Originally published on EV Obsession. Toyota’s electric carsharing program in Grenoble, France, has now been running for around 18 months — and the first extensive findings and results of the project have begun to be released the project partners. So, what has the project revealed? Here are some of the … [continued]
Editor’s Note: While Toyota may be dragging its feet on the full-sized electric car market, I have to admit that I’ve loved this i-Road thingie since I first laid eyes on it. I hope Toyota isn’t just fooling around and will bring this to markets worldwide at some point. Here’s … [continued]
Check ’em out (or else!): Tesla CPO Program Appears To Be Up & Running In Europe + Canada It seems to be the case that Tesla’s Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) program is now up and running in Europe and Canada, going by the looks of things. At least 10 countries in … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Toyota is, despite its stated preference for hydrogen fuel cell cars over electric ones, currently in the process of putting its i-Road electric “trike” through a trial program. As part of these ongoing trials, the company has, interestingly, begun asking users to “customize” the vehicles … [continued]
If you have ever participated in a carsharing program, you pretty much already know what Toyota’s i-Road system is like, except the i-Road* uses a very compact all-electric vehicle (EV). This fact is likely to appeal to environmentally conscious consumers who choose carsharing because they want to reduce their carbon … [continued]
The new “Cité lib by Ha:mo” electric vehicle car-sharing service that Toyota and its partner Sodetrel have been working on recently has been now officially launched in the city of Grenoble, in France. The service will open to the public on October 1st, and remain open for at least three … [continued]
Time for another EV news roundup. I’m breaking it up into sections this time. Enjoy! Tesla Battery Swap Dead End: Tesla hasn’t hitting its battery-swapping rolling target (which was about 7 months ago) and it hasn’t mentioned it. Has battery swapping hit a complete dead end? Fully Charged Tour: A Tesla tour … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. If you didn’t think dictating national policy was enough fun for Congress, check out our nation’s representatives taking Toyota’s i-Road concept for a tour of Capitol Hill. The Toyota i-Road is a three-wheeled electric vehicle designed for city driving based on a concept that was seen at … [continued]
Indeed, I may very well have OCD. Rather than pick 10 like any normal blogger, I went ahead and picked 100 top EV stories for this end-of-year wrap up. And these follow the 33 I highlighted at the end of May. Incidentally, I didn’t aim for 100 but just happened … [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]
