Renault Zoe Sees 10,000 Sales In 1st Year
The sales figures for the Renault Zoe EV‘s first year have been released, and while they don’t quite live up to the hopes that the noted manufacturer had, they are substantial. Renault had been aiming to […]
French EV Sales Up 55% In 2013
As the title says, sales of electric vehicles rose 55% in 2013. They now total 8,779. In terms of total electric vehicles solar, France is the European leader. Though, in terms of per capita sales or […]
Chevy Volt BARELY Tops Nissan Leaf In 2013 Sales
After 6 changes at the top of the plug-in car tables in 2013, the Chevy Volt barely beat the Nissan Leaf in annual sales. The Volt logged 23,094, while the Leaf logged 22,610. Despite many other […]
Electric Cars May Be About 50% On Their Way To Market Domination
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 […]
11 Electric Cars Cost Less Than Average New Car In US
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
Best Electric Car Cities In US?
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 […]
Shell: Oil On The Way Out
Earlier this year, Shell released its most recent future energy scenario report, New Lens Scenarios (check out the PDF here). One of the big highlights, in my eyes, was that one of the scenarios (Oceans) projected that solar […]
Who Drives Electric Cars? + Electric Cars Growing Rapidly (Infographic)
The Wall Street Journal (which I just railed on the other day for a horrible post about solar energy) has actually published a pretty interesting infographic on who drives electric cars. Granted, I saved myself the […]
Tesla Now Worth $20 Billion, ~42% GM’s Value (+ The 1 Reason Tesla Stock Surged)
Tesla Motors this week hit an astounding value of $20 billion (billion with a bloody big B). Its shares are up just about 390% this year. As I write this, Tesla is valued at $20.2 billion, […]
Electric Cars Overwhelmingly Sold In A Few Cities (52% In 5 Cities)
You have probably heard of certain cities which have particularly high electric car ownership rates, often due to their generous incentives. Can you name which five cities have over 50% of the electric cars sold in the US? Here’s the list: Los Angeles…
Hitachi Chemical To Quadruple Production Of Li-ion Batteries For Solar & Wind
Hitachi Chemical Co., a leading lithium-ion battery manufacturer, is reportedly set to more than quadruple its Li-ion battery production capacity for solar and wind power plants. The company is reportedly investing ¥2.2 billion ($359.3 million) into a Li-ion […]
Tesla Fans & Toyota Prius Fans Have Quite Different Tastes, Some Freaky Ones
If you’re into electric vehicles because they are a key solution to global warming, climate change, and many other environmental and health problems, you might be a fan of Tesla and the Toyota Prius. But you might also […]
Tesla Stock Undervalued, Could Reach $160 (Deutsche Bank Report)
Tesla Motors’ stock is greatly undervalued, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank. Analysts there think that Tesla’s stock may climb to as high as $160 a share within only the next few years — […]