Tag: Electric Cars
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Getting paid to drive an electric car? It's possible...
Bottom line, if you live in a state that has good incentives and you take a short lease, it's possible that you could be paying almost nothing net, or even get paid, to drive an electric car.
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Chevrolet Spark EV to be priced $27,495 with lease starting at $199/month (119 MPGe!)
The Chevrolet Spark EV, the first 100% electric vehicle by GM since the EV1, is getting close to its launch date.
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Toyota increases lithium-ion battery production 6x to upgrade Prius
Toyota has been rather slow to adopt lithium-ion technology compared to some other automakers, but it seems like they want to catch up.
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Tesla to repay $465m Department of Energy loan 9 years ahead of schedule
Tesla Motors, famously called a "loser" by Mitt Romney, is on quite the winning streak these days.
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Milestone: U.S reaches 100,000 plug-in vehicles sold
In 2011, the first full year with the current crop of plug-ins on the market, fewer than 20,000 were sold.
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2013 Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid gets 5-star safety rating from NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has decided to test plug-in vehicles separately from gas and gas-electric hybrid versions of the same models.
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Honda extracts rare earth metals from used hybrid batteries, turns them into new batteries
Despite their name, rare earth metals aren't actually that rare, but they are important for a variety of green technologies.
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North Carolina tries to ban Tesla from selling its electric cars directly
North Carolina's legislators have proposed a bill that would make it illegal for automakers to sell their cars directly in the state. Of course the bill is supported by the Automobile Dealers Association, and aimed directly at Tesla Motors.
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Tesla Model S sells better than comparable models from Mercedes, BMW, Audi
In the first three months of 2013, more people bought Tesla Model S electric cars than equivalent (more or less) models from Mercedes, BMW, and Audi.
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2013 Nissan LEAF awarded IIHS 'Top Safety Pick' rating, again
Not a surprise, but when it comes to safety, we're not looking for any surprises.
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Consumer Reports: Tesla Model S is 'best car we've ever tested' (Score: 99/100)
As if things weren't going well enough for Tesla Motors today, they just received the highest score ever given out by Consumer Reports.
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Tesla crushes earnings expectations, sold 4,900 EVs in Q1, stock up 100% year-to-date
Tesla has released its financials for the first quarter of 2013, and while Elon Musk, the company's CEO, had said that it would be their first profitable quarter, nobody expected it to be that profitable.
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Nissan cuts LEAF price by $15,000 in Australia
The international pricing of various products can sometimes be very weird...
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California bill would guarantee open access to charging stations for all EV drivers
The bill guarantees that plug-in vehicle owners (either plug-in hybrids or fully electric) will get some transparency from charging stations in the state.
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Tesla hires Aston Martin's chief of vehicle engineering, considers Google's "autopilot"
Electric car-maker Tesla has been making lots of announcements lately, and thankfully, unlike Fisker and Coda, the news are rather good.
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Tesla improves Model S resale guarantee based on customer feedback
Gotta love a company that actually listens to feedback and implements changes that its customers requested.
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Tesla beefs up service with unconditional battery warranty, valets, and top of the line loaners
Tesla Motors has announced today that they're beefing up their already very solid warranty and services offerings for the Model S electric car.
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Tesla Model S expected to have better sales than Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF so far this year
Tesla Motors is also expected to announce its first-ever profit during the first quarter of 2013.
