Inside EVs

Venson Automotive Solutions’ survey from 100 owner and fleet drivers in the UK indicates that a whopping 85% of motorists would now seriously consider buying an electric vehicle. To us, it seems a little too good to be true (or we could claim sample size) as sales have only just now exceeded… …read more

With the upcoming launch of the Model 3, Tesla stated it would expand it service centers and operations related to servicing the hundreds of thousands of additional Tesla that will hit the roads in the coming years. Part of that expansion seems to already be underway with the addition of… …read more

Stanley Chlebowski, owner of Maumee Assembly and Stamping in Ohio, took delivery of 21 Tesla Model S sedans, and is awaiting the arrival of 2 Model X’s. He purchased the vehicles as company cars (something Tesla is now pushing via its corporate/fleet sales website), partly because of his love for… …read more

Patents for electric drive vehicles continue to be filed and approved at a frantic pace. Here’s our latest look at some recent electric vehicle patents, and we think that you’re gonna like more than one of these technologies in your 2020 Leaf or Bolt (ahem wireless charging ahem). Or, well,… …read more

Volvo Construction Equipment is developing whole lineup of autonomous vehicles, including hybrids and all-electric. The all-electric load carrier concept HX1 (proof of concept) was unveiled in September 2016, and now Volvo CE proudly presents its next generation version HX2 . “Volvo Construction Equipment presented the HX2 autonomous, battery-electric, load carrier… …read more

Daimler just made a somewhat startling announcement. It seems the automaker (including its subsidiaries Mercedes-Benz and Smart) had failed to reduce overall fleet emissions for the first time since 2007. Daimler blames this on increasing demand (and the accompanying boost in sales) for trucks, SUVs and other larger vehicles, but… …read more

MAKING SENSE OF TESLA’S MARKET VALUE Stock market analysts have never known what to make of Tesla. On the day the stock went public in 2010 (the first IPO of an automaker since Ford in 1956) pundits on the stock-market shout shows were ridiculing the company, which was losing money… …read more

Nissan LEAF sales in February decreased by 39% year-over-year, from a record setting figure of 2,819 to 1,711; however that was not an unexpected result, as just a year ago Nissan introduced its newer 30 kWh LEAF. In actual fact, sales of the “old” LEAF are still doing quite well in… …read more

Although the Guinness Book of World Records has yet to officially recognize this substantial feat, 746 electric vehicles paraded in the Netherlands, on the A270, from Helmond and Eindhoven, to set a new world record. The 3.6 kilometer stretch of road was closed in Brabant, a province in the south of the… …read more

Finally…a drag race that doesn’t feature a Tesla. Here we present a 1/2-mile drag race between the BMW i8 and an Alfa Romeo with a ridiculous name – Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. We’ll just call it the Alfa. The Alfa packs a 2.9-liter, V6 twin turbo engine that puts out… …read more