Originally published on EV Obsession. Hyundai is aiming to release an electric car with a 250-mile range by 2020, according to the company’s Director of Eco-Vehicle Performance Development Group Byung Ki Ahn. The plans were revealed in a recent interview that Ki Ahn gave to Autoblog, where he confirmed that … [continued]
I was never much of a forums dude. But I slowly got more and more into them while covering electric vehicles. I think I first stumbled across the GM-Volt.com forum, and then the Tesla Motors Club forum. As you’ve probably noticed, I also stalk the official BMW i forum now. There’s … [continued]
Edit: From some Norwegians, we hear that the reports from the newspaper Elon tweeted have the story wrong. The story, according to other sources, is that Norway will just implement a goal of 100% electric cars by 2025, not a ban on sales of new gas cars. But it’s hard … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. We’ve covered a number of news stories about BMW in recent days that really make one wonder what exactly the leadership at the company is thinking. The decision to not release any new all-electric vehicles until 2021? The departure of multiple senior “i Division” engineers? … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The design of the Tesla Model 3 will be finalized within just 6 weeks according to the company’s CEO, Elon Musk. Elon made the new design finalization projection at the recent 2016 Code Conference in California. The news isn’t very surprising, though, as Musk has made … [continued]
Originally published on TeslaMondo. The last few minutes of the shareholder event, beginning at 1:22, during which Musk describes his ongoing re-examination of his own factory, warrant a verbatim transcription here on TeslaMondo. This is an alpha engineer at work, folks. It’s an awesome thing to behold. It might be dry, and … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. A number of recent strikes in France have done damage (presumably, temporary damage) to the country’s oil industry, and caused a number of gas and diesel shortages. These recent fuel-availability disruptions have apparently driven increased interest in electric vehicles — interesting, if unsurprising. A number of … [continued]
Originally published on EVANNEX This week, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk took the stage at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verde, CA. In a fascinating interview with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, Musk answered a wide range of questions and revealed some intriguing insights into the Tesla Model 3 and its … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Reminder: Monthly US EV sales reports are now published here — the current month’s report as well as reports from previous months (but just one previous month so far). Chevy Volt rose to #1 again, after many, many months trailing other popular electric vehicle models on … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. In order to qualify as an “official” owners’ club, Tesla is requiring all interested groups to agree to a set of rules that carry a number of interesting stipulations. Amongst which, is the agreement that official owners’ clubs will participate in lobbying efforts if requested, … [continued]
