Now that I’ve finally gone through and reported the results of our 2014 reader survey, I figured I’d launch another quick poll. This one has 2 questions. I’m basically just curious what you think will be the top-selling electric cars of the year in the US and Europe. In the … [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]
A Chevy Volt owner recently offered an explanation to his Volt-owning colleagues (can we can you guys Volt-heads?) as to why he is moving on from the Chevy Volt, why he decided to drop his plan to get a BMW i3, and why he’s stoked about his upcoming Ford Fusion Energi. … [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 EV Obsession. Electric car sales numbers are in for the US! I’ve created a few charts below to share the big picture for January 2014 versus January 2013. However, I’m changing one huge thing this year with these monthly electric car sales updates — I’m dropping the … [continued]
At the end of my recent interview with Mike Tinskey, Ford’s global director of vehicle electrification and vehicle infrastructure, I brought up comments made by Tesla co-founder Marc Tarpenning regarding the internal barriers major car companies (like Ford) face in transitioning to EVs. A key source of those barriers is that these companies now outsource much of the … [continued]
Ford recently covered my trip to Dearborn, Michigan, so that I could attend some of its events and NAIAS. In this first article from the trip, I’ll focus on my test drive of the 2014 Ford Fusion Energi in Michigan, from Dearborn to Detroit. More articles on the NAIAS events … [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]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Hybrid and electric car sales for December and 2013 as a whole have all finally come in. You can see the specific numbers above, as well as a chart showing the leading models (for Dec 2013, Dec 2012, all of 2013, and all of 2012). … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. 100% electric car sales are up about 300% in 2013 so far, while plug-in hybrid electric car sales are up about 31% for the same period. Note that Tesla doesn’t report its sales on a monthly basis — only on a quarterly basis — so … [continued]
