News from Inside EVs blog.
Soon, electric cars in California will be able to benefit from a new HOV sticker that will allow driving in the state’s carpool lanes with no carpool evidence in tow.
Yes, we all know California is pushing EV adoption hardcore. The state has forever been at the advent of supporting new …read more
Long-range, all-wheel-drive version will be first
Tesla Model 3 will be launched in China within 5 months, by the end of the first quarter of 2019 or, more specifically, in March, according to the latest reports that confirm the Model 3’s arrival in the world’s biggest EV market.
Tesla is expected to …read more
Renault EV sales speed up.
In October, Renault sold over 5,017 electric cars – according to the preliminary report – which is just over 100 less than in its best month ever (March 2018).
Year-over-year growth amounted to 67% and EVs now account for nearly 3% of passenger car sales for the …read more
Karsan will attack in 2019.
The Turkish bus manufacturer Karsan, which this month will start series production of Jest electric buses (powered by BMW i3 electric powertrain and batteries), has on its minda also bigger model, the Atak.
The Atak is also equipped with i3 batteries (five 44 kWh batteries for 220 …read more
EXPERIAN: TESLA HAS THE HIGHEST CUSTOMER LOYALTY OF ALL CAR BRANDS
Studies demonstrate that Tesla has forged a unique bond with its customers. Last year, Consumer Reports found that Tesla has the highest rate of customer satisfaction of all car brands. Now, according to more recent research conducted by Experian, it …read more
Every 15th BMW/MINI sold in October was a plug-in.
In October, BMW Group sold 13,016 plug-in electric BMW and MINI cars, which translates to a growth of 38.4% compared to 2017.
The plug-in cars account for about 6.5% of the total volume for the group last month and over 5.4% YTD. After …read more
Albertsons Companies starts trucks electrification with 10 Semis.
Recently, we haven’t heard much about new Tesla Semi reservations, which in some cases were for 50 trucks. We believe that in total Tesla could receive a four-digit number of reservations.
One of the most recent buyers is Albertsons Companies, one of the largest …read more
New Volt updates improve the car in every way
Chevrolet more or less birthed the plug-in hybrid category when it debuted the Chevy Volt way back in December of 2010. Since then, the Volt has continued to lead the way for plug-in hybrids and faced very little serious competition. Neither …read more
The latest Plug-In Cadillac died as it lived: in obscurity
According to GM Authority, the plug-in hybrid variant of the Cadillac CT6 has been unceremoniously killed in the U.S. A Cadillac spokesperson confirmed this to GM Authority, stating “Although production of the CT6 Plug-In for North America is discontinuing for the …read more
Yes, Tesla is on that list, but so too is Chevy, Ford and Honda.
For electric cars, the way we gauge reliability has always been a bit skewed. After all, most of the models available on the market today, didn’t really exist until a few years back. Pair that with the …read more