The Norwegian Electric Car Association took a Nissan LEAF and Hyundai Ioniq Electric on a road trip to see how they performed in warm weather. Previously the group had tested both cars as part of a 7-car cold weather test.
It first debuted in Gran Turismo. Now the Audi E-tron battery electric sports car is ready for its first public showing at the Rome Formula E race this weekend.
To find out how electric cars perform in winter, the EV Association of Norway drove 5 EVs 700 kilometers from Oslo to ski country and back. What they found may surprise you.
In the electric vehicle (EV) world, 2018 is shaping up to be the year of Chinese electric vehicles and global startups. China is doing everything it can to establish its international brand in this arena — perhaps the hottest new consumer market of the 21st century. It makes us wonder how the West will react? Tesla, Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, GM, Daimler, and others have strong statements on electric vehicles and autonomous ones at that, but how prepared are each of them to genuinely compete?
One of the more interesting things for me in our annual EV surveys is how much people want various special features — auto lane change, all-wheel drive, superfast charging, fast charging, etc. The extra fun in our new 93-page electric car driver report is that we got these responses segmented by type of EV and region. Jump down below the line for the results.
Way over in Hawaii, a modest little EV fast charging station with integrated energy storage could accelerate the growth of the EV charging network all across the US. That’s because the new charging station is a demonstration partnership between the company Greenlots and Hawaii’s electric utility HECO, designed to provide … [continued]
The EV market just got $4.5 billion hotter with a new five-year commitment from Ford for better EV batteries, 13 new electrified models, and fast-charging.
Originally published on RenewEconomy. by Sophie Vorrath Western Australia has installed a network of 12 electric vehicle fast charging stations, connecting Perth to Augusta – the most south-westerly town in Australia – that can fully charge an EV in just 30 minutes. The 310km “electric highway” was co-funded by the … [continued]
