April 2013 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card
April plug-in vehicle sales had a high level to shoot for this month, as March logged a year’s best 7,800+ electric vehicles sales, despite some lower than expected numbers from ...
Bob Lutz: I Want Fisker To Live And Succeed
Bob Lutz has come out in favor of Fisker Automotive; but in a “me first kind of way.”
Not so long ago, at the Detroit Auto Show (or NAIAS if you will), Bob and his partner, ...
National Automobile Dealers Association Whines Over $10,000 Point-of-Purchase EV Credit
Last week, President Obama revealed his 2014 budget proposal to Congress. For fans of plug-in vehicles, there were 2 items within the proposed budget worthy of mention: $10,000 point-of-purchase ...
2014 Budget Proposal Ups EV Credit To $10,000 Point Of Sale Rebate Thru 2018
When President Barack Obama delivered the 2014 budget proposal to Congress on Wednesday, it contained some long awaited changes to the current federal credit system offered on the ...
Sarah Palin Kicks Already Down Fisker, Swipes At “Losers” Tesla That Builds “Bricks” And Knocks on Chevy Volt – Musk Tweets
I know we should probably tread lightly on criticizing Sarah Palin, considering she currently has 3,527,381 Facebook likes, and over 33,000 specific ‘likes’ of the below ...
Say What? DoE Cuts Off $16.6 Billion In Advanced Tech Loans Amidst Obama Proposal Of $2 Billion More
In 2008 Congress approved (and funded) the $25 billion Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program to provide capital to fund US-based projects in order to meet higher ...
A Failed Gas Tax Structure Sets the Stage for Hybrid/PHEV Fees
As you may have read here the Virginia General Assembly, recently approved a $100 annual fee on all hybrids and plug-ins. They also did the following:
Replaced a flat 17.5 cents ...
Production of Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid to Increase Substantially in 2014
It’s not often that news on the Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid leaks out, but this time it’s pouring out.
Volvo’s diesel V60 Plug-In Hybrid just qualified for the UK’s ...
Indiana Next To Attempt To Tax Plug-Ins And Hybrids (Video)
Indiana’s state motto is “The Crossroads Of America.” The definition of a crossroad is “a point at which a crucial decision must be made that will have far-reaching ...
Volvo Owner Geely Now Leads Bidding War for Fisker Automotive
Last week it was Dongfeng, this week it’s Geely.
Apparently, Chinese automaker Geely has jumped into the lead in the bidding war for Fisker Automotive.
We’ll keep this ...
Scotland Goes Japanese, Government Funds Charging Points Every 50 Miles
Electric cars, along with their plug-in hybrid counterparts are best suited for small, densely populated areas; like islands or tiny countries.
The perfect example of this would be ...
2013 Electric Vehicle Sales Predictions, Can You Handle Them?
Editor’s Note: We get a lot of requests to do a piece estimating our sentiment for the upcoming year when it comes to projecting sales of electric vehicles; and while that ...
