Originally published on EV Obsession. Electric vehicle sales figures for March 2016 in Norway recently became available, confirming much of what was expected. Sales rose to total 4,684 units during the month — representing a roughly 24% year-on-year increase in sales for the market. The share of the country’s total … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. A startup based in Eugene, Oregon, by the name of Arcimoto is currently working on a mini electric vehicle that will sell for less than $12,000, according to recent reports. The model — known as the Arcimoto SRK — will reportedly possess a range of … [continued]
Faraday Future people have been telling us since day one that they move fast, that they are investing a billion dollars into a new company to revolutionize transportation, that they are going to build a factory in Las Vegas … all building up to the big reveal at CES in … [continued]
Poland isn’t exactly known for its cleantech leadership. ~87% of its electricity still comes from coal, and its electric car market is tiny. Nonetheless, things will change and are beginning to change even here. As some of you know, I’ve been living in Poland for the past 7½ years — … [continued]
EV charging is easy. At some chargers, all one has to do is simply lift the charger from the charging station and plug into the EV (takes 10 seconds… or less). No need for a card to activate charging, as with this free charger below. Push the button to start. If you have an … [continued]
It was great fun touring Unplugged Performance on my trip to Los Angeles for the Tesla Model 3 unveiling. Whether you are familiar with Unplugged Performance or not, the videos below should be quite interesting to you. CleanTechnica & EV Obsession got to interview Ben Schaffer, the CEO and founder of Unplugged Performance, … [continued]
I already gave a bit of an intro to our morning in line at the Santa Monica Tesla store, where Kyle Field and I put down 4 reservations for the Tesla Model 3, but I also recorded a number of interviews with some of the notable people in line there … [continued]
My trip to Los Angeles to cover the Tesla Model 3 unveiling was packed with several complementary events and meetings. One of the big ones was an interview with Nick Sampson, Faraday Future’s Senior Vice President of Product Research & Development, on the sidelines of Formula E. The Faraday team … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. Ford is gearing up to build its Model E at a new factory in Mexico, according to reports. Ford claimed the Model E name back in 2013, which caused Tesla’s Elon Musk a great deal of emotional distress. Musk has long thought the entire Tesla model … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Not enough “psychedelic cowbell road” in your Tesla Model S or Model X? Elon Musk has you covered… Following the earlier Easter Eggs hidden in earlier Tesla operating systems allowing owners to pretend that they’re in James Bond’s Lotus Esprit car-submarine (which Musk apparently actually … [continued]
