When it comes to electric cars, companies that have been in the game longer tend to build more reliable ones. That should come as no surprise, but now there's data to back it up. If you want the most trouble-free EVs, the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model 3 are the way to go. Consumer Reports recently
The Chinese passenger car market noted another positive month with a 10% year-over-year increase in sales in September. Meanwhile, the plug-in electric car segment is booming, reaching a new record level and taking more than a third of the total market. According to EV Volumes' data, shared by Jose Pontes, some 636,000 new passenger plug-in
New passenger car sales in Norway relentlessly decrease. In September, the number of registrations amounted to 14,646 (down almost 19% year-over-year). That brought the year-to-date number to 102,761 (down 20.3%). The bad news is that plug-in electric car sales not only also decreased, but decreased even a bit faster than the market average. Last month,
Tesla has officially raised its prices for Supercharging in California. This isn't the first time the US electric automaker has raised prices, and it certainly won't be the last. However, since EVs are significantly more efficient than gas-powered cars, you'll still be saving money, even after the price hikes. Currently, electricity is less expensive than
California regulators last week approved a plan to ban the sale of gas-powered cars in the state by 2035, setting an aggressive timeline for reducing the use of fossil fuels that contribute to climate change. A nationwide transition from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles is widely viewed as an essential step toward meeting the country’s
While the United States mobilizes to transition to electric cars, cities and countries in Europe are transitioning to fewer cars. California recently announced its plans to phase out sales of gasoline-powers automobiles by 2035, as was widely reported in the final days of August. Europe months earlier made a similar announcement, according to an article
Italy’s EV market is not yet out of the woods, but things are starting to look up again. As European countries continue their long run to electrification, the continent’s fourth-largest auto market struggles to regain the pace it lost a few months ago. The latest Unrae stats for the month of May confirm the start
As the global EV industry ramps up and crosses into the mass market, automakers must switch their focus from speed to cost, according to the AlixPartners 2022 Global Automotive Outlook released Wednesday. The world is continuing to electrify, with sales of battery-electric vehicles set to make up half the global vehicle market by 2035, the
Polestar announced that it has begun delivering new Polestar 2 electric cars to Hertz, which already deploys Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y models. Hertz intends to deploy a total of 65,000 Polestar vehicles over a period of five years (13,000 per year on average), which is described as one of the largest single
BMW and Daimler, Mercedes-Benz’s parent company, have announced a new partnership to work together on the development of next-gen autonomous vehicles. The two German automakers recently announced a shared $1 billion investment in a program for all-electric on-demand autonomous mobility, but they have now also announced a new Memorandum of Understanding. According to a joint
