Originally published on EV Obsession. The European electric vehicle (EV) market is continuing to see strong growth, based on registrations during March — with roughly 18,000 units registered, blowing past the old monthly record (set in December 2013) for the old continent. The old record was 14,197 units registered. As it … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The new year is upon us, and it’s time to run down another list of the new electric vehicles that should be arriving in the US and Europe in the coming 365 days. Without much knowledge of the EV markets outside of North America and … [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]
About a month ago, I got curious about how many of our electric-car-owning readers had convinced others to go electric, so I decided to put together a short survey on the matter. Aside from the simple matter of how many people you had converted, I also asked about which electric cars you … [continued]
Here’s some more electric vehicle news from around the interwebs: Jo drives some neighborhood electric vehicles and then tells us what he thinks of them. (GAS2) The Tesla Model S has a new color option, metallic grey. There are only a few Teslas with this color so far. A redditor recently … [continued]
Even though buyers in the US are still waiting on the release of the first version of Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV, it appears that the European market is already set to receive a new variant of the model. The new variant will, reportedly, be a “van” of sorts — though apparently … [continued]
Time to catch up on more electrified vehicle news. Here are a number of big EV news stories we wouldn’t want you to miss: Nissan Carwings To Grow: The Nissan LEAF smartphone service Carwings has now been around for about 4 years (time flies! no pun intended). Now it’s time for a … [continued]
Here’s some more electric vehicle news that CleanTechnica skipped but still thought was worth sharing: Audi R8 e-tron Coming, + More: The highly anticipated Audi R8 e-tron is supposedly on schedule for 2015, and will reportedly have 280 miles of range. (We’ll see about that.) Audi Q7 To Get Electric … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. Mitsubishi’s Outlander Plug-in, a plug-in hybrid electric SUV or crossover, has had its US release date pushed back yet again, according to recent reports. As it stands now, it likely won’t hit the market until the 4th quarter of 2015 — possibly even later than that, maybe … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Following up on its top position in February, the Renault Zoe easily took #1 again in March. The Bollore Bluecar made a strong surge to take #2, rising from 0 registrations in February and 81 registrations in January to 194 registrations in March. The Nissan LEAF inched out the … [continued]
