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.
Window tinting is one of the simplest and most popular methods used to modify vehicles. Not only does it help to enhance the exterior aesthetics of the vehicle, but also provides additional privacy for passengers, and adds numerous protection benefits. If window tinting is such a popular mod and brings so much benefit? Why aren’t … Read more
Hey, Tesla owners, have you ever noticed that when you turn on your infotainment screen, there’s a strange kind of yellow tint around the screen border? The first time you saw it, you might have tried to clean it off, but then been a bit horrified when you discovered that you can’t clean it off. … Read more
Tesla and its founder are big fans of showing off their technology and innovations to others. They’re quite like Apple back in the days of Steve Jobs who just couldn’t wait to show you that mouse or those cool click-on icons he’d apparently invented and added to his new personal computer. In fact, Steve Jobs … Read more
One of the biggest areas of concern that people have when it comes to electric cars is how they perform in cold weather. We are told to no end that the cold reduces the performance capacity of the electric battery, which thus reduces the overall range of the vehicle. It’s all to do with the … Read more
In the not-too-distant past, Tesla owners have been asking questions about staggered tires/wheels. Most often they were asking how they might find out if they have staggered wheels or not. This raises a few more questions, of course, namely what exactly are staggered tires, how do they work, are they a good or bad thing, … Read more
In the current age, when we’re buying a new car, we tend to focus a lot of our attention on features and packages. When we were all buying internal combustion engine (ICE) cars, besides digital and technology features, we also took engine and mechanical features into account: cylinders, displacement, horsepower, torque, miles per gallon, etc. … Read more
People who own Tesla cars already will be familiar with the standard arrangements for keys and how they differ from regular cars. First of all, instead of a traditional key fob as a standard offering, Tesla owners get a pair of key cards — with more available at cost if required — which act as … Read more
Despite recent setbacks with the recall involving the Chevrolet Bolt batteries, sales of the Bolt EV have been strong since the car first arrived back in 2017. The Bolt offers utility, a competitive price tag, very strong range numbers which do a lot to assuage so-called “range anxiety,” and also a number of added packages … Read more
After multiple generations of driving cars powered by internal combustion engines, we’ve finally reached a time when a rapidly growing number of people are embracing a brand-new powertrain, namely the electric vehicle with a lithium-ion battery. These new vehicles are changing our societies in so many ways, from lower emissions levels to less noise from … Read more
The world of Chevy Bolt charging has become confused of late, mostly thanks to the nationwide recall of models now covering well over 100,000 models in the US. There were ideas on charging that were prevalent before the recall that have since been changed as new non-defective batteries replace the original ones. The multi-billion dollar … Read more