USA / Global
September 25, 2013
California Governor Jerry Brown: "Mainstream America" is Now "Promoting Electric Vehicles"
Mainstream America Gets On Board the EV Train Last Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown attended an event called "Drive the Dream." Can You Get More Mainstream America Than Coca-Cola? Maybe Baseball...Hot Dogs and Apple Pie? This event—held at the Exploratorium in San Francisco—was organized by the California Plug-In Electric Vehic...
DUT Racing Clocks 2.15 Second Time in 0 to 62 MPH Dash; Is This Guinness World Record Territory? (w/videos)
DUT12 On Friday September 20, Dutch racing team DUT Racing attempted to smash the EV acceleration record at Valkenburg Airport with its DUT12 Formula Student racer. According to DUT Racing, the previous 0-100 kph (about 62 mph) record stood at 2.68 seconds. The DUT12 accomplished the feat in 2.15 seconds (or 2.13 depending on the source). This figure is not as quick...
Frost & Sullivan Predicts Electric Vehicle Sales Will Hit 2.7 Million in 2018
Nissan LEAFs Ready to be Sold It's future prediction time once again. Chevrolet Volt Looking For a Buyer Here, Frost & Sullivan is at the helm of these plug-in vehicle sales forecasts. Frost & Sullivan opens with this statement: "One of the key drivers of the global electric vehicle market is the reduction in the upfront ownership c...
Nissan And City Of Yokohama Launch Japan’s First-Ever EV Car Sharing Program (w/video)
Nissan New Mobility Concepts Take A Tour Of Yokohama, Japan Nissan teamed with the City of Yokohama—as part of the Yokohama Mobility Project ZERO program (YMPZ) aimed at increasing low-emission transportation options for residents of the city—to launch Japan's first-ever one-way car sharing service that utilizes only EVs. The car sharing service, called “Choimobi Yok...
Palo Alto City Council Approves Mandate To Require EV Charger Wiring In New Home Builds
New Homes In Palo Alto May Now Come Pre-Wired For Operation, Saving Would-Be EV Owners Hundreds Of Dollars Following an initiative first seen in Vancouver, Canada, city council in Palo Alto have taken the first steps to requiring new homes to come pre-wired for chargers, as the group has approved a proposal to change regulations. On Monday, Palo Alto Council members vot...
Toyota Turns to DirecTV to Pitch RAV4 EV at Targeted Audience
Toyota RAV4 EV Does Toyota actually want to sell more of its RAV4 EVs? Got One of These? You Might be the Recipient of a Targeted RAV4EV Ad Then It sure seems that way. Why else would Toyota team with DirecTV to target tech-savvy types in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego (the only 3 markets in which the Toyota RAV4 EV is sold)? ...
California Dreams Big by Sticking to Plug-In Vehicle Goal of 1.5 Million by 2025
It's a goal that was first announced in early 2013 and it's a goal California is sticking with. 1.5 Million or Bust California Governor Jerry Brown once again reiterated the state's positive stance on plug-in vehicles. In discussing the future of plug-ins, Governor Brown stood by California's target of putting 1.5 million on its roads by 2025. That 1.5...
BMW i3 Production Process Videos - Carbon Fiber and CFRP
BMW recently published all sorts of incredibly interesting (extremely detailed) videos on the i3 production process - step by step. First BMW i3 Getting Handed Over to German Marathon Runner One of most important parts for BMW's electric vehicles - lightweight materials - begins its life at the BMW Group and SGL Group joint venture SGL Automotive Carbon Fib...
Germany Expected to Fall Short of 2020 Target of 1 Million Plug-in Vehicles On the Road
While plug-in vehicles were definitely the stars of the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, Germans don't seem all that willing to purchase electrics, even though they were the highlight of the nation's only major auto show. Can the BMW i3 Change the EV Sales Pace in Germany? The statistics put Germany behind most of Europe in cumulative plug-in vehicle sales and the...
Here's a Look at Where Tesla Model S Sedans Are Being Ordered in Europe
The other week, we presented a map of some detailed locations of where Tesla Model S buyers are in the US. Today, we cross the pond and take a look at Europe. Again, this is not an exhaustive list, but is representative of where Europe's Model S buyers reside. Immediately apparent from this map is that the Model S is extremely popular in Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium. There's see...
Case Study: "Chevrolet Volt: A Disruptive Innovation Bridge to Electrified Transportation"
Chevrolet Volt Concept The following press release adeptly describes what the case study on the Chevrolet Volt is all about: "After a year-long research effort at General Motors, Presidio Graduate School Professor Dariush Rafinejad has written a case study about how the Chevy Volt was created." "The case study, titled Chevrolet Volt: A Disruptive Innovation Bridge to ...