Many electric vehicle advocates like to chastise American auto buyers for their love of pickup trucks, SUVs, and crossovers, but like it or not, the growing popularity of these model types has significant implications for the future adoption of electric vehicles.
Remember a few short years ago when the hot debate was whether cars in the future would be predominantly powered by fuel cells versus batteries? And even more fundamentally, if electric vehicles would ever move beyond the niche “green” and luxury-performance buying market? My how sentiment seems to have changed recently.
The fleet electrification solutions firm XL Hybrids will next year launch a new product line, the XLP plug-in hybrid vehicle upfit solution, which will be an “industry first” solution allowing fleet operators to easily begin utilizing plug-in technology.
We recently provided some exclusive reporting (specs and renderings) on a plug-in electric pickup truck concept being put together by Workhorse Group — one that the company apparently intends to be the “most economical, safest and lowest emissions pickup truck in America.” Following that news, the company has now revealed that it will be unveiling a working version of the W-15 electric pickup work truck concept, with range extender, at the upcoming ACT EXPO Conference in May 2017. We’ll have a reporter there to get the full rundown.
Tesla’s “Master Plan, Part Deux” spends a large portion of its content on heavier transportation, especially cargo and buses. Tesla is an intelligently incrementalist company which is very data driven, so how is this likely to play out? The first cut that’s necessary is about pickups in North America vs everything else that Tesla … [continued]
Bob Lutz, former Vice Chairman of GM and a key person behind the Chevy Volt, is a famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) figure in the auto industry. Lutz has worked for BMW, Ford, Chrysler, and GM. He was vice chairman of GM until 2009, and he retired altogether in … [continued]
Don’t look now, but it looks like the evolution of electric automobiles may finally be turning towards trucks and sports utility vehicles (SUVs) thanks to Via Motors. Recently, I watched a video featuring Jay Leno’ s Garage. In the 12-minute video, Leno discusses what “more or less is a truck … [continued]
