USA / Global
October 9, 2013
Tesla Supercharger Now Online in Columbus, Texas
"Our Columbus Supercharger is now open, enabling owners to travel free between Houston, Austin & San Antonio." We Celebrate Supercharger Installs Says Tesla Motors via its Facebook page. That Columbus Supercharger site is number 27 in the US by our count. Specific details on the Columbus Supercharger station are as follows: Columbus Supercharger ...
Toyota Prices 2014 Prius Plug-In Hybrid Below $30,000
For 2014, Toyota decided to lop some money off the price of the Prius Plug-In Hybrid. Plug-In Hybrid Prius Gets a Price Chop for 2014 Now, less than $30,000 ($29,990) can get you behind the wheel of the plug-in Prius. No features were deleted by Toyota to drop the price. Or, as Toyota says, "This price repositioning on the base Prius Plug-in Hybrid is n...
By End Of March, Nissan Will Add 700 More Quick Chargers in Japan
Japan needs to improve the quick charging infrastructure because....um...we'd rather not see any of the island appear when we view the quick-charge map When announcing that over 30,000 LEAFs had been sold in Japan, Nissan slipped in that it'll be using government subsidies during the second half of fiscal year 2013 to install 700 dc quick chargers at is dealerships in Japan. ...
Mitsubishi Minicab-MiEV Cow Edition...Yes Cow Edition (w/video)
Electric cows cars approaching Recent research conducted on the Japanese electric vehicle market must indicate that sales could highly increase if manufacturers introduce cow edition EVs. Such vehicles should have similar painting and "angular buttocks design" to cows and make sounds like "moo." This research seems to come from what middle-aged Japanese business people sa...
Introducing Wireless Charging Via Manhole Covers (video)
While there currently are no production electric vehicles that can accept a wireless charge right off the dealer lot, there are companies (such as Bosch with Plugless Power) that have made after market equipment to allow cars such as the Nissan LEAF and Chevy Volt to accept a remote charge. The first production vehicle to come equipped with wireless inductive charging will likely be from...
Tesla Model S Soars to Top of EV Sales Chart in Denmark
On top of the sales charts in Norway and now leading the EV sales race in Denmark, the Tesla Model S is surely making waves in Europe. Nissan LEAF #2 In Denmark, Model S sales in September (the first full month of sales for the Model S there) checked in at 42 units. Sounds paltry, right? Well, it isn't. The next nearest electric was the Nissan LEAF ...
Video: Is Tesla's Future Outlook Declining Due to Upcoming Competition From the Likes of BMW and Audi?
We could try our darndest to explain what's being discussed in this here video, but we'd still miss all of the finer points hit on in this somewhat heated discussion of what lies ahead for Tesla Motors. We're Doubtful Musk is Concerned With the EV Efforts Put Forth by BMW or Audi Here are just a few highlights of the topics discussed: Should you sell Tes...
Norwegians Buying "Used" Tesla Model S Sedans at Prices Higher Than New to Avoid 5-Month Wait
The Tesla Model S is hotter than hot in Norway. How hot is it, you ask? The Tesla Model S was the top-selling vehicle in Norway in September, but that doesn't begin to tell the whole story. According the Reuters, some current Model S owners in Norway are posting their vehicles "For Sale" in the classifieds. Quoting Reuters: "One of those secondhand buyers, 27-years-old financial con...
Turns Out We Can Completely Power Electric Vehicles With Energy Saved in Our Own Homes
Energy Savings Target Chart The U.S. is set to construct roughly 60 billion square feet of new buildings by 2030. But when Edward Mazria of Architecture 2030 looked at projections for electricity consumption in those buildings, he found something surprising: energy needs are actually falling. In theory, that means we won't need to develop new power plants to service those build...
German Psychologist Says Range Anxiety Becomes Less Real After 3 Months of Driving Electric
Once behind the wheel of a pure electric vehicle, who long does it take for any trace of range anxiety to vanish forever? That's the question that German psychologist Thomas Franke set out to answer in a recent trial. The doctors full findings will be posted in an upcoming issue of Transport Policy, but for now we do have access to the summary and some additional details. Franke condu...