Loren McDonald, Author at CleanTechnica

Loren McDonald

Loren writes about the factors driving adoption of electric vehicles and the opportunities and challenges the transition to EVs presents companies and entrepreneurs in the auto, utility, energy, retail and other industries. He provides market analysis, consulting, and marketing services to companies in the EV and EV charging industry. His research and analysis are published on CleanTechnica and his www.EVAdoption.com website.

California New Vehicle Registrations- Jan-Sept 2019

Cars

Tesla Model 3 Is #3 Best Selling Vehicle In California Through September

While it seems like everyone is focused on the number of $100 deposits that the Tesla Cybertruck has garnered, for me, what is more...

Loren McDonaldNovember 30, 2019

Cars

California’s EV Rebate Changes: A Good Model For The Federal EV Tax Credit

Effective December 3, California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project will see two key changes, with the net effect being that 13 currently available electric vehicles...

Loren McDonaldNovember 29, 2019

Cars

Volta: Staking A Different Path Among EV Charging Networks

Will advertiser-sponsored free charging play a significant role in the buildout of EV charging infrastructure in the US?

Loren McDonaldNovember 3, 2019

All Electric F-150 Prototype Source Ford

Clean Transport

Breaking! Video & Photos Of Fully Electric Ford F-150 — Pulling A Train

Electric vehicle. Tough. Those three words are rarely seen together, but Ford hopes to change that in the next few years.

Loren McDonaldJuly 23, 2019

Cars

Scoop: Ford To Partner With Electrify America For Customer Access To EV Charging Network

In a Twitter exchange I had today with Mike Levine, North America Product Communications Manager for Ford, he revealed that Ford would be announcing...

Loren McDonaldJuly 13, 2019

Tesla Model 3 Test Drive confirmation email - featured image - Loren McDonald

Cars

Advertising Is The Last Thing Tesla Should Do

Fellow CleanTechnica writer Barry A.F. recently penned two impassioned articles explaining his arguments why Tesla should start advertising (see: Tesla Should Advertise and Tesla Should...

Loren McDonaldJuly 2, 2019

2015-2018 Prius Liftback vs Prius Prime-PHV

Cars

Open Letter To Toyota USA: Go All In On The Prius Prime, Kill The Regular Prius Hybrid

Dear Toyota USA Executives, Why do you struggle so much with what is pretty clear to many of us?

Loren McDonaldJanuary 20, 2019

US Top 10 Selling EVs (Combined) 2018 + All Others - Versus 2019 Forecast

Cars

Forecast: 2019 US EV Sales Growth Will Drop To ~12%

The US will see 12% electric vehicle sales growth in 2019 by my estimates, a significant decline from 2018’s year-over-year (YOY) growth of 81%.

Loren McDonaldJanuary 20, 2019

Cars

US EV Sales Surpass 2% In 2018 — 9 EV Sales Charts

The numbers are in and 2018 turned out to be quite a solid year for electric vehicle sales in the US.

Loren McDonaldJanuary 12, 2019

Tesla Kettleman City Supercharger - view of lounge from charger stall

Batteries

My 24 EV Predictions For 2018 — How Did I Do?

"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." — Nils Bohr, Nobel laureate in Physics

Loren McDonaldJanuary 11, 2019

Jan-Aug EV Sales Market Share - California

Cars

10% Of New Vehicles Purchased in California Are EVs

In August, 1 out of 10 (9.90%) new vehicles purchased in the state of California were EVs (PHEVs + BEVs), according to the latest...

Loren McDonaldNovember 12, 2018