Originally published on EV Obsession. A study of Chevy Volt owners with vehicles featuring batteries supplied by LG Chem has found that there’s been nearly no loss of range/performance even after 3 years of ownership, according to the vice president of transmissions and electrification at GM, Larry Nitz. While that … [continued]
Originally published on the Fastned blog. By Michiel Langezaal, Fastned cofounder and CEO Cars with internal combustion engines are a disaster for our health and the climate, and offer a poor driving experience. The sooner we switch to sustainable electric transport, the brighter our future will be. Fastned was founded with the … [continued]
Need some more electric vehicles, bike, walking, and dieselgate articles? Here’s a handful: Over 30,000 Pre-Orders For Tesla Model X According to a Fortune reporter, Elon told him there were already 20,000 and 25,000 pre-orders/reservations for the Tesla Model X. However, there’s also been a surge of reservations since the unveiling, and … [continued]
If you haven’t yet answered the survey below (and available here), please take ~3 minutes to do so! Create your own user feedback survey The survey fills out some remaining questions I had for both electric car owners/lessees and those planning to one day go electric. Combined with the 3 … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. As many of you know, I’m from Florida but I’ve ended up in Wrocław, Poland. I’ve now lived here for over 7 years. It’s a beautiful city of ~1 million and has several large international employers sucking off the blood of the insane number of … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. More than 130,000 people took part in the recent National Drive Electric Week 2015, breaking the attendance record for the event set just last year, according to a recent email sent to EV Obsession. Altogether, people in 187 different cities and attending 196 different events … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. GM’s electric vehicle (EV) ambitions seem to be shaping up nicely going on recent comments made at an investor conference. Amongst the interesting comments, one stood out in particular: The company is now claiming that the launch of the Bolt EV will be accompanied by … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The wait for the longer-range 2016 Nissan LEAF and 2016 Chevy Volt continues to stunt plug-in car sales growth in the US. Just about every car within the price vicinity (and especially the historically leading LEAF & Volt) saw September 2015 sales drop compared to September … [continued]
As Chevrolet prepares to make the much-anticipated 2016 Volt available in several lucky states (and Canada), we’re all anxious to see how the new model looks compared to earlier versions of the Volt. At the 2016 Chevy Volt media drive this week in San Francisco, I was fortunate to see many of … [continued]
This week, Chevrolet hosted the 2016 Volt media drive outside San Francisco and I was one of the fortunate few who got to check it out and drive it up the beautiful California coast. Many have gushed about the new model’s improvements over earlier Volts — particularly, range (I drove 59 miles on … [continued]
