Category: eV

New York City May Soon Set The Pace For Municipal Vehicle Electrification

California is rarely outshined as the leader when it comes to transportation electrification. However, the New York City Council is considering a bill that would codify a path toward a 100 percent zero-emission municipal fleet. This proposal would require the city’s entire on-road fleet, including heavy-duty trucks and specialty vehicles, to transition to zero-emission vehicles […]

Celebrating 15 Years Of Tesla Production & The EV

Tesla has officially been on the road for 15 years since the first Roadster rolled off the production line on February 1, 2008, and what a decade and a half it has been. In that time, Tesla has gone from a niche startup auto manufacturer to the innovating force behind the automotive industry’s shift to […]

Huge EV Fast Charging News from Denmark & Sweden

Electric vehicle adoption is jumping in countries around the world, but perhaps no more quickly than in Europe’s wealthier nations. Along with higher EV sales comes the need for more EV charging, and we’ve got some more good news in that regard here again. Denmark’s electric vehicle uptake has been growing strong — great news […]

Solar-Powered EV Charging from Electrify America

Electric cars are clean, but solar-powered electric cars are much cleaner. For years, many electric car drivers have been charging up with solar power at home, but solar-powered charging away from home is a bit more challenging. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said many years ago that all Tesla Superchargers would be solar powered — but […]

The Well Educated Yet EV Misinformed

Today’s story is inspired by my visit to the dentist. Before she filled my mouth with instruments and her assistant began the incessant sucking out of my saliva, we had a short chat about electric vehicles. She knows I drive a Tesla because I told her a few months ago when I suffered a broken […]

New Fully-Electric MINI Cooper SE Comes As Convertible For 1st Time

The MINI Cooper is one of the cutest vehicles in history. It always looks so stylish, and it makes one fondly think of a different era, or Bond films, or something else fun and mysterious. We just saw a convertible version today, and we admired how cool it looked. Incidentally, soon, convertible MINI Coopers we […]

BMW Ramping Up Electric Car Production, Including In Mexico

Just about every automaker on the planet is increasing its electric vehicle production to some degree in 2023, and BMW Group is no exception. In fact, BMW seems to be on a serious push to try to take more of the EV market. Naturally, it must know that its survival, and certainly its success, in […]