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.
The massive 300-550 kg battery packs that go into electric cars are probably the most important component by far, just like the importance of an internal combustion engine to a traditional car. However, the journey that these lithium-ion batteries make when being produced is a very interesting one: from multiple (sometimes unsafe) mines in far-off … Read more
As we seen in our ‘how do electric cars work?’ article, EVs work completely differently to conventional, fossil-fuel powered cars. They are also starting to rise up and disrupt the car market like never before. They’re definitely interesting, so what are the advantages and disadvantages of electric cars? Let’s explore 15 advantages and 11 disadvantages. 15 Advantages … Read more
A fact that is drilled into our heads from a young age is that electricity and water do not mix. So your amazing plan of cooking toast whilst in the bath is not something you should attempt! But this raises the question of whether electric cars are safe in flood water type situations, or even … Read more
Electric cars are just some fad that cost loads more to buy than gasoline cars, so we’d never see an EV sell more than any other American gasoline car in 2018… right? EV range couldn’t be improving by 15-25% each and every year… right? Electric cars couldn’t match (or beat) the price of gasoline cars … Read more
If it’s raining when you go to plug in your (now wet) electric car charger, is there a danger of an electrical short, or even electrocution? I certainly hope not, but since water conducts electricity it’s something that’s understandable to wonder about: hence this article. The Basics All modern electric car charging stations abide by … Read more
The great thing about buying and driving an electric car is that you’re doing your bit for the environment… or are you? Some people claim that electric cars are actually bad for the environment. Is this true? Are you better off with your noisy, gas-guzzling 4×4 instead? The Basics When looking at the overall environmental footprint of … Read more
Electric cars are much quieter than conventional cars, so much so that they need to emit fake sounds for pedestrian safety. So in a utopian future world where every car on the road is electric, would pesky road/highway noise be eliminated? This article aims to find out. Some background Electric cars are quieter because they don’t … Read more
If you have looked around for information on electric car charging stations and plugs, you might have come across a range of different terms: level 1, level 2, type 1, type 2, level 3 and 4… CHAdeMO, CCS, Commando, GB/T, Combo 2, Combo 1… fast charge, slow charge, rapid charge, supercharger… confused? I was too! … Read more
Based on what various electric car makers have told us, and some rumours, we have written this guide which looks at all the exciting technology which is set to revolutionize EVs in the coming years. Brain-to-vehicle It sounds like something out of sci-fi, but increasing number of companies are looking at technology which can track … Read more
You may know that Norway is an oil-rich country within the European continent. But did you know that as a percentage of its population, Norway has 4x the green car sales of California, and in March 2018, green cars accounted for 55.8% of all new registrations? And throughout Europe, over one million plug-in cars have … Read more