Consumer Reports Owner Respondents Rank Tesla Model 3 “Most Satisfying Car”

Consumer Reports routinely ranks the new cars available to American buyers on a number of criteria. Some of them are technical, such as emergency braking performance, acceleration, fuel economy, frequency of repair, and reliability. Others are […]

Deloitte EV Sales Forecast Riddled With Errors

A new report by Deloitte sees trouble ahead for the EV market. To put it specifically, the consulting firm thinks there will be a glut of electric cars on the market in coming years and not […]

Tesla to take up to 50% of US Small Luxury Market — BMW, Mercedes & Audi get Disrupted

As the Tesla model 3 gains significant production volume, with most of the 2018 deliveries going to US customers, other players in the US small luxury car segment look set to see their sales halved in […]

Road Trial to Test How EV Range is Affected by High Acceleration.

Introduction I was recently involved in a discussion below the line about the effect of levels of acceleration an electric vehicle range. This was below one of the articles in CleanTechnica. I was arguing that heavy […]

China’s biggest battery manufacturer aims to become global player after raising $2 billion in an IPO

Contemporary Amperex Technology’s Initial Public Offering Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) has been making waves in the news as of late, now with a $2 billion IPO target. CATL, which is the largest battery maker for buses […]

The Pros, and Cons of Bio-fuels, and why Some Diesel Engines are so Polluting.

In my previous article I wrote extensively about a specific scheme, in the United Kingdom, for producing bio-gas, which would make the UK self-sufficient for domestic gas, without the use of prime agricultural land, or food […]

2017 Electric Car Sales — US, China, & Europe (Month By Month)

China Electric Car Sales December 2017 China’s EV Market Share Hits 3.3%, BAIC EC-Series = Superstar The rise and rise of the Chinese plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market is unstoppable, with yet another record performance in […]

Changan Automobile, FAW Group, & Dongfeng Motor Corporation Sign Cooperation Agreement

Strategic cooperation agreement signed On the 1st of December 2017, Changan Automobile signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with FAW Group and Dongfeng Motor Corporation. The signing happened in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Changan Automobile, FAW Group, […]

The Secret EV Sales Tool!

I’ve been an advocate for EVs since restoring a 1994 USElecticar Chevy S-10 in 2009. I’ll admit my time horizon for wide adoption of EVs at that time was decades out. Little did I realize that […]