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April 26, 2013
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World's First Chevy Volt Owner is Averaging 454 MPG (Video)
Chevy Volt In December 2010, retired airline pilot Jeff Kaffee become the first Chevy Volt owner in the world. Since then, Kaffee has racked up a decent amount of miles. But it's not the mileage on his Volt's odometer that's the story here. Rather, it's that Kaffee's Volt is averaging over 450 miles per gallon of gas consumed. A Chevrolet Volt Gets A ...
26 April 2013
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Tesla Announces 85 kWh Model S Service Loaner Program, End Of Forced $600 Annual Fee, Expanded Battery Coverage
Got Your "Old And Busted" Tesla In For Service? Now You Will Be Loaned A Top-Of-The-Line 85 kWh Performance Sedan While Tesla Works Yesterday, Elon Musk tweeted of a "new strategy" for Tesla, and that current owners would like it. Musk Tweet Foreshadowing Today's Announcement He wasn't wrong. Tesla will now stock, and loan out, fully ...
26 April 2013
Rob Llewellyn Takes A Spin In The Nissan LEAF Nismo RC (w/video)
The host of Fully Charged, which is a web-based video magazine, Robert Llewellyn recently took a drive in a Nissan LEAF Nismo RC. And because we basically love every Robert puts out, we thought we would pass the clip along. It is not everyday you get to hear what an EV with no sound deadening...sounds like. Some basics on Nissan's racing LEAF: same basic construction as the LEAF ...
26 April 2013
General
Setting the Record Straight on the 2014 Chevy Spark EV: Launch Date, SAE Combo Charger Details, No Fuzzy Torque Rating and More
There's loads of information out there on the upcoming 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV. Some of it's accurate. Some of it's way off the mark. Here we'll provide details, mostly directly from General Motors and its various websites, to "set the record straight" as is often stated in industry speak. Below we'll provide the most accurate, up-to-date info on the 2014 Chevy Spark EV. We've purposel...
26 April 2013
General
Video: Nissan Discusses NYC LEAF Taxi Pilot Project
New York City's "Taxi of Tomorrow," the conventionally fueled NV200 minivan, is coming to the Big Apple this fall, but ahead of that is the introduction of 6 Nissan LEAFs, which we'll call the "Taxis of the Far-Off Future." Nissan LEAF Taxi in NYC The NV200 will be the only vehicle that NYC cab companies can purchase going forward and Nissan ...
26 April 2013
Battery Tech
Breakthrough Battery Technology is Claimed to be 30 Times More Powerful, Charges 1,000 Times Quicker
Battery "breakthroughs" seemingly occur around the clock in this day and age. This month's "breakthrough" is next month's old news. We use "breakthrough" loosely here because most of these claims are questionable and, oftentimes, end up being vaporware. That may well be what's going on here, but just in case this "breakthrough" results in a tidal shift, we present the claims to you: scien...
26 April 2013
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RAC Report Predicts Future Market Share of Plug-In Vehicles Through 2030 in UK
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26 April 2013
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Tesla CEO Musk Tweets "Announcement of New Strategy Tomorrow...Tesla Owners Will Like This" (Update)
Is This a Supercharger Network Expansion Tweet? We'll be restless tonight as we eagerly await this "New Strategy" from Tesla Motors, which will most likely be announced later in the day tomorrow. Current Supercharger Locations (click to enlarge) We do know that "Tesla owners will like this," so says Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Obviously, ther...
25 April 2013
General
All The Plug-Ins That Beat London's New Congestion Charge Threshold
Now Built In The UK, The 2013 LEAF Will Be Exempt From Fees In Central London's Congestion Zone A few days ago we put out a report that London was reducing the congestion threshold to 75 g/km (grams per kilometer of carbon dioxide), down from 100 g/km, in central London's Congestion Charge Zone. Current London Congestion Zone This was p...
25 April 2013