China’s electric car market is just getting rolling. Sales don’t compare to US, European, or Japanese electric car sales, but they have certainly been growing, and hopefully they will within a couple years. For now, here […]
First of all, a quick note on why I support EV tax credits: we need to switch from gasmobiles to EVs in order to avert catastrophic global warming, in order to stop killing countless people and […]
A couple of GM plug-in car enthusiasts over on GM-Volt have test driven the Cadillac ELR (a plug-in hybrid electric car that comes with a lot of luxury and a hefty price tag). Kindly (and I’m […]
The BMW ActiveE two-year trial program in which 700 people got to learn and show what BMW ActiveE electric vehicles could do is coming to a close. A lot of the drivers, of course, want to keep driving […]
Hybrid and electric car sales for December and 2013 as a whole have all finally come in. You can see the specific numbers above, as well as a chart showing the leading models (for Dec 2013, […]
Update March 25, 2014: a smart USA representative notes in the comments below: “we’d like to help clear up any cost confusion, battery confusion, lease confusion, etc. There are two options for leasing a smart electric […]
After 6 changes at the top of the plug-in car tables in 2013, the Chevy Volt barely beat the Nissan Leaf in annual sales. The Volt logged 23,094, while the Leaf logged 22,610. Despite many other […]
Unfortunately, playing catch-up over the holidays kicked an article idea out of my head. Fortunately, an article on GM-Volt kicked it back in. Jeff Cobb of GM-Volt went ahead and published “9 new plug-in cars to […]
Following up on my quick comparison of the Nissan Leaf, Volkswagen e-Up!, and BMW i3 — as well as full reviews of the Volkswagen e-Up! and BMW i3 — here’s a “full” review of the 2014 Nissan […]
We’ve written about it many times: electric cars are much, much cheaper to run. Based on the average price of electricity in the US, gas at $3.50/gallon, and the average miles driven per year, the Nissan […]
I covered in-wheel electric motor startup Protean back in October 2012. Naturally, it takes a while for a company to get rolling, but Protean recently announced some pretty big news. It has partnered with FAW-VOLKSWAGEN AUTOMOTIVE CO., […]
This is a topic I’ve written about numerous times, but I just ran across some more numbers and studies that make me even more optimistic. When a new technology goes from no market share to market […]
You may have heard of the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) concept in which electric vehicles can supply their battery power to electricity grids during peak hours and other electricity shortages. Nissan recently decided to apply a somewhat similar concept to […]
I guess this is primarily a story for our European readers, but with the numbers Renault is throwing around, it’ll likely interest everyone. The French automaker is reportedly going to unveil a 141 MPG concept car […]
One of the most notable people I talked with at EVS27 in Barcelona last month was Brian Wynne, President of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), President of the GoElectricDrive Foundation, Vice President of the World Electric […]
