About a month ago, I got curious about how many of our electric-car-owning readers had convinced others to go electric, so I decided to put together a short survey on the matter. Aside from the simple matter of how many people you had converted, I also asked about which electric cars you … [continued]
What’s one of the best ways to advertise a Nissan LEAF to owners of gas-powered vehicles? Tell them how much less it would cost them to get around if they had one. Sounds a bit obvious, I guess — and most everything in the world depends primarily on good execution, … [continued]
EV Obsession. While Nissan will — for the time being — continue to design and manufacture the batteries that it uses in its electric vehicles, it is open to the option of that changing in the future, according to the company’s president and CEO, Carlos Ghosn, in a recent interview. … [continued]
Get your EV news fix here. From Tesla to Tesla to Tesla (oh yeah, and some cool Nissan, GM, and BMW electric car stories), here are some cool stories we haven’t covered (yet). Tesla Is an Unplugged Perfomance + BBS Wheels Tesla the best Tesla yet? (GAS2) If you don’t … [continued]
EV Obsession. Above are four charts you can toggle between. You can see that Tesla Model S (and Fiat 500e) sales are absent. Unfortunately, Tesla and Fiat don’t report their month sales. With Tesla now delivering vehicles to Europe, China, and Japan, and only reporting total sales each quarter, it … [continued]
Time for another electric car news roundup. Enjoy! Tesla News A Tesla Roadster loses 20% of its range in 4 years. (GAS2) Tesla is still committed to California, says Tesla. (GAS2) Is Tesla an auto company or an energy company? Of course, it’s both, but this podcast discusses the matter. (Teslarati) In … [continued]
EV enthusiasts, here’s another EV news roundup. Enjoy! Tesla’s Asia Supercharger maps have been updated. Japan is about to get a mighty good helping of the electric Superchargers. (EV Obsession) Also, FYI, rapid recharging of lithium-ion batteries isn’t so bad after all. (EV Obsession) Donfeng Nissan has launched the Venucia e30, a fully … [continued]
Does the idea of buying a brand-new Nissan LEAF for only €7,450 ($9,460) sound good? Of course it does, and you can! If you live in the Netherlands, or Rotterdam to be specific, and are a business owner…. Still. That’s a pretty amazing price tag — one that’s due to … [continued]
EV news buffet below. Eat it up. Lumilor is showing off a luminescent Tesla Model S in order to advertise its electroluminescent coating system. (EV Obsession | GAS2) There are now 250,000 electric cars on US road. Any guesses how long until we hit half a million? (EV Obsession) Yamaha has filed a … [continued]
We are still in the early stages of EV development. One of the bigger issues slowing widespread acceptance is the fact that electric car driving ranges are still, for the most part, quite low. As Zach has pointed out, and I agree, the range issue is a canard since the current ranges … [continued]
