Originally published on EV Obsession. It’s too bad this video* came out right around the time Volkswagen got busted for horrible fraud, as it’s one of the best electric car commercials I’ve seen. (Thanks to CleanTechnica reader Philip W for passing it along.) On the other hand, maybe it could … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. More than one million all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids have been sold worldwide to date, according to the most recent figures. Considering that the 500,000 threshold was just passed last July, that means that growth has really been picking up as of late — with … [continued]
I’ve started writing an electric vehicle report based on the three EV surveys we conducted recently (especially this EV driver survey and this wannabe EV driver survey), but a few extra questions were suggested or came to mind that it seems are quite important to include. So, below is a quick survey to … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. I’ve finally got what seems to be official and complete data on electric car registrations in Norway. Woohoo! (In case you haven’t been following along for years, public data on electric car sales/registrations are not available for all models in practically every large country in the world.) However, … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. I love covering Germany’s electric car sales, partly because it’s a large electric car market, partly because the leaders change so much, and partly because it gets several electric models before other markets. A new addition to this race this month is the Mercedes GLE 500e. … [continued]
Here’s some more good (and crazy) clean transportation news for you weekend reading pleasure: The Buzz In Frankfurt Is All About Apple & Google The Frankfurt Motor Show saw lots of gorgeous new models (check out the Audi e-tron quattro and Porsche Mission E, for example), but the buzz all week was not … [continued]
More clean transport fun: How The Model X 2nd-Row Seats Work (Images) Perhaps more than any other feature on the Tesla Model X, Elon Musk has focused on the beauty, uniqueness, and complexity of the electric SUV’s 2nd-row seats. After plenty of speculating, we finally know for sure how they … [continued]
More Tesla, electric car, and public transit news highlights from the past day: Tesla Ludicrous Mode Easter Egg Unlocked Earlier this year, someone discovered a Lotus Esprit Submarine “Easter egg” hidden in the Model S firmware system (note that CEO & Product Architect Elon Musk bought the Lotus Esprit at auction … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Frankfurt Motor Show (aka International Motor Show or IAA) is one of the biggest auto shows in the world, and it is increasingly one of the biggest shows (if not the biggest) for revealing new plug-in cars and plug-in concept cars. The Volkswagen group unleashed or … [continued]
More fun clean transportation news for your reading pleasure: Protected Lanes Key To Increasing Urban Bike Usage, 7 Times More Potent A new nationwide US survey has found that protected bike lanes equipped with physical barriers can have a major impact upon the usage of bicycles by residents, due to the … [continued]
