Electric Vehicle Survey Reminder
If you, like me, are a “wannabe” EV owner, here’s one last reminder to complete the survey below. You can also click this link and complete it there. In either case, be sure to click “Done” when you complete […]
Bosch Acquires Seeo (Big Battery Buy)
Earlier this year, when I completed my list of “43 battery storage companies to watch,” Bosch and Seeo were both on the list. I guess I need to update the list now, as Bosch has just […]
Wireless EV Charging As Fast & Efficient As A Tesla Supercharger?
What do you say to the idea of a commercial wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging system that can recharge a battery as fast as one of Tesla’s Supercharger stations can? Does that sound plausible to you? […]
“Interesting” South Africa Electric Car Sales
I generally wouldn’t cover electric car sales in a market where there are so few as in South Africa, but I found the absurdly low numbers somewhat “humorous,” the #1 electric car on the market is […]
Renault Zoe Crushing It In France
The Renault Zoe is still top dog in France. Actually, it’s absolutely crushing it. The homegrown Zoe has 42% of the electric car market in France from January through July, and took 36% in July. No […]
National Drive Electric Week Is Coming Up! Get Involved!
National Drive Electric Week (September 12–20) is quickly approaching. If you haven’t committed to joining an event yet, check out the 147 (and counting) events already planned across the country. If there isn’t an event in a […]
Wannabe EV Owner/Lessee Survey!!
Our survey of electric car owners and lessees went very well, with 800 people completing the survey! A couple of years ago, I think we wouldn’t have gotten half that number. But now is time for the […]
Audi A3 e-tron & VW Golf GTE (Same Car) Lead Germany Electric Car Sales
It’s no surprise to see that German car companies continue to top the electric car sales table in Germany, but after test driving the Audi A3 e-tron myself, I have to admit that I’m surprised to […]
Campground EV Charging Survey
Hello, EV Obsession fans. We have an opportunity to genuinely improve the EV charging situation at campgrounds across the United States, and I hope you will help us do so. Below is a 10-question survey on […]
Tesla Following Ford Model T Production Trend (Sort of)
A big tip of the hat to Bloomberg for uncovering the interesting point that Tesla sales are basically tracking the sales ramp-up of the Ford Model T (and to TeslaMondo, where I found this story). Bloomberg nicely […]
Lithium-Ion Battery Costs To Keep Falling, Boosting Electric Car Sector
The transportation sector of the global lithium-ion battery market will be boosted to a fair degree by declining lithium-ion battery costs through the year 2019, according to a new report from Technavio. The new report — […]
How Getting An Electric Car Can Cut Your Electricity Bill
The common assumption is that getting an electric car will jack up your electricity usage and thus electricity bill, and that is probably the norm to one extent or another, but that’s not always the case. […]
BMW i ChargeForward Pilot Launches In San Francisco
BMW and Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) have partnered to launch an 18-month pilot of the BMW i ChargeForward Program in San Francisco, according to recent reports. The pilot program will see roughly 100 BMW i3 […]
Top EV Cities In US — 10 Charts
Some of the factors contributing to the relatively fast adoption of electric vehicles (EV) in some American metropolitan markets have been identified and characterized by a new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). […]
When A Hack Is Not A Hack (Yep, We’re Talking Tesla)
I saw an interesting note on the Tesla Motors Club forum a few weeks ago about some “white hat hackers” who were going to hack a Tesla Model S at a big hacker event and thus […]