It’s not you, it’s the Model 3 This past week, my wife and I were at a Tesla Gallery where she took the Tesla Model 3 for a test drive ahead of her purchase. The experience went well and she absolutely adored the car. I was eventually able to convince her to give me a few […]
Author: Wade Malone
These 10 Vehicles Make Up 84 Percent Of The U.S. Plug-In Market
Here are the models that have scored big in 2018 You might recall that 2017 was a fantastic year for electric vehicle sales. New offerings like the Chevy Bolt EV and Prius Prime helped push total plug-in sales to a record 199,818 deliveries last year. The Tesla Model 3 also launched in mid-2017, although production […]
Honda Clarity: The Rare Plug-In Hybrid That Gets It (Mostly) Right
Cars.com says the regenerative braking controls “make no sense whatsoever” Cars.com reviewer Joe Wiesenfelder recently spent some quality time with the Honda Clarity PHEV. Like the Chevy Volt, range is the stand out feature of the Clarity. These cars have double or triple the electric range as other plug-in hybrids. Officially the Honda’s popular plug-in hybrid […]
60 kWh Nissan Leaf Still Lacks Liquid Cooling According To Report
New Leaf is likely to have cooling similar to the e-NV200 The 60 kWh Nissan Leaf has been one of the most poorly kept secrets in the EV world for years. Up until recently, we had expected the reveal to occur in late 2018. However, the Japanese automaker announced last month that the reveal would be […]
Chevy Volt and Bolt Estimates: Sales Skyrocket In November
Chevy Volt and Chevy Bolt EV make up for lost time Because General Motors now withholds monthly sales reports in favor of a Tesla-like quarterly reporting system, the following InsideEVs Chevy Bolt EV and Chevy Volt sales numbers are estimates. We consider this information important to our readers and have decided to provide the best estimates we can. Our […]
MyChevy App Reveals Juicy Technical Details On The Chevy Bolt Battery
Reddit user digs into the MyChevrolet smart phone application and finds some interesting info While searching through the apk of the MyChevrolet app for unrelated reasons, reddit user hairy_tick stumbled across an interesting JavaScript file. The contents of which contain a wealth of information on how the Chevy Bolt EV calculates range, battery capacity loss […]
U.S. Department Of Energy Reports 1 Million Plug-In Vehicles Sold
Your plug-in vehicle is truly “one in a million” In the most recent “Fact of the Week” posted by the US Department of Energy, the government agency shared that 1 million plug-in vehicles (PHEVs and BEVs) have now been sold in the United States. This is of course not news to readers of InsideEVs since […]
Canuck Doesn’t Like Tesla Model 3 Winter Optimization Update
Tesla Canuck feels the Tesla Model 3 44.2 update was poorly thought out Recently, some Model 3 owners have had issues with the car’s frameless windows and locking charger connector. Both were prone to icing over in certain weather conditions. When this occurs, unplugging your charge cord or even just getting into your vehicle becomes […]
BYD Cancels Canadian Truck Plant After Ontario Scraps EV Incentives
VP of BYD Canada insists that the change in government policy did not impact their decision Last year, BYD announced plans to open a new electric truck assembly plant in Ontario. The facility was expected to open this year with roughly 40 employees. It would gradually expand over time similar to the company’s U.S. plant […]
Auto Reviewer Confused On Details But Enjoys Honda Clarity PHEV
The Auto Channel reviewer enjoyed his time with the Honda Clarity plug-in hybrid In the plug-in hybrid space there are really only 2 models that most EV advocates can agree can be driven as electric vehicles first and hybrids second. One is the founder of category, the Chevy Volt. The other is the Honda Clarity […]
