Inside EVs

Takeshi Uchiyamada, chairman of Toyota, and also known as the “father of the Prius,” believes that current plug-in hybrids (specifically the Prius Prime) will find much more success than that the original Prius, and the first-generation Prius plug-in. Toyota has been slow to accept the electric car revolution, and especially… …read more

France is the first country in Europe to reach the milestone of 100,000 new all-electric cars registered since 2010…we will call that the Renault ZOE effect. The milestone was hit on March 23, 2017. BEV sales in 2016 exceeded 27,300, and is expected to grow well beyond the 30,000 this… …read more

BMW’s head of sales and marketing, Ian Robertson, believes that Tesla creates healthy competition, and willingly admits that the Silicon Valley startup has paved the way for other automakers. However, his honesty and praise doesn’t come without criticism. Robertson told Car and Driver: “In many ways, I’m very supportive of… …read more

Formula E to trial live emoji technology in Mexico An innovative Formula E steering wheel that features emoji icons on the digital dash displays of each car will be trialled in today’s Mexican ePrix. The groundbreaking technology will see instant emoji icons appear on the display to reflect a range… …read more

For those who just can’t leave anything stock, TSportline – makers of custom parts for Teslas, is showing off its new carbon fiber seatbacks for the Model X. According to TSportline, the seatbacks are available for all offered seating configurations on the X (5, 6 and &). Additionally, you can… …read more

Have you heard that Nissan announced its 2nd generation LEAF will debut this September? Well, the current, aging model’s price-tag certainly has, as Autocar’s list of the five best new car deals in UK (valid by April 6, 2017) is lead by the Nissan LEAF. The Japanese manufacturer now offers the… …read more

The folks over at Plugless (makers of wireless charging systems for several plug-in vehicles) assembled this rather nifty infographic using range data obtained from InsideEVs. The range data can be found here, along with dozens of other charts on the various aspects of plug-in electric vehicles sold in the U.S…. …read more

According to a video posted by Bloomberg this week, Morgan Stanley analyst, Adam Jonas, is in in disbelief regarding Tesla’s Model 3 production estimates and the $35,000 starting price. Jonas told Bloomberg: “Our forecasts are much more conservative than the company’s forecast both this year and next. We expect this… …read more

We’re not quite sure what to make of this, but it appears that Tesla – famous for making electric vehicles cool and sexy – has been working on some sort of gas-powered range extender. We know this from a patent filing we found as part of our regular skimming of… …read more

We’re not quite sure what to make of this, but it appears that Tesla – famous for making electric vehicles cool and sexy – has been working on some sort of gas-powered range extender. We know this from a patent filing we found as part of our regular skimming of… …read more