The general public is struggling to cast off misinformation that promotes fear, uncertainty, and doubt about electric vehicles. One of the most common questions we are asked when presenting our car at the many EV events we attend each year is: “What does it cost to replace the battery?” Behind … [continued]
Indonesia to assemble Minicab-MiEV for local use by 2024. Testing is being done with four big enterprises. Last February, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that Indonesia would definitely host the assembly of its first mini EV, a one-box “Kei” truck to be called the Minicab-MiEV in Indonesia. This was confirmed … [continued]
You know you’ve got a winner when even the tradies (tradespeople) are curious! Travelling down Coronation Drive in Brisbane, Chris and Sarah Jensen stopped at consecutive traffic lights in which they had impromptu conversations with a tradie. The first time Chris stopped at a red light in peak hour traffic, … [continued]
As a time when Europe has risen its EV market share among its overall auto market to about 7%, at a time when Tesla sales are blowing up in the US auto market, at a time when China is solidly maturing the EV market in its borders, Japan is playing hide & seek while hoping a fuel cell magic trick somehow produces real magic.
The Japanese electric vehicle market is comprised almost entirely of Japanese auto manufacturers (unsurprisingly), which makes the market an interesting contrast to free-for-all markets like the US.
Originally published on EV Obsession. Following up on my 2013 US EV sales report, 2013 Europe EV sales report, 2013 China EV sales report, and 2013 world EV sales report, here’s a 2013 EV sales report for Japan. It’s the last one for the year as a whole. Again, thanks … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. First of all, let me note that these numbers below are not official and are surely a little imperfect (even more so than US EV sales numbers). However, they come from the most complete roundup of electrified vehicle (EV) sales I’ve seen. Frankly, I haven’t … [continued]
Available as an option to new car buyers (and presumably existing i-MiEV owners as well) through its dealers on April 27, 2012 is the MiEV power BOX. It’s a relatively small and […]
