Long gone are the days when the average girl thought a dude with a gas-guzzling pollution-mobile was cool. These days, responsibility, sensitivity, and care for our fellow humans and creatures rises to the top. At least, […]
The Wall Street Journal (which I just railed on the other day for a horrible post about solar energy) has actually published a pretty interesting infographic on who drives electric cars. Granted, I saved myself the […]
Quentin Clark and Suzy Wadsworth of Waitrose recently set out on a Nissan Leaf road trip that demonstrates Nissan Leaf’s superb flexibility in the UK now, thanks to Ecotricity’s Electric Highway. The video is full of fun […]
As you can see in the table above, 100% electric cars, plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs), and conventional hybrid electric cars continue to do better and better. 100% electrics were up 457.48% in August 2013 compared […]
With its sprint into the 100%-electric-car arena, Nissan is a clear leader in the production of greener cars. While the greenness of a car’s operation is certainly the biggest environmental innovation worthy of praise, Nissan also […]
The new Nissan Leaf is set to have some innovative safety technologies, including laser scanners and cameras that monitor the area around the vehicle, a full 360 degrees, and keep an eye out for things like other […]
The numbers are in for “mass-market” 100% electric vehicle (EV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), and conventional hybrid electric vehicle sales. Well, the numbers are in from everyone but Tesla and Fiat. (The Tesla Model S […]
Nissan and GM (or the consumer who buy their electric vehicles) couldn’t make this sales rivalry more interesting. In June, the Chevy Volt inched ahead of the Nissan Leaf in 2013 sales. It was 9855 vs […]
The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that about twice as many electric vehicles were sold in the first half of 2013 compared to the first half of 2012. The DOE noted the very low […]
Green Car Reports recently stumbled across an interesting fact — 100% electric vehicles (led by the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S) have actually outsold plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the first half of 2013 […]
Here’s another cool video from Kelly Olsen, this one featuring some Nissan Leaf owners who discuss the benefits of electric cars, how convenient they are, how pretty the Nissan Leaf looks, and how to use the […]
Here’s something that hadn’t really crossed my mind: a new generation of drivers may never have to mess with the complexity, dirtiness, and pollution of driving in a gasmobile. Thanks to the wonderful family who highlighted […]
http://youtu.be/XfwOfsR9G-Y First of all, a reader recently dropped us a cool video about LA’s recently installed Nissan Leaf fast charger (aka quick charger). I’m featuring that above (check out more Nissan Leaf and EV videos on […]
Lithium-ion batteries are the clear EV battery technology winner today, as they are being used in the vast majority of electric vehicles on the market today. The future may bring a shift to lithium-air batteries or […]
No matter what you need, chances are that there’s a great app to make life easier. This is true for electric car owners as well. Many consumers are interested in green cars, but hesitate due to […]
