Confirming what I postulated last weekend, people are not familiar with electric cars yet. In a survey conducted by Navigant Research, only 31% of respondents were familiar with the highest-selling electric car to date, the Nissan […]
Tesla Motors founder & CEO Elon Musk has called hydrogen cars “so bulls**t.” Dr Joe Romm, author of The Hype About Hydrogen, has argued that they will have very little impact in the coming few decades. I’ve […]
UPDATE: Full BMW i3 review here. I was able to test drive about 8 electric vehicles in Barcelona over the past week. I will have longer reviews of many of them in the coming days or […]
I would say that the strong growth of 100% electric car and plug-in hybrid electric car US sales is really no longer a story — they’ve been growing strongly month after month without a break. However, […]
Nissan is currently offering $15,000 to any companies/groups/organizations/etc that are able to get publicly available quick-charging stations for EVs — utilizing the CHAdeMO standard — up and running before December 31st. The reason for only covering […]
Social media activity related to certain electric vehicles on the market was recently gathered by researchers. I wasn’t surprised to see a high-end performance/luxury car get the highest number of social media mentions. That would be the […]
As I just wrote in my overall US hybrid and electric car sales monthly wrap-up, August and September 2013 were funky months on the automobile industry calendar. Basically, because the last day of the calendar is […]
I just published a full wrap-up of US electric vehicle sales up till the end of September. However, a few specific stories seemed worth highlighting in separate posts. For example, this constant changing of places at […]
August and September 2013 were funky months in the US auto industry. Basically, the reason for this is the auto industry’s funky calendar. The “last day” of the previous month on the auto industry’s calendar is […]
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 […]
Norway is a clear EV leader. It is likely the most EV-friendly country in the world, which is why it was no surprise to see Tesla roll out its entry into Europe in Norway, while also […]
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 […]
