Segway is moving a new direction with a new mini-electric vehicle kit that looks like the makings of a rather serious electric go-kart. The new offering is call the Ninebot Electric Gokart and it looks like some wicked fun waiting to happen.
At the height of the financial crisis in 2008, Thomas J. Thias, a car salesperson at the 6th largest Class A dealership in the nation by total sales volume, watched as gas prices spiked to near record levels. “By June, prices had hit $4 a gallon and stayed that way until the end of October,” Thias explained. By late November, prices had dropped to $2 a gallon, “but the damage to small businesses, the Big Three automakers, and consumers was devastating,” he said.
Jaguar is considering transitioning to an all electric lineup by 2025, partly because the I-PACE has been so well received and partly because sales for the brand are sagging. Electric cars may be the shot of adrenaline the company needs to remain relevant in the future.
As we recently reported, Klaus Frölich, BMW’s board member in charge of development, recently opened up about the company’s “nightmare” related to electric vehicles — he contends EV costs will “never” get to a level commensurate with the internal combustion engine. Tim Nicholson (via Go Auto) delved a bit deeper with Frölich at this year’s Paris Motor Show. In the interview, Frölich provides his thoughts surrounding the future of electric vehicles, diesel, and self-driving cars.
TerraE, the consortium of German vehicle manufacturers that was supposed to build “green batteries” in Germany, is dead — a victim of timid industrialists who don’t want to put up the money needed to bring the plan to fruition.
Shell’s new TapUp fuel delivery service may seem silly, but it could help groom customer loyalty for the company’s growing EV charging business.
For the third year in a row, CleanTechnica has published an in-depth report on electric car drivers in North America and Europe. For the cross-continental report, we surveyed over 2,000 electric car drivers. This year, we also surveyed over 1,000 people who don’t yet have an electric car.
There were “only” 50 negative Tesla headlines last week in the 22 major media outlets we track for our weekly #Pravduh reports. That’s the lowest we’ve seen since we started the project 6 weeks ago. That might seem good on the surface, but it’s irrelevant without context. What happened with regard to Tesla last week?
Andy Slye is a videographer/filmmaker and Uber driver who lives in Louisville, Kentucky. He doesn’t drive a Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, or Ford Escape, though — his vehicle is a fully electric Tesla Model 3. As far as he knows, his Tesla is the only one of its kind being used as an Uber vehicle in his area. You can see how some of his passengers react to riding in it in a video he made, a video that actually got retweeted by Tesla and Elon Musk last week (after we interviewed Andy). Below are Andy’s answers to questions we asked about the Model 3 and his experience with it in Kentucky.
Stephen Puryear and his wife recently purchased a 2018 Nissan Leaf. They live in the Bay Area and owned an older Leaf prior to getting the new one. (They also have a Toyota Prius.) Mr. Puryear generously agreed to answer some questions for CleanTechnica about his new Leaf experiences so far.
