The article failed to mention that in California, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) have a HUGE benefit for drivers (compared to 'traditional' hybrids) : a plug-in (PHEV) can get a sticker that provides access to the carpool lane (allows a vehicle to drive in the 'car pool' reserved lane even if the number o...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-26/electric-cars-seen-cheaper-than-gasoline-models-within-a-decade Battery powered cars will soon be cheaper to buy than conventional gasoline ones, offering immediate savings to drivers, new research shows. Automakers from Renault SA to Tesla Inc. hav...

It's one of the Holy Grails for battery researchers and electric-car advocates alike: a battery that could recharge in the same amount of time as it takes to stop for gasoline. Some of that can be provided by charging at higher rates, as Porsche's proposed 800-volt system for 15-minute fast chargin...

Check out this quiz from Huffington Post - http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/quiz-how-much-do-you-really-know-about-electric-cars_uk_58eb5e75e4b00de141049ad9 The next 10 years will see the biggest cultural shift in transport ever, as we move away from petrol and diesel-driven cars and towards el...

The headline to this thread says it all. Not sure how to quickly respond as this is a huge subject. The battery to this day has been such an inflexible entity. We do read about innovation and progress in technology and science in regards to this issue but no ground breaking events have happened in a...

So this is becoming a bit of an issue now. We have all the media hype around added chargers in major and not so major cities. The individuals who don't drive or follow electric vehicles think this is awesome and convenient but in reality it is a massive waste of money. Tell me who spend 3 hours at t...

It will not let you over charge your battery in the same way a gas engine car tells you the gas is empty but that is not the case there is a little more to get to a gas station. I don't know if you left your car plugged in for days at a time what this may do but for the over night charge from empty ...

With so much access to information and people the innovation is endless on ideas to better improve the earth and the industrialized items we have all come to love and treasure. The conception is not what we are lacking but the follow through and actually making these items come to fruition. This ide...

Local news station 1130 reported on Feb 02, 2017 a new incentive to hand in your old car for a brand new electric vehicle is $6,000 and electric car buyers can now get up to $15,000 in cash incentives for buying a new electric vehicle

So we have "Tesla Killers" and "Prius Fighters" I found an article from Hyundai that states the Ioniq was never meant to be a Prius Fighter The reasoning behind this strategy is to try to attract buyers to the Ioniq who might otherwise never consider a hybrid. Hyundai says the I...