2016 Electric Car Sales Predictions
2016 looks like it will be an interesting year for electric car sales. We have some significantly upgraded versions of the Nissan LEAF and Chevy Volt, as well as several new entrants to the market — such as […]
Tesla Model S Tops Consumer Reports Survey For Most Satisfying Commuter Car (Again)
The Tesla Model S is the most satisfying car for commuting, according to the most recent Annual Auto Survey from Consumer Reports. Following closely on the first place position held by the Tesla offering are two […]
Tesla Model S Sales Pass 100,000 Milestone
Tesla Model S sales appear to have passed the 100,000 mark sometime during Quarter 4 2015 — though, no official announcements have been made as of yet. The unofficial tally now rests somewhere around 107,000 — […]
Tesla Sales Similar To Porsche Sales In 2000/2001
I was sucked into a corner of the internet perusing a thread (okay, several threads) on the Tesla Motors Club forum yesterday. Two clever historians (of sorts) posted some things I founded quite fascinating, so I’m sharing […]
US Electric Car Sales Report: Tesla & BMW Have A Big Month
Following my slightly premature highlighting of Tesla crushing the electric car competition, here’s my full electric car sales report for December and 2015 as a whole. There’s not a whole lot more to add. However, aside […]
Study: Nissan LEAF Has Worst Initial Resale Value Of All 2015 Models
The 2015 Nissan LEAF has the worst initial resale value of all 2015 model-year vehicles, according to a new study from the car concierge website Carlypso.com. The new report found that the 2015 Nissan LEAF depreciates, […]
Tesla Crushes Nissan & GM In 2015 Electric Car Sales
I’m still waiting for all of the 2015 automotive sales numbers to roll in before publishing my monthly electric car sales report, but the numbers from most of the big players are in, so I thought it […]
Tesla Trounces — 17,192 Sales In 4th Quarter
I was watching Tesla’s press releases page (where it has historically posted quarterly sales) all day yesterday and the day before. But — ugh — Tesla decided to not release the numbers there but just in a press release […]
7–10 Lithium-Ion Battery Charts To Charge You Up
One of our readers, Peter Egan, recently passed along this automotive lithium-ion battery supply chain report. It’s an interesting report that goes a bit deeper into the lithium-ion battery market than we normally dive. I pulled […]
Report: EV Market Set To Grow At “Breakneck Speed”
A new report from IDTechEx Research argues that the electric vehicle market is rapidly growing beyond the bounds of the current market segment, and that it will continue to grow at “breakneck speed” for at least […]
Our Autonomous Driving Future, & Transportation Planning For EVs (EV Obsession Videos)
Aside from my own presentation, which I’ll share soon, there are a couple more EV Transportation & Technology Summit presentations that I recorded and wanted to share. I don’t have much to say about them, so I’ll just […]
PlugShare 101 (EV Obsession Video)
Ashley Horvat, VP of Strategic Initiatives at PlugShare, gave a 30-minute presentation at the EV Transportation & Technology Summit to explain PlugShare and also discuss the West Coast Electric Highway. PlugShare is the most popular charging station locator app/website in […]
GM’s Electrification Path & Plans (EV Obsession Video)
GM’s Britta Gross, Director of Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy, gave perhaps my favorite presentation at the EV Transportation & Technology Summit. Her presentation was essentially split into two (or three) sections. She first talked about Drive Electric Florida, then Drive Electric […]
Over 75,000 EVs Registered In Europe In 2015
More than 75,000 electric vehicles were registered in the European market in 2015, according to the most recent figures from Avere France. The top 4 markets in Europe for the year — Norway, France, the UK, […]
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 […]