Despite Volkswagen sales in the US generally falling following the diesel car emissions testing scandal, e-Golf sales have been rising notably — with a year-on-year comparison of 2014 and 2015 sales showing an increase of nearly […]
Out of all the cars on the market currently (electric, gas, diesel, or otherwise), Teslas retain more of their value over time than any others in the UK, according to the CAP Black Book. This is […]
The first sodium-ion battery in an 18650 format was recently developed by researchers in the RS2E network (Réseau sur le stockage électrochimique de l’énergie) in France, according to recent reports. The new sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery prototype […]
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 […]
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 […]
[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 costs (battery wear-and-tear, replacement, etc) associated with the possible use of electric vehicles as energy storage participants in the wider grid were recently analyzed by the people over at Plug In America, giving us some […]
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 more that someone knows about electric vehicles, the more likely they are to consider buying one, according to a new survey from the Consumer Federation of America. The survey revealed that roughly 54% of those […]
More than 100,000 Chevy Volt plug-in hybrids have now been sold to date, following the passing of the new milestone in October, according to recent reports. The new milestone was actually achieved only just 2 months […]
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 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 […]
The recent Tesla Quarter 3 shareholder letter has, as would be expected, provided us with some new figures worth taking note of and parsing. Of particular note — other than basic revenue and profit figures — […]
The figures for electric vehicle registrations (a proxy for sales) in France during the month of September 2015 are now in. They don’t really provide any surprises, but they’re probably worth taking a look at anyways. Altogether, 2,709 […]
The potential use of silicon in lithium-ion batteries as a means of improving energy density has long been sitting in the open, but the relative lack of operational stability with silicon-based anodes has remained something of […]
