and counting) events already planned across the country. If there isn’t an event in a […]
Wannabe EV Owner/Lessee Survey!!
Our survey of electric car owners and lessees went very well, with 800 people completing the survey! A couple of years ago, I think we wouldn’t have gotten half that number. But now is time for the […]
EV + PV + CHP + Storage In One Building
Originally published on CleanTechnica. There’s an exciting project currently underway in the northern German city of Hamburg, being carried out by the German energy and IT company LichtBlick: An apartment building is being transformed into a power […]
Nissan LEAF & Renault Zoe Trump Mercedes A180, Mercedes C180, & BMW 320i
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Years ago, I did cost comparisons of the Nissan Leaf and “comparable” Nissan gasmobiles. I haven’t been doing such comparisons any longer for one simple reason: it’s like comparing apples and oranges. Basically, […]
How Getting An Electric Car Can Cut Your Electricity Bill
The common assumption is that getting an electric car will jack up your electricity usage and thus electricity bill, and that is probably the norm to one extent or another, but that’s not always the case. […]
BMW i ChargeForward Pilot Launches In San Francisco
BMW and Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) have partnered to launch an 18-month pilot of the BMW i ChargeForward Program in San Francisco, according to recent reports. The pilot program will see roughly 100 BMW i3 […]
When A Hack Is Not A Hack (Yep, We’re Talking Tesla)
I saw an interesting note on the Tesla Motors Club forum a few weeks ago about some “white hat hackers” who were going to hack a Tesla Model S at a big hacker event and thus […]
JB Straubel (Tesla CTO) Talks About Disruptive Shift To Lithium-Ion Batteries, + More
Earlier this year, Tesla Motors CTO JB Straubel gave a presentation at the THINK 15 conference. I recently caught word of a video of his presentation and checked it out. It’s a good one (of course), so […]
Last Reminder: Complete This Survey If You Drive An Electric Car
If you were MIA this weekend and missed my first appeal to complete an electric car owner and lessee survey that I created, I would like to humbly request that you step it up and complete […]
Nissan LEAF Used Is Cheaper Than Toyota Prius Used
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Brain Kent — who is on a 100-day, 48-state negative-carbon road trip in his Nissan LEAF — recently dropped an epic comment on an article we published about used Nissan LEAF prices. It deserves […]
California Orders More Proterra Electric Buses
The Californian cities of Stockton and Porterville will soon be home to a number of Proterra Catalyst electric buses, according to a recent press release. The electric buses — being purchased with funding from the San […]
Electric Car Tipping Point (For Domination) Within 10 Years, Tesla CTO JB Straubel Predicts (Video)
Tesla Motors CTO JB Straubel was the headliner at Intersolar North America last week. He talked about the transition to lithium-ion batteries and how that opened the floodgates for electric cars and stationary storage (eventually); the […]
Canada Could See Big Electric Car Boom… If More Models Were Available
Plug-in electric vehicle sales could surge substantially in Canada if vehicle choice and supply (as well as public awareness) is improved, according to new research from Simon Fraser University. The work found that over 33% of all […]