Tesla’s Secret Master Plan (For Those Just Joining The Party)

If you’ve obsessively been following Tesla for long, there’s a decent chance you’ve already run across this. But a few things this week reminded me that the majority of the population, and probably even the majority […]

Study: South Africans Can Save Big By Going Electric

Car owners in South Africa can save significant amounts of money by switching over to electric models, according to a new study from the uYilo e-Mobility Technology Innovation Programme at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. The new […]

Lux Research: Alternative Battery Technologies (Li-S, Solid-State, Etc) Will Hit $10 Billion Mark By 2030

While lithium-ion batteries will remain the dominant modality for at least the next decade, alternative battery technologies — lithium sulfur (Li-S), Solid-State, etc — will rapidly grow in importance over that period of time, according to […]

Navigant Research Names LG Chem As Top Automotive Lithium-Ion Battery Company

LG Chem has been named by the most recent Navigant Research Leaderboard report on automotive lithium-ion battery companies as the top company in the market. The report — which ranks companies based on strategy and execution […]

Report: California Now Accounts For 40% Of Zero Emissions Vehicle Sales In US

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 […]

Automotive Industry Data: Tesla Model S Taking Over In Europe

The automotive industry journal Automotive Industry Data noted in a recent article that the Tesla Model S has been mopping up its (primarily) German competition in the European luxury car market, with the first 9 months […]

Could EVs Cause “Significant Drop” In Crude Oil Demand?

Could mainstream electric vehicle adoption result in a significant drop in crude oil demand? While some impact would of course be expected with large-scale adoption, could the impact be larger than is currently supposed? An interesting […]

No Such Thing As A “No-Compromise Car”

People (especially advertisers) are fond of calling plug-in hybrid and long-range, fully electric cars “no-compromise cars.” In fact, there’s no such thing as a no-compromise car… and I’m a little tired of hearing the nonsensical term. […]

EV Obsession Initiates Long-Term Review Of Nissan LEAF & No Home Charging

EV Obsession has long been on the forefront of electric vehicle coverage and analysis, and we have accumulated a large number of EV owners as readers, commenters, and even writers. Now we are going to have first-hand […]

EU Report: EVs Nearing Full-Scale Commercialization

A new report from the European Union’s Joint Research Center has found that the transition from testing + experimentation of electric vehicles in Europe to full-scale commercialization of the technology is now under way. The very […]