Inside EVs

A couple weeks ago, we announced that the first allotment of Chevrolet Bolts for South Korea had sold out in just a couple of hours. Now we’ve learned that the Bolt is sold out for all of 2017 in South Korea. The Bolt was unveiled to the South Korean public… …read more

IT’S SETTLED, TESLA IS A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY Investopedia* recently took issue with both Tesla [NASDAQ: TSLA] bulls and bears. Wall Street tends to be myopic when considering Tesla — most investors will view the company through an “automotive” lens only. It’s argued that all Wall Street “talks about [with Tesla] is cars and… …read more

DragTimes, after all those Ludicrous acceleration tests with the Tesla S and X, traded its Model X P90DL in for a… P100DL 100D. “It may sound crazy but it’s true, no April Fools, we traded our loaded Tesla Model X P90D Ludicrous for a loaded Model X 100D. Find out why… …read more

March EV sales in America sang a familiar tune, namely an 18th consecutive month* of gains. And while all the final numbers are not yet in (this report is filed in real time – so check back again real soon), we can say that this month’s result will be at… …read more

After what some might say was a bit of a disappoint for sales of the all-new Chevrolet Bolt in February (with 952 units moved), the 238 mile EV debuted in New York and New Jersey in March; and with that, sales strengthened – but only slightly last month. In total, 978 Bolt EVs were… …read more

After going through a slump of some ~20 consecutive months of downward year-over-year sales for its aging 1st generation LEAF in 2016, something strange happened for Nissan last Fall…they started going up. At first we thought September 2016’s result that broke Nissan’s not-so-great streak was an anomaly, but after… …read more

Via Ars Technica, we learn that we should get some new info on the upcoming Tesla Model Y sometime later this week. Ars Technica reached out to Tesla CEO Elon Musk via a direct message on Twitter. The news site explains it like this: We asked Musk (via Twitter direct… …read more

During the recent Tesla Model 3 Tweetstorm it became known for the first time that Tesla would start deliveries with only rear-wheel-drive versions of the Model 3. All-wheel-driver versions would come later. This was rather surprising to the perhaps hundreds of thousands of Model 3 reservation holders that were expecting… …read more

Remember when the Alliance of Automobile manufacturers argued that the Environmental Protection Agency’s stringent emissions regulations would directly lead to a loss of U.S. jobs? Well, according the the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the opposite case is true … as we already figured. Today, electric vehicles comprise less than… …read more

Vattenfall intends to use batteries produced by BMW in its upcoming energy storage systems. The Company has announced a supply contract for up to 1,000 units of i3’s 33 kWh packs, which would be 33 MWh total. The batteries will be purchased new, directly from BMW’s plant in Dingolfing (earlier Vattenfall… …read more