The future's here, and it's shaping up to be a wild ride!
All-electric cars started being produced by manufacturers in the late 90s, but it has only been in the past decade where their production and sale have really started to ramp up – with some countries (like Norway) seeing over 50% market share of electric vehicles. However other country’s market shares are lower than 1%, and fossil-fuel powered cars still account for the vast majority of sales Worldwide.
So why the hype surrounding electric cars? Well, thankfully their popularity is growing, and the past few years has seen a definite uptick in interest, production and sales of electric cars.
In the ever-expanding world of EVs, there’s something rather interesting that stands out. Virtually none of them so far have been convertibles. This strikes us as odd because given that EVs are still in the higher-end niche of the automotive world financially, and given the proclivity of wealthier drivers to choose convertibles, it seems to … Read more
Some Tesla drivers have voiced concerns that their car’s air conditioning system is either blowing weakly or sometimes not at all. For some it has raised questions about the differences in a/c systems in electric and gasoline cars and what these differences could mean. In today’s blog, we’re looking at all things connected to the … Read more
Even when you can take advantage of federal financial incentives and rebates, buying a brand-new Tesla is a pretty expensive proposition, especially if you want the long-range abilities and all the extra luxuries that really help to set this brand apart. For this reason, many are opting to skip the depreciation and by a pre-owned … Read more
If you’ve owned an electric car even for just a short time, you are likely now quite used to the idea of getting back from work, plugging the car in to charge and then leaving it overnight. If you are still using your car’s factory-issued type-1 charging solution, then this is likely exactly your routine. … Read more
When you’re buying a used Nissan Leaf, it’s easy to get so distracted by the “big questions” of an EV like that, such as current battery capacity, range, the state of the interior and exterior, that you miss other more subtle yet crucial things. On your Nissan Leaf, there is an absolutely critical spot that’s … Read more
Read just about anything on an internal combustion engine and one fact will emerge common to all of those articles and other materials — the engine is a mass of individual moving parts all working together toward the goal of giving power to propel an automobile forward. The key phrase here is the “mass of … Read more
For quite a number of years now, the main fear behind making the switch from conventional internal combustion engines to electric cars has been centered on a single issue: range anxiety. The average gasoline car can get about 400 miles from a single tank of gas. As things stand, 400 miles on a single charge … Read more
Having a spare tire located somewhere within your car — often in a spare tire recess within the car’s trunk — is a kind of safety net against the nightmare scenario of a blowout resulting in the need for you to change a tire. The issue of spare tires has long plagued the discussions and … Read more
Arguably the biggest change of all when it comes to the electrification of modern passenger cars is the fueling. No longer do we “fill up” our cars at the pumps, and no longer are we forced to rely on a network of public stations to provide us with our fuel. Electric vehicles provide a new … Read more
Regenerative braking has been one of the most interesting and talked about technologies in the world of electric vehicles. Traditional friction brakes are very wasteful because all of the excess energy that is transferred outward from friction (mostly heat) is just completely wasted. Regenerative braking allowed that energy to be captured and used to prolong … Read more