Plug-in electric utility vehicles aren’t reserved for luxury buyers, starting now. – Catalina Island, California There is a small audience for Mitsubishi vehicles in the U.S. While sales have been increasing – the company has experienced 75 percent growth since 2012 – Mitsubishi is still small potatoes in these parts….
2 weeks ago by Sebastian Blanco 53Comments
The idea of swapping the battery in your Tesla Model S is a dream that many of us thought had faded away. With the closure of the one and only Tesla swap station and CEO Elon Musk saying that when it was open, there was a “very low take rate”…
1 month ago by Sebastian Blanco 23Comments
What’s an extra bank of batteries among friends? There have been any number of creative ways to extend the range of an electric vehicle, from little trailers that either burn gasoline or have an extra battery pack so that you can charge up even when you’re nowhere near an electric…
1 month ago by Sebastian Blanco 32Comments
When you introduce a completely new idea in battery technology, expect to get laughed a bit. That was some of the Internet’s reaction to TankTwo when we learned about the unusual string cell battery concept earlier this year. Well, TankTwo didn’t take the derision as a sign to quit, and…
1 month ago by Sebastian Blanco 18Comments
The next major frontier in DC fast charging is 350-kW units. Whether it’s Continental’s AllCharge, future Tesla Superchargers, or Efacac’s combo units (to name just a few), EV drivers in the next few years will basically have all the fast charging power they will ever need. At The Battery Show…
1 month ago by Sebastian Blanco 40Comments
Few electric vehicles have had as long a gestation period as the Arcimoto SRK. Then again, few vehicles are as different in their design and audience, so maybe we should have expected this all along. Whatever the case, the little company that could from Oregon has sent out a short…
1 month ago by Sebastian Blanco 10Comments
On top of the lower price for each trim level of the new 2018 Nissan Leaf, the Japanese automaker is making the case that the electric car is simply a way better value in its new incarnation – and that’s not counting pre-order bonuses. Details on the three different trim…
1 month ago by Sebastian Blanco 76Comments
Got your sketch pen ready? Mahindra is looking to outsource the look of its upcoming M4Electro Formula race car that will be used in Season 4, which starts in Hong Kong in December. If you want to help color in the lines of the M4Electro, you have until September 18…
1 month ago by Sebastian Blanco 0Comments
One of the challenges in reviewing how an electric car drives is that you are almost honor-bound to use the word “smooth.” It’s a defining feature of an all-electric powertrain, thanks to the way a single-gear electric motor set-up moves the wheels. But, on the other hand, you can’t just…
1 month ago by Sebastian Blanco 44Comments
More miles from better math. Looks like the Honda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid will be more of an electric vehicle than previously announced. At the New York Auto Show this spring, Honda said the PHEV version of the Clarity family would have an all-electric range of 42 miles. Today, Honda sent…
1 month ago by Sebastian Blanco 56Comments
Half a million Tesla Model 3 reservation holders might disagree, but the reveal of the new 2018 Nissan Leaf is the biggest electric vehicle news of the year. The reason is not that the Leaf is a more important car than the Model 3 – we won’t get into that…
1 month ago by Sebastian Blanco 47Comments
Updates to electric vehicles that don’t include a range boost have been known to be quickly dismissed by devout EV fans. But building a better battery or improving a vehicle’s aerodynamics takes a lot of engineering dollars. Throwing some changes to exterior styling is an easier and cheaper way to…
2 months ago by Sebastian Blanco 64Comments
