It’s been awhile. Catching up after the busy trip to Vancouver for Renewable Cities has taken some time, and I now have a quite long list of extra electric car and bicycling stories to share (déjà vu?). If you have some time, stroll through these and click on whichever ones grab … [continued]
The FIA Formula E all-electric global racing series is designed to showcase tomorrow’s EV innovations, today, as aptly demonstrated at the Berlin venue.
After test driving the Tesla Model S P85D (aka Tesla P85D), my initial feeling was that I didn’t want to get out of the driver’s seat. Really. I’ve driven some fun cars in my life, but none of them came close to this. The raw power and fun is not just exhilarating — it’s … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Following up on my articles on the history of solar power science, history of solar power policy, history of solar power manufacturing, history of wind turbines, and history of trains, here’s a piece on the history of electric cars. Most people mean “electric car” when they … [continued]
Nissan, the Japanese automaker behind the LEAF electric vehicle (EV), amongst other things, will soon be testing out a new vehicle based on the Renault Twizy chassis as part of a new public carsharing program in Yokohama, Japan. The pilot program — utilizing the Twizy-like Nissan New Mobility Concept — is set … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. As always, let me note that these numbers are not official, comprehensive, or accurate. Nobody reports official, comprehensive EV sales numbers for Europe, and it’s even very hard to find a single country that comprehensively reports them. Nonetheless, Jose Pontes puts in a lot of work … [continued]
I saw this story a few days ago and decided not to cover it, but then Chris went ahead and wrote up a good piece on it, so below it is. However, I want to make a couple of key points as well first: 1) It requires a lot of work … [continued]
I’ve just published electrified vehicle sales and registrations updates for Canada, Switzerland, and Denmark over on EV Obsession. This follows up on updates for the US, Sweden, and Norway. Unfortunately, I’m still waiting on some data for some of the big players — the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Italy. Once … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. January 2014 electrified vehicles sales for Germany are now out. Continuing where the smart electric drive left off, at the top of the list, it also topped the sales list in January. #2 rose from #5 on the 2013 list, but that’s really no surprise—it’s … [continued]
Aside from the EVS27 pictures and videos I already shared of the BMW i3, Nissan Leaf, Volkswagen e-Up!, Volkswagen XL1, EP Tender, Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid, Nissan e-NV200, smart electric drive, Renault Twizy, the rest of Renault’s electric lineup, and some electric tuk tuks — as well as several other EVs I’m still … [continued]
