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July 5, 2013
More Of The BMW i3 Spied In Germany Ahead Of Reveal This Month (photos)
BMW i3 - Practically Unveiled Before The Uh...Unveiling With BMW "officially" unveiling the i3 on July 29th and "officially" debuting the car at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show, is the German company intentionally giving us "unofficial" near-full looks at the car intentionally? A Better Look At The BMW i3 You bet. The jury is also "offici...
Predicting Growth in the Electric Vehicle Market by Examining Future Production Levels of Individual Components
There are several methods used in predicting future growth in an individual market. This is but one example. Inverted If we examine the predicted production level of one vital electric vehicle component, the inverter, than we should have some sort of gauge on the EV market as a whole. In a report titled "Clean Vehicle Industry: Power Electronics for Ele...
Volkswagen XL1 and e-Up! Compete in Silvretta E-Auto Rally in Moutains of Austria
The 2013 Silvretta E-Auto Rally is currently underway and several automakers have wheeled out plug-ins to compete. Volkswagen e-Up! But for Volkswagen, the E-Auto Rally is more of a coming out party. We'll get back to VW in a bit, but for now let's turn out attention to the Rally. Here's how Mercedes-Benz (yes, M-B has a plug-in that's participating in ...
Electric Vehicles Sales in France Double in First 6 Months of 2013
LEAF - the best of the rest in France During the first six months of 2013, sales of passenger electric vehicles are more than double what they were the previous year in France. The YTD number of registrations so far in France amount to 4,774 units (excluding Twizy), which is 210% of the 2,271 in 2012. Europe's largest electric vehicle market seems to growing despite t...
Nissan to Now Focus on East Coast of US as Automaker Looks to Drive Up LEAF Sales
I'm Heading East It's no joke that Nissan intends to push up LEAF sales in the US. Goodbye West Coast...Welcome East Coast In recent months, sales of the LEAF averaged a roughly 2,000 units. Nissan expects that figure to rise soon. Where will the additional sales come from? How about the East Coast region? Nissan spokesperson B...
Electric and Petrol-Electric Vehicles - a Book From 1908
Ted Dillard from The Electric Chronicles website recently dug up an interesting book title "Electric and Petrol-Electric Vehicles." This book, released in 1908 in London, was authored by Poynter W. Adams. It's written in plain language and presents the state of knowledge and applied solutions from way back then. At the time the book released, many thought that electric vehicles were ...
Canada Plug-In Vehicle Sales June 2013
Nissan LEAFs Lined Up to be Sold Chevy Volt Sales of plug-in vehicles in Canada may appear to be rather dismal, but there's some evidence (only rising Volt sales really) that suggests interest in plug-ins is on the rise among our neighbors to the north. If we exclude the Nissan LEAF, which was basically without inventory in June, then mos...
Video: Tesla Model S Battery Swapping, Supercharging and the Double Bind
What's a double bind? Honestly, we had no clue until we came across this Tesla-related video that describes it as a creative form of coercion often used in advertising. Tesla Teases The Supercharger Before The Webcast As it turns out, Tesla CEO Elon Musk must be well aware of the double bind, as he used it when showcasing Tesla's battery swapping technolog...
Nissan Exec Says Infiniti LE Delay is Necessary to Incorporate "Interesting Advances in Electric Technology"
Infiniti LE Concept over wireless charging pod According to Automotive News Europe, the head of Nissan global planning, Andy Palmer, says that hold up on the Infiniti LE is for two reasons: more advanced charging (wireless) and battery technology. First news of delaying the LE came about month ago from Infiniti boss Johan de Nysschen, who suggested that the hold up was more...
Nissan Considers Adding Brazil to Growing List of Production Locations for Automaker's Electric Vehicles
Completed 2013 Nissan LEAF in Tennessee...Will Brazil be Next to Manufacture the LEAF There's Tennessee, Japan, the UK and soon maybe even Brazil. The Nissan LEAF is currently built on 3 continents, but it seems Nissan is considering adding one more: South America. Nissan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rio de Janeiro State Government (and some other g...