Inside EVs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has further explored annual fuel costs of cars by powertrain type in a newly released study. Using 15,000 miles (24,000 km) as a typical comparison mileage (55% city / 45% highway), plug-in vehicles are simply unbeatable. The total fuel costrange for plug-in vehicles in America… …read more

VW Pushing To Launch New EVs, SUV Concept To Debut In Shanghai First production EV by the brand to be launched by 2020. Volkswagen will accelerate the process of launching production electric vehicles in order to be able to meet the ever stricter European emissions standards. The German manufacturer wants… …read more

Aston Martin Rapide To Lose V12 Engine And Go Electric In 2018 The naturally aspirated Rapide S will be phased out to make room for the all-electric RapidE. Aston Martin and Williams Advanced Engineering joined forces in 2015 to create the RapidE concept providing a taste of things to come… …read more

Canadian sales for the first two months of 2017 are in, and like in the US, the Chevrolet Volt is the clear leader. Volt sales in January 2017 hit a very solid 256 units sold in Canada. That result was followed by 266 Volts sold in February, bringing the two-month total… …read more

How long did the most recent 1/4 mile record for the Tesla Model S P100D last? Maybe a day. Earlier today we reported that DragTimes put up a new best 1/4 mile time for the Model S at the drag strip yesterday with a time of 10.723 …and we hope they… …read more

Speed Academy released update on the Lotus Evora Electric project. The car is being converted to electric drive, with the use of a Tesla Model S powertrain and two Chevrolet Volt battery packs (2x 16 kWh). The Tesla motor, powered from a single Volt battery was tested on the dyno,… …read more

It doesn’t come as a big surprise that LeEco, parent company of Faraday Future, is facing the same plethora of problems as its subsidiary. Both companies lack money, which is a substantial issue when it comes to starting a business. The cash crunch issue is first and foremost, and leads… …read more

Thus far, there are seven states selling the all-new 2017 Chevrolet Bolt. While some dealerships are still marking the car up, due to demand, others are discounting the vehicle by thousands of dollars. According to Autonews, a Southern California dealer advertised a $4,160 discount on a Chevrolet Bolt, when compared… …read more

Integrated Infrastructure Solutions GmbH (INTIS) in partnership with CHAdeMO member THD, has developed a 30 kW wireless charging system using the CHAdeMO standard in existing electric cars. Specifically: two Nissan LEAFs and a, Citroën Berlingo BEV Typically we have seen wireless charging systems that were using the cars on-board charger, which was… …read more

Buried in a rather lengthy Ward’s Auto article focused mainly on Toyota’s hybrids, there’s a brief mention of the Toyota Prius Prime. The mention focuses on demand, which is apparently so high that some dealerships are asking Toyota for more Prius Prime allocation. As Ward’s explains: “For now, Toyota is… …read more