12% Of Car Sales Were Electric Car Sales In Norway In November
You may have caught my story the other day pointing out that the top-selling car in Norway two months in a row was an electric car (the Tesla Model S in October and the Nissan Leaf […]
Nissan Leaf & Chevy Volt Switch Places At #1 For 6th Time In 2013
At the beginning of October, I noted that the Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt had just switched places at the top of the monthly US plug-in car sales for the 5th month this year. They […]
Volkswagen e-Up! Review (Full Review + Test Drive Videos)
A UK price of £19,250 (about $31,540) for the Volkswagen e-Up! has just been announced, and my second video from my second test drive of the Volkswagen e-Up! is nearly published, so I think now is a good […]
Most Fuel Efficient Cars In 2014
Update January 5, 2015: a new list and article has been published of the “Most Fuel Efficient Cars In 2015 (USA).” It’s quite similar, but there are a few changes in the cars on the list. The […]
UK’s Largest Commercial Electric Vehicle Trial Launched
Nissan, Gateshead College, British Gas, and Hitachi Capital Commercial Vehicle Solutions have launched the largest commercial electric vehicle trial in the UK. Don’t get too excited, it’s just a 28-vehicle trial, but it’s a start! The […]
Only 22% Of Population Familiar With Tesla Model S!! Only 31% Familiar With Nissan Leaf
Confirming what I postulated last weekend, people are not familiar with electric cars yet. In a survey conducted by Navigant Research, only 31% of respondents were familiar with the highest-selling electric car to date, the Nissan […]
BMW i3 Review (+ VIDEO)
So, I got the opportunity to test drive the BMW i3 one week ago in Barcelona. The following is my full BMW i3 review. I included an initial review of the BMW i3 alongside reviews of the […]
Via Motors VTrux Gets Solar Tonneau Option, But So Many Questions…
Via Motors is is getting a lot of attention for its pioneering plans to bring a “mass market” electric truck to the show — VTrux. Now it’s getting even more attention for offering a solar tonneau to […]
Nissan & Renault’s Carlos Ghosn & VW’s Rudolf Krebs Slam Hydrogen Transportation At Auto Shows
Tesla Motors founder & CEO Elon Musk has called hydrogen cars “so bulls**t.” Dr Joe Romm, author of The Hype About Hydrogen, has argued that they will have very little impact in the coming few decades. I’ve […]
Nissan Leaf vs Volkswagen e-Up! vs BMW i3 (Exclusive EV Reviews)
UPDATE: Full BMW i3 review here. I was able to test drive about 8 electric vehicles in Barcelona over the past week. I will have longer reviews of many of them in the coming days or […]
Via Motors EV Truck Manufacturing Plant Opened In Mexico
VIA Motors, makers of the VTRUX brand of extended-range plug-in trucks, just launched its first high-volume electric vehicle assembly plant this week, located in a new facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The facility — which […]
100% Electric Car Sales Grow 361% In 2013 (YTD)
I would say that the strong growth of 100% electric car and plug-in hybrid electric car US sales is really no longer a story — they’ve been growing strongly month after month without a break. However, […]
Tesla UK — All The Details Via Elon Musk
Tesla’s first showroom in the UK, located in the high-end Westfield Shopping Mall in White City London, was officially opened last week. While the opening of Tesla’s first showroom for the Model S in the UK […]
Tesla Model S Fire Explained By Elon Musk (VIDEO)
I can’t recall ever seeing Tesla CEO, Chairman, and Product Architect Elon Musk wearing a suit. That is, before watching the video below. One of the biggest “hits” to Tesla this year has been the fire […]
Jay Leno Loves Mission RS Electric Superbike
I’ll admit it — I hardly know anything about motorcycles. Never been my thing*. Nevertheless, I know that the Mission RS electric superbike is an awesome motorcycle — by many accounts, the best motorcycle on the […]