“Double zero energy” homes? What the hell are those? What does that mean? Well, I guess that we are soon going to find out, thanks to an ongoing partnership between the solar manufacturer & developer SunPower and the homebuilder KB Home, which will apparently now bring them to us. According to the information … [continued]
EV Obsession. Above are four charts you can toggle between. You can see that Tesla Model S (and Fiat 500e) sales are absent. Unfortunately, Tesla and Fiat don’t report their month sales. With Tesla now delivering vehicles to Europe, China, and Japan, and only reporting total sales each quarter, it … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Apologies for the late monthly sales report. I was delayed by my visit to the UAE for Abu Dhabi Ascent. Nonetheless, here are the numbers: The Nissan LEAF was the #1 top-selling plug-in car in the US in April again, making that the third month … [continued]
The Westport Electric Car Club (WECC) recently announced that it will be holding its 2nd annual Electric Car Rally in Westport Connecticut on Sunday, May 4th. The 40-mile rally — which is completely open to the public — begins and ends at the Westport Saugatuck Metro-North train depot. So long … [continued]
Results for my poll on what will be the “Top-Selling Electric Car In US & Europe In 2014” are in. The winner for both locations isn’t a big surprise, but it’s interesting to see how the splits turned out, and the differences between the US & European results. Have a … [continued]
Time for an update of the most fuel efficient cars on the US market. Notably, this 2014 fuel efficient cars list includes 2012 and 2013 models in cases where a 2014 is not yet out and rated. Check out the details in this EV Obsession repost: The EPA has updated … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The 2014 edition of the Nissan LEAF is the cleanest production vehicle in the whole of the US, according to the Automotive Science Group (ASG). The rankings figure in the entire wheel-to-well lifetime environmental impact of the cars studied — accounting for everything from the … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. First of all, let me note that these numbers below are not official and are surely a little imperfect (even more so than US EV sales numbers). However, they come from the most complete roundup of electrified vehicle (EV) sales I’ve seen. Frankly, I haven’t … [continued]
Originally published on Kompulsa. 2014 looks like it will be an even better year for electric vehicles than 2013. IHS Automotive predicts that global electric vehicle production will increase by 67% in 2014, while global production for vehicles overall is forecast to increase by only 3.6%. This translates into a … [continued]
I recently updated our “Electric Cars For Sale” page. I updated it in order to add in the 2014 models, but then I also ended up adding more pics and a bunch of videos. Here are the videos I just added (ordered by 2013 US sales, with new vehicles randomly … [continued]
