For most people who are either already using or considering electric and hybrid vehicles, there are two main considerations. Going green The first of these is environmental. Transport accounts for around 23% of overall CO2 emissions […]
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 […]
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 […]
Update: A California study* has found that “71% of the sample of 3,800 PEV owners who acquired their car after February 2012 buy the car and only 29% lease it. Out of the three main models, Volt […]
There’s a somewhat odd meme still going around that claims that electric cars are expensive. A little bit of research quickly debunks that. The average price for a new car in November 2013 (in the US) […]
100% electric car sales are up about 300% in 2013 so far, while plug-in hybrid electric car sales are up about 31% for the same period. Note that Tesla doesn’t report its sales on a monthly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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, […]
I’m a big fan of ranking… just like the rest of you. However, I generally hate that most rankings are presented in absolute terms rather than relative terms. For example, there are many rankings of the […]
The BMW i5 is apparently already in the planning phase, in spite of the fact that the i3 and i8 haven’t even been released yet, according to an insider at the company. The i3 is set to […]
