The state of Connecticut has gone ahead and taken action to extend the terms of its electric vehicle rebate program — the Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric Automobile Purchase Rebate Program — by adding another $1 million […]
California now (well, as of January 2015) accounts for 40% of all zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) sales in the US, according to a new analysis from Frost & Sullivan. The new analysis — Strategic Analysis of […]
The city of Portland, Oregon, just unanimously passed a new resolution to oppose/block the expansion of new fossil fuel storage and transport activities in the city, according to recent reports. The resolution is the first of […]
Tesla Model S owners in Hong Kong recently woke up to find that the Autopilot functionality/option had been deactivated via a forced update — following a request from the relevant Hong Kong authorities that Tesla make […]
Electric vehicle sales in China are continuing to grow, but much of this growth is caused directly by the myriad incentives on offer in the country, rather than organic demand driven by pure consumer interest. With […]
The Massachusetts Zero Emission Vehicle Commission will be mulling the elimination of the state’s electric vehicle tax credit for purchases over $60,000 tomorrow morning, following a proposal by a staffer with the commission, according to an […]
[Update] This is an important comment from reader JimBouton: I was actually on this plan for about a year. It would be generous to say that it was a rip off. TXU misleads you by not including […]
The Middle Eastern country of Jordan may not be at the front of many people’s thoughts when queried about electric vehicles, but that may not be the case forever, going by recent moves made by the […]
A new joint report from the Conservation Law Foundation, the Sierra Club, and Acadia Center — titled Charging Up — has detailed a policy pathway for governments in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions to spur faster adoption […]
The Brazilian governmental body named the Commission for the Environment, Consumer Protection, and Monitoring of the Federal State (that’s a mouthful) moved last week to approve Senate Bill 174/2014, thereby exempting electric vehicles (as well as biodiesel vehicles […]
While it’s assumed by many drivers that gasoline taxes completely cover the cost of road maintenance, and are perhaps even too high, that appears to not even be close to the truth of the matter — […]
The ongoing power struggle (of sorts) between the Nissan-Renault alliance head Carlos Ghosn and the French government (the dominant shareholder in Renault) has gotten more interesting as of late — with Nissan apparently having created proposals […]
The seeming incongruity between the stories that much of the American public seems to tell itself about the value of competition / the free market and the realities of endemic protectionist rackets like those currently held in […]
Predicting what exactly will be included as part of China’s 5-year plans can be an enjoyable experience, even if sometimes a bit “easy.” On that note, as many could probably have guessed, it’s looking increasingly likely […]
Carbon pricing is a more cost-effective means of reducing carbon emissions than fuel-economy regulation, but fuel-economy regulations are notably more effective at reducing overall fuel use, according to new research from the MIT Joint Program on […]
