Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:39:57 +0000
Continuing our series of end-of-month news roundups, below are seven electric car and electric SUV stories that no authors picked up but still seem worth mentioning
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 22:39:42 +0000
Volvo Car Group announced today that it is partnering with Waymo, the self-driving tech firm that spun out of Google (is still a subsidiary of Alphabet). That means Volvo, Polestar, and Lynk & Co. are all now exclusively partnering with Waymo on the self-driving side of things
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:05:02 +0000
As the delivery date for the first Polestar 2 nears, crash tests reveal how the car’s SPOC Block works to keep occupants and first responders safe
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0000
When we asked thousands of electric vehicle (EV) owners in Europe the top reasons why they got their cars, we got similar responses as in previous years. The largest portion of buyers in every country referenced the environmental benefits
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:00:02 +0000
EV owners we surveyed almost equally prefer a sedan/hatchback (car) or SUV/crossover for their next EV. The two options switched spots back and forth depending on the audience. Additionally, in each of these countries, respondents mostly preferred a vehicle in the D-segment
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:00:47 +0000
Perhaps the most fascinating new question in this year’s Electric Car Drivers: Demands, Desires & Dreams reports concerned the electric vehicles people considered but didn’t buy. We asked EV owners which other electric vehicle models they thought about buying before deciding on the one they purchased or leased. I was surprised to see how much people actually cross-shopped across classes while considering which electric vehicle to buy
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 15:10:09 +0000
Probably the most interesting question we asked in these surveys was one of the simplest: “What do you think your next EV model will be?” It is particularly interesting because it gives us a strong sense of where the market is headed, and combined with answers to some other questions (see the next chapter), it also tells us a bit about which features and specs matter the most to EV buyers
Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 22:52:03 +0000
When visiting the leading car shows in Geneva, Paris, and Frankfurt, the carmakers will take you on a journey, showing their grand visions about future mobility with vehicles that merge into houses, are lounges on wheels, or are just crazy, impractical futuristic works of art
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 02:01:39 +0000
Perhaps the most fascinating new question in this year’s “Electric Car Drivers: Demands, Desires & Dreams” report concerned the electric vehicles people considered but didn’t buy
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 03:00:26 +0000
From a brand new CleanTechnica report (published today), we have some insight into which electric vehicles (EVs) current EV owners are most likely to buy next*