Volkswagen Adding 12,000 EV Charging Stations To Its Parking Lots
Over the past five years, the United States has developed a rather extensive electric vehicle charging infrastructure that includes tens of thousands of public and private charging stations, many for...
View ArticleGermany May Finally Support Electric Cars
Despite being home to a huge domestic auto industry that includes juggernauts like BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen, Germany offers little in the way of incentives for plug-in car buyers. There are...
View ArticleVolkswagen Passat GTE Is Volkswagen’s Next Big Electric Move
Originally published on Gas2. German automakers are producing plug-in hybrid electric models like bunny rabbits hump these days. They’re yet to put anything together that comes close to the Tesla Model...
View ArticleTesla Tops German Electric Car Registrations In June, But #5 YTD
The German electric car market is a fun one. Of course, German automakers have an advantage, but they have so many models on the market that there’s quite a lot of shifting around from month to month....
View ArticleEV Infographic Chock-Full Of Stats
Originally published on Gas2. I’m fairly turned off to infographics these days, as many are simply a lot of colors and squiggly lines with little substance. However, some really good ones come across...
View ArticleElectric Car Sales To Hit 1 Million In September
Globally, plug-in electric car sales (including plug-in hybrid sales) will hit 1 million next month, September 2015. Global sales reached ~910,000 at the end of June, and with ~40,000 plug-in sales...
View ArticleAudi A3 e-tron & VW Golf GTE (Same Car) Lead Germany Electric Car Sales
It’s no surprise to see that German car companies continue to top the electric car sales table in Germany, but after test driving the Audi A3 e-tron myself, I have to admit that I’m surprised to see it...
View ArticleEV + PV + CHP + Storage In One Building
Originally published on CleanTechnica. There’s an exciting project currently underway in the northern German city of Hamburg, being carried out by the German energy and IT company LichtBlick: An...
View ArticleShakeup In Tesla Sales Leadership In Germany
As Tesla has grown, it has shifted from a single Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Service* to regional chiefs of sales. Philipp Schroeder, who has been Tesla’s head of sales in Germany, just...
View ArticleNew Online Tool Helps Fleet Operators Decide When It’s Economical To Go Electric
A new online tool to help fleet operators (delivery fleets, taxi fleets, carsharing fleets, etc) decide when it makes economical sense to switch to electric vehicles (EVs) has been developed by...
View ArticleE-Mobility Index Finds EV Sales Growth Low Because Big Auto Isn’t Inspiring...
The “E-Mobility Index,” which examines electric car sales and model options in the world’s 7 largest automobile markets (Germany, France, Italy, the USA, Japan, China, and South Korea), has found that...
View ArticleKia Soul EV Takes #1 In Germany!
I love covering Germany’s electric car sales, partly because it’s a large electric car market, partly because the leaders change so much, and partly because it gets several electric models before other...
View ArticleElectric Car Incentives & Market Uptake By Country
Incentives are an interesting thing. Sometimes, the ones you think will work the best don’t work too well. Sometimes, ones you don’t think will have as much effect end up having a huge effect....
View ArticleBerlin To Munich EV Fast-Charging Link Finished
The Berlin to Munich electric vehicle fast-charging corridor has now been completed, according to recent reports. The new, German EV fast-charging corridor is composed of 8 different DC fast-charging...
View ArticleAudi: 2018 “Q6” e-Tron Will Be Nearly The Same As Frankfurt Concept Car
Audi is still going ahead with its plans to bring a ~300 mile electric SUV — by the name of the “Q6” e-tron Quattro — to market in 2018, according to recent reports. Notably, the production plans for...
View ArticleElon Musk Talking With German Government About Possible Gigafactory
Tesla may build a Gigafactory somewhere in Germany, as CEO Elon Musk has been discussing the possibility with the German government in recent days, according to Bloomberg Business. Musk has in the past...
View ArticleThe BMW i3 Came Out 2 Years Ago, How Are Things Going?
The BMW has now been out for a bit over 2 years, giving us the chance to look back with a bit of perspective (hopefully) and assess how things have gone. While it’s hard to say for sure what company...
View ArticleThe Mobility House — Renault Testing Smart-Charging System In Germany
Renault recently ran a testing round of a new smart-charging system — by the name of The Mobility House — in Germany. The testing round involved 11 Renault ZOE owners (who were also employees of the...
View ArticleUK Signs Up For New Initiative To Make All New Cars, Buses, & Vans Electric...
The UK government has agreed to work towards the goal of ensuring that all new cars, buses, and vans sold in 2050 are electrics as part of a new initiative that’s being supported by Norway, Holland,...
View ArticleOver 75,000 EVs Registered In Europe In 2015
More than 75,000 electric vehicles were registered in the European market in 2015, according to the most recent figures from Avere France. The top 4 markets in Europe for the year — Norway, France, the...
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