Inside EVs

It seems that Tesla acquired SolarCity in the last moments before a storm hit, as the solar industry has become breathless due to dwindled or eliminated subsidies in some states, and in the difficulty in finding new customers. SolarCity ends door-to-door sales this month and has cut its workforce, which …read more

The Electra Meccanica Solo is a three wheeler/half car; for about half the price of a new electric vehicle (from $15,500 – full details here). One of the first examples has now been tested by CNET. It’s pretty a original design, with a single seat (one assumes this is why …read more

Asked in another way: What MPGe can we expect from Tesla’s new electric semi truck? In a previous Inside EVs article there developed an interesting discussion in the comments section relative to Tesla’s semi truck battery size. In that discussion one commenter (@PMPU) posted: “Our hypothetical BEV semi will have… …read more

The Chevrolet Bolt leads TIME’s Alex Fitzpatrick to believe that EV adoption will “explode” once people get a grasp of how fun they are to drive. Fitzpatrick wrote: “Unlike in a gas-powered car, an all-electric delivers power the instant you ask for it. The Bolt is like a zippy sports… …read more

Things are moving fast for the all-electric CUV. Tesla fans know that the company’s post-Roadster line-up was once thought of as a S.E.X.Y kind of thing. The Model S and Model X have arrived, the upcoming Model 3 was once called the Model E (until Ford changed that plan), and… …read more

Tesla’s largest vehicle will incorporate parts straight from its smallest car. Yesterday, during Tesla’s Q1 conference call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made it known that the automaker’s upcoming semi truck will employ electric motors that are found in the soon-to-launch Model 3. The actual word from Musk is that the… …read more

Chevy and Maven now let Uber drivers, and other freelancers, rent a Bolt for $229 a week. GM continues to dip its toe into the car-sharing business. Following February’s partnership with Lyft that promised “thousands” of autonomous EVs on the road, GM’s wholly owned car-sharing subsidiary, Maven, will roll out… …read more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that Tesla owners will soon “hope service takes a long time.” A rather odd statement if taken out of context. Let’s add context then. Tesla’s repair service has been spotty in terms of timeliness. Huge delays and wait times have been widely reported. Tesla has …read more

We’ve seen the Model 3 with a glass roof, but now we get some images of a near-production ready version of the glassy 3 out in the wild. Some six months ago, Tesla announced the introduction of an all-glass roof on the Model S. Priced at $1,500, it’s actually cheaper… …read more

There are no two ways about it. It’s a massive PHEV Last week, I was thrilled to finally get my hands on the new Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid after waiting what seemed to be an eternity. After all, this is the vehicle that brings the possibility of driving electric to the… …read more