Inside EVs

While we never thought it was possible to be too aggressive with legislating EV adoption, China may have done just that. Specifically, the Chinese requirements of 8% of light vehicles produced in China to be New Energy Vehicles (all-electric or plug-in hybrids) for 2018 has encountered some resistance. While very commendable, the plan… …read more

According to media reports, President Trump is set to tell automakers that his administration will review the EPA’s fuel economy standards in 2018. Trump will be meeting with the auto workers and executives in Detroit today, and plans to tell them that the review next year will include their input…. …read more

McLaren P1 sells for $2.39M at auction It crossed the auction block this past weekend at the Amelia Island Concours. In case you missed it, this past weekend’s Amelia Island Concours was filled with expensive supercars and classics galore. The annual owner’s meeting and auction event took place on Amelia… …read more

The BMW 530e iPerformance, which was recently present at the Geneva Motor Show (see video at bottom), is soon to be in customer’s hands both in Europe and North America this month. U.S. prices starts at $51,400 + $995 DST, without federal tax credit (details) The 9.2 kWh battery certainly will not… …read more

Last year in the United States, 159,139 plug-in vehicles were sold. This year, that figure could jump through the roof of this newly announced plan becomes reality. The plan calls for some 30 U.S. cities to come together to ask automakers for a cost and feasibility study for acquiring 114,000… …read more

Not happy to be in anyone’s shadow, and just few weeks after Tesla’s 80-MWh/20-MW energy storage project for Southern California Edison debuted, there’s yet another world record energy storage system (ESS). AES Energy Storage has just launched a system that’s 50 percent larger – 120 MWh/30 MW – for San… …read more

Was there ever any doubt the Tesla Model X was the world’s most “fuel-efficient” SUV? As the only pure electric SUV sold in the U.S., the Model X is sure to be tops in the fuel efficiency category, but now Consumer Reports lays it all out for us to see… …read more

DISCOVER HOW THE NIO EP9 SET AUTONOMOUS CAR LAP RECORD AT COTA Completed the lap in 2 minutes 40.33 seconds and hit 160 mph — without a driver. With the looks of a spaceship and the performance numbers to go up against the very best in the business, the Nio… …read more

TESLA LEADS IN AUTONOMY – AND SOME PUNDITS GET IT News coverage of autonomous vehicles is everywhere but, as we have often pointed out, few observers realize how transformative the effects on society are going to be, and many in the mainstream media ignore or minimize Tesla’s role in the… …read more

On the occasion of the Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen finally made the plug-in I.D. concept available for short test drives. And according to reports…it drives terrible, as it’s simple exhibition model, with speed and acceleration limited to city bike levels (25 km/hr, 16 mph), complete with strange vibrations and noises. The… …read more