Here’s the exciting monthly EV & hybrid sales update from EV Obsession. Enjoy! The numbers are in for “mass-market” 100% electric vehicle (EV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), and conventional hybrid electric vehicle sales. Well, the numbers are in from everyone but Tesla and Fiat. (The Tesla Model S total … [continued]
This article was originally published on EV Obsession. Something that I think not many people are aware of is that some green cars are only produced because of California’s strict laws aimed at greening the automobile industry. Unfortunately, while some automakers get the underlying point of it all and eager … [continued]
Here are the latest electric vehicle sales numbers from EV Obsession. Enjoy! Ready for our monthly US electric vehicle sales (including hybrid sales) update? How could you not be? Below is the full table, including comparisons between June 2013 sales and June 2012 sales as well as between 2013 YTD … [continued]
I know, it’s almost mid-June, but better late than never! Big stories of the month involve Ford and Nissan, but you can get into the details below in this repost from EV Obsession: First of all, apologies for the long delay on this one! Unfortunately, I was unable to work … [continued]
Editor’s note: Just last week in my Top Electric Vehicle Stories of 2013 post, I noted that the Honda Fit EV is a great-looking EV with good specs but that “competing with the Leaf is no easy task these days.” In particular, after moving Leaf manufacturing to the US, Nissan … [continued]
This article was originally published on CleanTechnica sister site Planetsave. First, two fun videos to get us rolling: http://youtu.be/qKg-LPOXIMs We’re trying to get more electric vehicle (EV) stories going on Planetsave. To catch readers up, below is a roundup of the 33 top EV stories of 2013 so far (according … [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]
Reposted from San Diego Loves Green (with minor edits): By Roy L Hales Peder Norby’s interest in renewable energy goes back to his wind-powered home in Denmark. Even then, Peder knew that someday he would drive an electric vehicle. In 2005, he and Julie built a 4,600-square-foot house overlooking the Agua … [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]
As just noted in my solar & wind roundup, if you’re interested in checking out an insane number of solar & wind stories that CleanTechnica hasn’t covered, check out this Google Doc. Whereas, if you’re simply somewhere in between being as cleantech-obsessed as me and feeling sad when you get to the end … [continued]
