ABB announced an electric mobility plan and infrastructure for the Swiss city of Davos. Its 6,000 stations installed in more than 50 countries are now also going to be used in the city at the same time the World Economic Forum (WEF) is being held.
Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa announced at the Detroit auto show on Tuesday that all new Infiniti models will be electric or plug-in hybrids beginning in 2021.
Pop quiz: What American automaker brought a pure electric car to market in the 1990s? Even a fresh-faced neophyte to the world of EVs probably knows the answer. But wait. Here’s another one: What automaker attempted to make a pure electric car in the 1960s, and again in the 1970s? Fewer may know the answer to that one. Final question: What automaker triggered a series of events in 1990 that led to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) passing a mandate requiring all major automakers to have no-emissions cars be a percentage of their sales by 1998?
Having owned an electric vehicle for just over 18 months now, I feel able to share my knowledge, which may be of help to those considering an electric vehicle for the first time, or those who have just started out on the road to electric vehicle driving.
The Continental New Wheel Concept turns the conventional wheel inside out.
Nissan LEAF, the electric car that has made possible smooth, torquey, zero-emissions driving for hundreds of thousands of early adopters is premiering another innovative first on Sept. 6.
Nissan just announced that the new Nissan LEAF will come with e-Pedal, another pioneering technology that puts Nissan at #1. In actuality, e-Pedal is one step forward in regenerative braking and one-pedal driving, benefits of electric cars that drivers quickly learn to love.
One of the most touted advantages of electric vehicles is the ability to recapture significant amounts of energy through the use of regenerative braking, which is then used to recharge the battery. This ability varies somewhat by model, with some possessing very aggressive regenerative braking systems that can allow for … [continued]
As a new 2015 Nissan LEAF driver, I was not sure how far driving out of town would comfortably work. This past week, I explored my limits. Planning a trip from EV charger to EV charger is the way and EV driver must plan travel, of course. Since jumping on the … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. To kick of the presentations at the 1st annual EV Transportation & Technology Summit, Doug Kettles provided an introductory presentation (“EV 101” is what I’d call it) that covered many aspects of EVs. He discussed different types of EVs (pure EVs vs plug-in hybrid EVs, for … [continued]
We spend a lot of time here on CleanTechnica discussing the many benefits of EVs but there’s one specific benefit that really surprised me – regeneration. At its core, regeneration is utilizing an onboard generator (usually the primary drive motor) to slow the car and convert that power back to … [continued]
