London Olympic Committee: EVs Are Gimmicks
We didn’t want a big fleet of electric vehicles. We’re only just over two years or so away from the games and time is running out to create a viable network. Many of the vehicles will be used for...
View ArticleToyota iQ EV Won’t Be Offered For Private Sale. Public Charging Chaos To Blame?
UPDATE: Toyota confirms: Recent reports have incorrectly stated that the 2012 RAV4 EV will only be marketed to fleet and car sharing programs. We’d like to set the record straight. The 2012 RAV4 EV...
View ArticlePlus ça Charge, Plus c’est la Même Chose Pt. 3: Tesla’s Supercharging Stations
A few months ago, BMW announced that it was throttling back (or should that be rheostating back?) on it’s “i” branded EV program, in part due to a lack of public charging station infrastructure. A...
View ArticlePlus ça Charge: Electric Touring
Note the date of publication is 1914, not 2013 While following the he said he said back and forth between the New York Time’s James Broder and Tesla’s Elon Musk, over Broder’s unsuccessful drive from...
View ArticleEarly ELR Adopters Receive Free Charging Stations
If you should become one of the early adopters who purchase a Cadillac ELR soon, the brand has announced that they will throw in a free charging station as a gift for paying $75,000 over the next 36...
View ArticleTesla S Goes AWD, Comes With Cheaper Batteries, Upgraded Firmware
During a Tesla townhall meeting at the automaker’s European headquarters in Amsterdam, CEO Elon Musk announced to owners that an all-wheel drive version of the vaunted S would arrive in showrooms by...
View ArticleTesla Charging Station Coming To Carl’s Jr. In Gila Bend, Arizona
Pity poor Tesla Motors. The General Motors recall crisis has knocked the electric automaker out of the auto industry headlines. There were times when half the news stories on industry feeds like this...
View ArticleNissan UK: Leaf Dominated EV Sales In 2013
Though consumers in the United Kingdom may not have been too interested in electric vehicles last year, Nissan says the majority of those sold belong to the automaker. Just-Auto reports out of the...
View ArticleStudy: US Better Off Funding EV Charging Infrastructure Over Tax Incentives
According to a new study, federal funding of EV charging infrastructure would do more to increase EV adoption rates than what tax credits do now. The National Science Foundation discovered that the...
View ArticleVolkswagen To Invest $10M In EV Charging Infrastructure Through 2016
Hoping to encourage federal investment, Volkswagen is putting up $10 million for EV charging stations to be ready by 2016. Part of that investment includes the previously announced partnership with...
View ArticleChargePoint Bringing Charging To Condos, Apartments With New Service
Live in a condo or an apartment and would drive a PHEV or an EV if only you could charge it? Charging-station producer ChargePoint might have the solution. The company’s Multifamily Home Service aims...
View ArticleMusk: No Interest In Tesla Battery Swap Facility From Consumers
How many Tesla owners have paid a visit to the automaker’s sole battery-swap station in the world? Not enough to keep the experiment going. During Tesla’s annual shareholders meeting Tuesday, CEO Elon...
View ArticleBMW, Daimler, Ford, and VW are Planning a High-Power EV Charging Network to...
Due to a wildly cooperative joint venture between German carmakers and the Ford Motor Company, owning an electric vehicle in Europe will soon become far more practical. Daimler AG, BMW, Ford, and...
View ArticleVolkswagen to ‘Electrify America’ With 2,800 EV Charging Stations
Volkswagen Group has been a quite the busy bee when it comes to bolstering EV charging infrastructure. In addition to breaking ground on Europe’s new fast-charging network before the end of this year...
View ArticleVW to Continue ‘Electrifying America’ With Help From Walmart
Volkswagen’s ongoing penance for its diesel-emission scandal includes a serious investment in to the United States’ EV charging infrastructure. But critics of the plan have previously suggested it...
View ArticleVolkswagen’s Electrify America Buying Tesla Hardware for EV Charging Stations
Volkswagen has agreed to spend $2 billion improving the United States’ adolescent charging infrastructure over the next 10 years as part its diesel-related agreement with federal regulators. As part of...
View ArticleColorado a Step Closer to Levying Fines on ‘Gasholes’
Your author tries not to create too much of a stir with his vibrant and eventful Chevy Cruze, but sometimes it’s hard. Still, there’s at least an attempt to keep the peace, ensuring owners of...
View ArticleVW’s Electrify America Sticks With Walmart for EV Charging Expansion
Roughly a year ago, Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America announced a partnership with Walmart to help proliferate EV charging sites across the United States. Equal parts penance for VW’s illegal...
View ArticleCaptain Obvious Arrives: UK Researchers Claim EV Charging Still Not Ideal
With Europe and China promoting aggressive emission mandates, including proposals to eventually prohibit the sale of internal combustion vehicles, electric cars look to be a shoe-in. The UK’s Committee...
View ArticleWe’ll Have to Build a Ton of EV Charging Points If Electrification Is Going...
If you hop around this country on a semi-regular basis, you’ve likely noticed that California seems better equipped to endure the onslaught of electric vehicles poised to reshape our society. For all...
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