Nissan LEAF vs BMW i3 vs Tesla Model S — Your Responses
About a month ago, I wrote a long article about my challenge deciding between a Nissan LEAF, BMW i3, or Tesla Model S. I buried a short poll on the bottom of the article and, honestly, […]
Public Charging Infrastructure Not Necessary Everywhere To Spur EV Adoption
Widespread public electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure isn’t necessary in order to spur widespread adoption. Rather, charging infrastructure can be concentrated at “hot spots” (and homes + workplaces), according to a new report from Idaho National Laboratory. […]
Outdoor Air Pollution Kills 3.3 Million People A Year, Research Finds
You know that smog that you hate breathing when you’re stuck in traffic? Yeah, it’s killing you. I suppose that’s something that most of us know in the back of our heads, but it probably doesn’t […]
Lux Research: Volkswagen “In A Strong Position To Innovate Their Way Out Of This Mess”
Despite the legal (and public perception) issues, Volkswagen could well be in a “strong position to innovate their way out of this mess,” according to the research firm Lux Research. This possible outcome, according to the […]
Why People Buy Electric Cars… So Far
Following up on the slew of EV survey results I’ve been sharing, this article focuses on the question of why people buy electric cars. However, I think it’s very important to remember that the data presented are from […]
Electric Car Incentives & Market Uptake By Country
Incentives are an interesting thing. Sometimes, the ones you think will work the best don’t work too well. Sometimes, ones you don’t think will have as much effect end up having a huge effect. Sometimes, incentives work […]
Tesla CTO JB Straubel Responds To (Trolls?) Tesla Horsepower Critics
A hot issue of complaint with a number of Tesla P85D customers over the past several months or so has been what they deem to be an inflated horsepower figure. Part of this is that the horsepower figure of […]
Mass Adoption Of Electric Transport Would = Substantial Reductions In Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Mass adoption of electric transportation (this includes off-road applications) would lead to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). […]
Jefferies Analyst: Tesla To Drive Down Battery-Pack-Level Costs By 70% Via Economies Of Scale, Supply Chain Optimization, Etc
Tesla will drive down battery-pack-level costs by 70% (down to around $38/kilowatt-hour) once the Gigafactory hits peak production via economies of scale, improved chemistry, supply chain optimization, and other factors, according to Jefferies analyst Dan Dolev. […]
Quick Electric Car Survey
I’ve started writing an electric vehicle report based on the three EV surveys we conducted recently (especially this EV driver survey and this wannabe EV driver survey), but a few extra questions were suggested or came to mind that […]
Electrifying Transport: Necessary Policies
In this final presentation from the Electrifying Transportation panel I moderated at the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum, professor Jonn Axsen from Simon Fraser University discusses findings he and his team have made in ~10 years […]
Volkswagen E-Golf Crushing Competition In Norway
I’ve finally got what seems to be official and complete data on electric car registrations in Norway. Woohoo! (In case you haven’t been following along for years, public data on electric car sales/registrations are not available for all models […]
Danish BMW i3 Sales Surge Owing To New Carsharing Program In Copenhagen
Danish BMW i3 sales surged in August owing to large orders relating to the new DriveNow carsharing program in Copenhagen, according to recent reports. Altogether, 407 BMW i3s were sold during the month (400 of those […]
UK 2016 Nissan LEAF Range Of 155 Miles Shows Ridiculousness Of NEDC
I’ve ben planning to write this article up for a couple of days, since I saw a UK headline about the “155-mile” 2016 Nissan LEAF. Interestingly, John Voelcker seems to have beat me to the punch […]
Gorilla Glass For Improving Fuel Economy (Via Reduced Vehicle Weight)?
A number of prominent auto manufacturers in the US are currently considering using “Gorilla Glass” as a means of cutting down total vehicle weight, thereby improving fuel economy, according to recent reports. The idea is that, since […]