Originally published on EV Obsession. Hybrid and electric car sales for December and 2013 as a whole have all finally come in. You can see the specific numbers above, as well as a chart showing the leading models (for Dec 2013, Dec 2012, all of 2013, and all of 2012). … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. 100% electric car sales are up about 300% in 2013 so far, while plug-in hybrid electric car sales are up about 31% for the same period. Note that Tesla doesn’t report its sales on a monthly basis — only on a quarterly basis — so … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Update Dec 5, 2013: It seems that the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S aren’t on this list because the EPA has created the list for 2014 models only and it doesn’t have 2014 model data for those. I’ll update this post (and) write a … [continued]
Originally published on Cost of Solar. Honda (the car company, not the star soccer player) is going solar. Also, thanks to the low cost of solar today and incentives for selling solar power to the grid, the famous Japanese car company is going solar in a big way and will … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Tesla Motors founder & CEO Elon Musk has called hydrogen cars “so bullshit.” Dr Joe Romm, author of The Hype About Hydrogen, has argued that they will have very little impact in the coming few decades. I’ve got an article coming that displays the simple fact … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. I would say that the strong growth of 100% electric car and plug-in hybrid electric car US sales is really no longer a story — they’ve been growing strongly month after month without a break. However, the odd thing is that there’s still all kinds … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. August and September 2013 were funky months in the US auto industry. Basically, the reason for this is the auto industry’s funky calendar. The “last day” of the previous month on the auto industry’s calendar is actually the first weekday of the next calendar month. … [continued]
Boston claims to be the world’s guiding car-sharing network. Indeed, many urban areas are sprouting car-sharing wheels and participating in the convenience of Zipcars. Staying true to its car-sharing leadership, Boston’s fleet has added four new, 2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrids. It is also introduced plug-in stations and priority parking … [continued]
The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid, with an impressive (for a conventional hybrid car) fuel economy of 47 miles per gallon (US), is just about ready to roll into your local Honda dealership. The car will be available starting October 31, Honda reports. The company has also now released the 2014 Honda Accord … [continued]
Being on a whirlwind work trip around Ukraine for about one week, I got way behind on my normal news routine and cleantech buffets. Apologies. To catch up, I’m posting 3 (yes, 3!) cleantech buffets this morning. Here’s the second one, on clean transport (electric car, bike, and transit) news … [continued]
