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.
Drivers and admirers of electric vehicles have all wondered at some stage…why aren’t OEMs like Nissan making use of improving solar power technology to improve the range and energy efficiency of their electric cars? Tesla makes its Solar Roof and Solar Panels technology, and Nissan also has entered the fray, selling its own solar panels … Read more
The Nissan Ariya is the latest upcoming all-electric model from Nissan, built as an electric SUV crossover model to compete with the likes of the Chevy Bolt, Volkswagen ID.4, and many others cropping up in this increasingly competitive segment. As we await for the official release and launch of the Nissan Ariya, which is coming … Read more
In the world of electric vehicles, Tesla is a bit like Apple in the sense that they just have to be a bit “different” when it comes to their chargers and connectors. In North America, the standard electric vehicle charging connector is the SAE J1772, often shortened simply to “J plug,” but also known as … Read more
Pressure from the government for us all to change our ways and adopt electric cars is growing. In the US, the federal government hasn’t taken the drastic steps that countries like the UK and other European nations have taken in setting a deadline, but some states have expressed their desire to achieve the same goals … Read more
When it comes to electric vehicle sales, it seems that no one can touch Tesla. In the first quarter of 2022, Tesla is outselling its closest rival, China’s BYD, by more than 2:1. In precise numbers, Tesla has sold 310,048 units, up 68 percent on Q1 2021, and BYD has sold 143,224, up 271 percent … Read more
A lot of people are interested in getting an electric car like a Nissan Leaf because they understand that an EV will bring numerous benefits that regular internal combustion cars lack. For instance, some are gleeful at the prospect of never having to visit gas stations again, or having to worry about gas prices. Being … Read more
As an electric car driver, have you ever been “ICEd”? In the automotive world, the acronym ICE is used to refer to internal combustion engines, and now this verb “to ICE” refers to the practice of drivers parking their ICE cars in spaces that come with an EV charger and are therefore really intended for … Read more
One of the most exciting things about Tesla upgrading to Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode over the Enhanced Autopilot was the ways in which it enriched the vehicle visualizations that appear either on your main touchscreen and/or on the instrument cluster depending on which model you’re driving. In particular, it was the release of FSD Beta … Read more
Tesla owners are doubly lucky in that they typically drive cars with a longer single-charge range than most other EVs out there, but also because they have access to the Tesla Supercharger network, something not yet available to all EVs — although that development is supposedly on the way. Currently, in the US, there are … Read more
The path to more widespread adoption of EVs is fraught with many daunting challenges. Right now, OEMs are largely living up to that challenge, pumping out new EV designs and models at an eye-watering pace. We’ll have no shortage of choice, it seems, if and when the day comes that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are … Read more