Catching up on some top clean transport news, below are 9 electric vehicle (EV) and 11 bike stories we wouldn’t want you to miss, and one more rogue transportation story. Of course, check out our Clean Transportation category for the top EV and bike stories of the week. Electric Vehicles … [continued]
If you’re a fan of sales updates and such, I think you’ll find the below post titillating. Not only is it a wrap-up of March EV & PHEV sales numbers, but also Q1 2013 sales numbers. Enjoy! Reposted from EV Obsession: I wrote yesterday that the Nissan Leaf beat the … [continued]
Once buried and left for dead, the electric vehicle (EV) has been gaining ground at a slow, yet steady pace in the automotive market. With a growing middle class globally, and climate change concerns is helping to revitalize EVs in recent years. Now Ford’s new Chief Operating officer suggests EVs could … [continued]
And that’s the bad news. Apparently, 48,364 green cars (primarily hybrid and electric vehicles, but also green-ish diesels) were sold in the US in February 2013 (est.), 15% more than the 41,933 green cars sold in February 2012. While that does obviously mean that sales increased, it also means that … [continued]
Love clean transportation? Can never be too informed? I know how you feel. If our own clean transport stories weren’t enough for your reading appetite, you may also want to check out some of the following pieces: Bikes Are Exterior Airbags the Future of Bike/Ped Safety? How an Honorable Elbow … [continued]
2012 has been a pretty notable year for electric vehicles. For one, more EVs have been sold this year than in any year in history — but that’s rather expected, isn’t it? Beyond that fact, which will likely be repeated for many years to come, let’s have a quick … [continued]
Charis had a nice article on Friday regarding the EPA’s just released 2013 fuel economy guide, and that included the top 10 most fuel efficient cars on the bottom of the post — all electric cars, of course. But for all those who didn’t realize that list would be included … [continued]
So,… when I ran my comparisons of a Ford Focus Electric and Ford Focus S the other day, I thought the Ford Focus S was the most similar non-electric model to the Ford Focus Electric. Woops. After some discussions with readers, it seems the more appropriate comparison (for current Ford … [continued]
UPDATED COMPARISONS HERE — better assumptions (especially the price of a Ford Focus most comparable to the Ford Focus Electric) — but doesn’t include the intro sections below. This article has been reposted from EV Obsession with permission. Is an electric car worth it? Probably a common question these days. First … [continued]
City CarShare is the largest nonprofit carsharing organisation in North America, and it has recently increased its share of electric, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles to 44% in the San Francisco Bay Area with the introduction of two new Ford Focus all-electric vehicles. City CarShare’s fleet is now made … [continued]
