Electric Car Planning: Not So Easy
We need to discuss something that a lot of electric car fans don’t want to admit. It’s really hard to get an electric car as your daily driver right now. If you’re an EV fan, and […]
The Electric Vehicle is dead unless…
Six years ago the new Electric Vehicle revolution got off to a shaky start. Nissan and Tesla fired the first salvo at the legacy auto manufactures with their mass produced electric vehicles. Nissan’s Leaf was an […]
Road Trip Ready EVs — Tesla Pulls Further Ahead
Road trips are the final frontier for EVs to totally outshine combustion engine vehicles. Already clearly a better technology than combustion vehicles in every other respect, of all the EVs currently on the market, only Tesla […]
Does Tesla Have A Free Pass?
Has Tesla Received a Free Pass? Five years ago, electric-powered vehicles began to make an appearance. Nissan and Tesla proceeded along two entirely different approaches to converting buyers from ICE vehicles to electric-powered vehicles. Nissan added […]
A Year With The BMW i3 Has Left Me Baffled — So Close To Perfection
My first year with the first generation BMW i3 has left me somewhat baffled. It is perhaps the quickest car within city limits, ever. And on the twisty roads in the countryside, it will make you […]
10 Electric Cars With Most Range — New!
A lot has changed since I first compiled a list of the 11 electric cars with the most range. Most of those cars no longer make the list. Furthermore, there are a handful of affordable electric […]
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 […]
Over 9,000 New Nissan LEAF Orders In Japan
Nissan has now received more than 9,000 orders for the new, refreshed all-electric LEAF in Japan, a senior exec revealed on Wednesday at the Tokyo Motor Show. That figure apparently represents demand well above expectations, according […]
A Real-World Year-Round Range Comparison Of Nissan LEAF vs e-NV200
When you decide to base your daily commute on an EV, the word range becomes the most used in your vocabulary. And if you live in a part of the world where winter actually means frost and […]
Curiosity Fuels EV Growth?
What would it take to get a person to buy an electric car? The debate rages about range, environmental issues, performance, size, looks, and repair issues. All important topics, but what’s occurred in just 5 years? […]
Guinness World Record Confirmed: World’s Largest Parade of Electric Cars (w/ Video)
Well, I must admit, I had almost given up on it. But then I got this message from the Danish electric car union, which had worked very hard to organize this particular attempt to beat the world […]
27% Increase In European Electric Car Sales
Renault Zoe Recovers Its Breath The European passenger plug-in market had more than 21,000 registrations last month, up 48% over the same month last year. Year-t0-date, the market is up 27% this year, with the EV […]
US Electric Car Road Trip: A Tale Of Two EVs (Part 3 Of 3)
After visiting relatives and having coffee close by, I found two guys staring at the BMW i3. “It’s electric, isn’t it?” … “Yes, but this one has a gas range extender” … “Really? How does that work?”
US Electric Car Road Trip: A Tale Of Two EVs (Part 1 Of 3)
The idea for this series of articles came one night while discussing with Zach (Director of CleanTechnica) my upcoming trip to the Northeast of the USA to visit relatives, he asked me…
Europe Electric Car Sales Report — March 2017
The European EV market had 29,000 registrations in March, up 30% over the same month last year, making it the third best month ever, only behind the incentive-inflated Decembers of 2015 (34,000) and 2016 (30,000). At this […]