Mass adoption of electric transportation (this includes off-road applications) would lead to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). […]
Via CleanTechnica: By Rogier van Rooij It will save you money, it will save you time, and it will save the environment. The Dutch startup Picnic is about to go into business, and it has the potential to really disrupt […]
I’ve started writing an electric vehicle report based on the three EV surveys we conducted recently (especially this EV driver survey and this wannabe EV driver survey), but a few extra questions were suggested or came to mind that […]
Ted Kidd shared some useful insight on the bottom of this long article comparing the charging capabilities of 27 electric car models, but it’s a topic that I thought deserved a little more attention in a […]
In this final presentation from the Electrifying Transportation panel I moderated at the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum, professor Jonn Axsen from Simon Fraser University discusses findings he and his team have made in ~10 years […]
I’ve finally got what seems to be official and complete data on electric car registrations in Norway. Woohoo! (In case you haven’t been following along for years, public data on electric car sales/registrations are not available for all models […]
Those living in Europe who want access to more places to charge their Tesla electric vehicles (EVs) other than Supercharger stations, their own home, or third-party/public charging stations, will be happy to hear that Tesla is now […]
I’ve ben planning to write this article up for a couple of days, since I saw a UK headline about the “155-mile” 2016 Nissan LEAF. Interestingly, John Voelcker seems to have beat me to the punch […]
The Smart ForTwo Electric (aka Smart Electric Drive) is arguably the cheapest electric car on the market. Obviously, though, it’s only practical for so many people. Daimler is soon going to unveil an updated version of the […]
The world’s first commercial Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) for road freight trucks/vehicles was recently unveiled by Skeleton Technologies and Adgero. The new system can reportedly reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions by 15–25% — depending […]
BMW is without a doubt one of the large automakers most serious about the electric vehicle transition, or electrification of passenger transport. I put BMW #2 or #3, only behind Tesla and perhaps Nissan. The German […]
Via TeslaMondo: May 7, 2015: Porsche CEO Matthias Müller: “I cannot say anything about Tesla,” he said. “I don’t know anything about Tesla.” Sept. 14, 2015: Porsche CEO Matthias Müller: “We have great respect for Tesla,” Mr. Müller said. “They are […]
Probably the biggest unveiling from Volkswagen Group at the Frankfurt Motor Show was the Audi E-Tron Quattro, but the Volkswagen Tiguan GTE is another big new plug-in concept car from the German giant that is also worthy of a full […]
What kind of car owners would actually throw a party for the car dealership/store that they bought their vehicles from? Tesla owners, of course. Who else? That (rather strange) occurrence recently happened at the Tesla store and service […]
One of the bigger surprises from National Drive Electric Week Event for me so far was seeing a picture of the Chevy Bolt concept facing off against a 107-mile 2016 Nissan LEAF at LA’s National Drive Electric Week […]