Ready for an epic Tesla, electric car, and other clean transport news & views link drop? Yeah, get comfy first. Here’s the tsunami: Tesla Motors Tesla P85D Burns A Mercedes SLS AMG (Fan Commercial) Can Tesla’s Door Handles Trap Your Hand? (Video) Model S At DEF CON Hacker Convention August 6-9 Best Place To Work? … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Unfortunately, June was a pretty poor month for US electric car sale when compared to June 2014. Of course, most electric cars on the market are compliance cars, which means that their makers don’t try all that hard to sell them (many dealers actually try … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. May US electric car sales numbers are in, and there are no big surprises at the top. #1 is the best-selling electric car in history, the Nissan LEAF. #2 (based on my estimate) is the Tesla Model S. And #3 is the Chevy Volt. After … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. 100% electric car sales were up 31% in the USA in April 2015 compared to April 2014, and sales from January through April were up 63% (with my estimate for Tesla Model S sales included). Overall, sales of all plug-in cars were up 9% in April, … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Those Canadians who have a soft spot for the Chevy Spark are in luck — the 2016 Spark electric vehicle (EV) will be sold in Canada (3 different provinces, to be exact), according to a recent press release. This news marks the first time that … [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]
Are electric vehicles the best choice for teenage drivers (assuming that upfront costs aren’t an issue)? That’s an interesting question, one where I’d have to lean towards saying yes… with caveats, that is. I’d argue that the main reasons supporting this position are the limited single-charge driving ranges (making it … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. I was just thinking about writing yet another article about compliance cars — basically, I was going to pose a question about when we can expect to see most car manufacturers actually aim to sell the electric cars they produce. While many manufacturers now produce electric cars and … [continued]
Here’s my latest electric vehicle sales report, originally published on EV Obsession: US February electric car sales are in, and the medals go to Tesla (Gold), Nissan (Silver), and BMW (Bronze). They were head and shoulders above the rest. Of course, when it comes to Tesla, it was an estimate … [continued]
You people asked for it, so I’m doing my best to deliver a solid estimate for Tesla Model S deliveries in the US — hopefully the best around. And the result for the first month of the year is that the Model S was #1. Unfortunately, the competition had a rough … [continued]
