Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:17:35 +0000
General Motors has decided it is time to add plug-in hybrids to its model lineup in the US. We want to ask, “What took you so long?”
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:17:16 +0000
I’m one of those retirement-age folks who took up pickleball as part of my second childhood. Within two years I had wrenched my knee, and now I’m immersed in at least a couple of years of recuperation due to surgery and subsequent complications. Driving my co-owned Tesla Model Y during this time period in FL […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:00:05 +0000
In a recent video, Out of Spec Reviews asked a $25,000 question: What’s the best used EV you can get for under 25 grand? Like all such questions, there’s a lot to think about. Everyone’s needs, tastes, and situation is different, and every used car is different (some are much better than others, even though […]
Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 02:20:54 +0000
I get into social media discussions all the time about how electric vehicles are the future, and the number one concern used to be how you will charge them. But as charging has gotten faster and available at more locations, the biggest concern has shifted to cost. Since electric vehicles have lower fueling costs, lower […]
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 04:34:18 +0000
There are many people joining the electric vehicle (EV) movement every day, but we are still in the “early adopter” phase of the transition to electricity for transport. What does that make people who bought short-range EVs years ago? Super-early adopters? Ultra-early adopters
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:07:34 +0000
A few weeks ago, the EV folks on social media joined together to sing the scorn of a German engineering firm’s “Hyper Hybrid” — a modified Tesla with a reduced battery pack and a small range extender under the hood instead of a frunk. “Why fix what isn’t broken?” some asked. The general consensus was that battery EVs are the answer, while plug-in hybrids are a step backward. It’s not that simple, though
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 02:55:23 +0000
Back in 2015, when we shopped EVs and then leased a Nissan Leaf, we were the primary EV educators up to the point of sale, not the salespeople. Even during the test drive, we had more knowledge. Our grasp on the function and reality of electric cars seemed to overwhelm the salesperson. We passionately emphasized why we wanted an electric car. Our sales person remained less than enthusiastic
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 02:00:59 +0000
I drive a used EV. It’s the best car I’ve ever driven. The most energy efficient, lightest footprint vehicle (except my bicycle) I’ve owned, and I love the instant torque. It is smooth and safe. Best of all — it does not smell like gas vehicles, which give me headaches
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 03:00:41 +0000
As electric cars become more common sights on the roads (mostly thanks to the rapidly growing sales of Tesla’s Model 3), the focus in the mainstream media has shifted from explaining why EVs will never catch on to asking whether they are now a viable option for average car buyers
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 20:37:05 +0000
Any time a new technology starts to spread, it takes some time for a set of rules for proper etiquette to develop (we’re still waiting for this to happen with mobile phones). In some parts of the world, the availability of public charging has not kept up with the growing number of EVs on the roads, leading to frayed tempers and unpleasant scenes at some of the most crowded charging stations