I know Kim pretty well after first meeting her in a creative writing workshop years back. One gets used to baring their soul through storytelling in such endeavours. Just a few days ago, I watched her go through a visible, profound transition in a matter of seconds getting into and … [continued]
BMW has continued its “semi-leadership” in electric vehicles this week. Despite a recent announcement that the company is shifting the BMW i program’s focus away from electric cars and into autonomous driving, it seems that it is holding up on its aim to electrify all of its models (announced as far … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. One of the more disheartening electric vehicle stories of the year was BMW pulling back on its plans to be an EV leader, rather than announcing a knockout, Tesla-Model-3-competing BMW i5 or other fully electric car. It was a bit of a shock since BMW made some exciting, … [continued]
This article is also being published on EV Obsession and EV Sales. The Chinese market had more than 34,000 new EVs zooming the streets last month, a 154% increase over the same month last year, in-line with the annual growth rate, with the EV market share edging closer and closer to … [continued]
Samsung SDI is the producer of BMW’s battery cells (a topic for a coming article). It’s also the brand of the Renault Fluence ZE in Korea. For years, there have been rumors and speculation about Samsung jumping into the electric car game in a serious way. $450 million may not be on … [continued]
You probably know that China, the USA, Japan, and Germany are the four countries that produce the most cars, but can you name who comes in 5th? Well, given the title, I think you can guess that it’s South Korea. 😀 While several Chinese, US, Japanese, and European automakers are producing electric vehicles … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. I just realized while writing “Auto Industry: ‘We Can’t Change, Please Let Us Keep Abusing You‘” that I never got to publishing a 2016 edition of “Most Fuel Efficient Cars In The USA,” to follow the very popular 2015 and 2014 posts. As it turns … [continued]
Can’t get enough Tesla Motors and other EV news? Check out this roundup of stories from around the web (largely, from sister sites EV Obsession and Gas2). To kick things off, here’s a new pic of a black matte Tesla Model 3 from a “jamesmusk” via Instagram: Tesla Motors Tesla Owner Using Supercharger … [continued]
Presenting at and covering the EV Transportation & Technology Summit in Cocoa, Florida, last year was a genuine pleasure and very informative. I’m happy to share that (despite my wife’s immigration visa being in limbo for ~9 months longer than it’s supposed to be … and counting) I’ll be presenting … [continued]
I was going to run a very short survey on a few electric car matters, but then I realized it’s been almost one year since we ran our initial EV-driver and potential-driver surveys, and we’re ripe for an update. The surveys are still quite short, but might take a few minutes to … [continued]
