Update: the 2013 MPGe rating for the Leaf is actually 116 (not 99), so the calculations below are actually heavily biased in favor of the Juke. Feel free to play around with the spreadsheet to see more accurate […]
A new version of the Nissan LEAF, featuring more than 100 updates, is now being produced at the company’s Sunderland Plant in the UK. This development means that the Leaf is now being manufactured on three […]
Here’s Elon Musk at a February 2013 TED Talk discussing electric vehicles, the groundbreaking Tesla Model S, electric vehicle charging stations, solar power, SolarCity, SpaceX, reusable rockets, “the physics approach,” and negative feedback: I’m actually not […]
The BMW i3 is set to roll out this year, which I think has many of us EV lovers a little giddy. BMW’s i series looks hot, different, sharp. It looks like it was made to […]
If you were around about 70 years ago (unlikely), you might remember Detroit Electric, an electric car company based out of San Francisco… no, Detroit, of course. With the rebirth of electric cars, someone has decided […]
Real Goods Solar, a leading solar power installer, is hosting a sweepstakes that I think you’d all like to win. The Grand Prize is: “(A) One home solar electric system from Real Goods Solar up to […]
The Toyota i-Road concept was certainly one of the hottest new attractions at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. And some folks even grabbed videos of the i-Road in action. Here’s one:
Nissan has a new commercial out (you can watch it below) for the Nissan Leaf. The key takeaway point that I think Nissan is (quite successfully) aiming for is that the Leaf is hip and hot […]
Electric cars keep getting cheaper and cheaper, fast. Of course, one easy way to drop the purchase price of an electric car is to drop its battery pack. Naturally, an electric car needs batteries to run, […]
If you’re healthy and lucky enough to live to the age of 97, you’ll go through your share of technological revolutions, me thinks. Mr Charlie Yaeger has certainly done so, and changes in vehicle technology are a […]
Granted, the e20 is not going on sale in the U.S. (meaning that it won’t be available to most of our readers, but certainly a decent number of them). The e20 electric car from Mahindra Reva is […]
If you haven’t watched these two videos below, you have to now. Or you at least have to bookmark them for a time when you can watch them in full. Enjoy! http://youtu.be/VUgDcA1pZAM And don’t forget to […]
Who knows if this will ever turn into something practical, but it’s pretty cool, and my guess is that it will help advance vehicle technology to some degree or another. Check out the videos below, and […]
And that’s the bad news. Apparently, 48,364 green cars (primarily hybrid and electric vehicles, but also green-ish diesels) were sold in the US in February 2013 (est.), 15% more than the 41,933 green cars sold in […]
Something about garbage trucks are simply beastly. Well, maybe a few things — their size, the stench, and the way they totally crush that garbage. So, electric garbage trucks bring some nice beastly power to the […]
