Oct 31, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
Forget the 10 hours it can take to charge your Tesla Model X. A new battery, created by researchers at Penn State, can complete a charge in as little as 10 minutes. Described in a report published today in Joule, the new lithium-ion battery could...
Oct 23, 2019 | Electric Vehicles
Europeans who want to buy a Honda powered exclusively by gasoline or diesel need to act quickly. The Japanese carmaker announced Wednesday that it will sell only electric and hybrid vehicles in Europe starting in 2022, three years earlier than previously...
Oct 17, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Electric Vehicles
Hyundai does not intend to be left behind in the high-stakes race to build mass-market electric and self-driving cars. South Korea’s largest car company said Tuesday that it plans to invest 41 trillion won ($35 billion) into “future mobility...
Oct 10, 2019 | Business, Detroit, Electric Vehicles
Are electric vehicles good for the environment? I am slightly disturbed by how this topic has been politicized. I am not going to debate global warming here, but let’s at least agree that an excess of carbon dioxide (CO2) is unhealthy for you, me, and the environment....
Oct 3, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Government
Beginning this month, hybrid-vehicle owners in Washington state will start paying an annual $75 car-tab fee to finance electric-car charging stations they’ll never use. The little-known increase is labeled “Hybrid Vehicle Transportation Electrification” on bills...
Sep 26, 2019 | Business, Electric Vehicles
Last April, Elon Musk promised that Tesla would soon be able to power its electric cars for more than 1 million miles over the course of their lifespan. At the time, the claim seemed a bit much. That’s more than double the mileage Tesla owners can expect to...
Recent Comments