For Model Year 2022 (MY 2022), 17 electric vehicle (EV) models achieved 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) or higher. MPGe is a unit of measure used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to represent EV fuel economy in a common unit with gas-powered vehicles, where 33.7 kilowatt-hours of electricity … [continued]
If you are worried about the battery in your Nissan LEAF, don’t be. Those batteries are lasting much longer than expected.
Almost all of the EV batteries Nissan has ever made are still in cars.
Why I Got Rid Of My LEAF If you’ve been reading CleanTechnica for a few years or more, you might remember my first post here, where I talked about my experiences with my 2018 Nissan LEAF. There was some good to share, some bad to share, and some downright ugly … [continued]
Editor’s note: UpDate: It’s for commercial use only – not residential. The Nissan-approved FE-15 bidirectional charger is available for commercial and government fleet owners. Update Info from Daniel Cherrin As long as I’ve been reading and writing about electric vehicles, people have been eager to see electric vehicles power homes and … [continued]
Europe’s largest auto market, Germany, saw plugin electric vehicles take 28.5% market share in August 2022, their best result YTD, though only marginally up on August 2021’s 27.6%. Overall auto volumes were 199,183 units, fractionally up YOY, but dramatically down by some 37% from the 2018-2019 seasonal average of 315,000 … [continued]
Sweden’s auto market recorded a plugin electric vehicle share of 46.1% in August 2022, a slight drop year on year from 47.1% share. Full electrics grew their share, but plugin hybrids lost more. Overall auto volumes were 26% down on pre-pandemic seasonal norms, at 20,576 units. The Volkswagen ID.4 was … [continued]
We don’t have US sales data for all electric vehicle models, since automakers don’t break out sales of electric and non-electric versions of the same model (example: gas-powered Hyundai Kona sales and Hyundai Kona EV sales are combined in Hyundai’s sales reports). However, increasingly, automakers are rolling out standalone electric … [continued]
When it comes down to electric vehicle nameplates that are indistinguishable from electrification, the LEAF is near the top of the list. While there were plenty of electric vehicle nameplates before the LEAF ever existed, the LEAF holds a role of a great importance into the world of modern electric … [continued]
The exciting potential benefits from the implementation of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies have been discussed for have very long time here on CleanTechnica. We are starting to see more exciting developments in the V2G space now. Recently, the first vehicle-to-grid system on NYC’s grid was launched. There is more exciting news … [continued]
