Electricity experts are warning of a more than 10 percent increase in demand by 2030. The National Grid has said that the increasing popularity of electric vehicles could result in an increased peak load on the country’s infrastructure of between 5 and 8GW by 2030. The infrastructure operator this week released its annual Future Energy […]
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UK Publishes Strategy To Electrify By 2040, But Not Ban ICE Cars
UK RELEASES DETAILED PLAN TO (MOSTLY) ELECTRIFY TRANSPORT BY 2040 A year ago, the UK government announced a somewhat vague plan to phase out petrol-powered vehicles by 2040. Recently, the country’s Department for Transport (DfT) released a detailed 46-point strategy to manage the transition. *This article comes to us courtesy of EVANNEX (which also makes aftermarket Tesla accessories). Authored […]
Tesla Provides Additional Details On Tax Credit Phaseout
The tax credit will exist in some form through the end of 2019 Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about the electric vehicle tax credit. Several car makers – including Tesla – are headed for the tax break. Ever since the tax credit was introduced in 2010, it allowed anyone that is purchasing a qualified […]
Curvaceous Electric Hypercar Looks Slick, Isn’t Real
Don’t worry, it isn’t venomous either. Electric hypercars are dime a dozen these days. Pininfarina has the “ultra-low volume, ultra-luxurious” 2,000-horsepower PF0, Alieno has the out-of-this-world 2,610-horsepower Arcanum, and Dendrobium also introduced the 1,800-horsepower D-1. Even more popular brands like Jaguar and Porsche (in cooperation with Rimac) has announced the intention to join the electric hypercar bandwagon. Little did we know, there’s another […]
Study: 60% Of Trips Were Less Than 6 Miles, Range Anxiety Overblown
This could be really positive news for EV adoption. Although there has been data showing the people’s commutes in the U.S. are getting longer (mostly due to traffic), the U.S. Department of Energy released some compelling information, complete with an updated chart. It turns out that about 60 percent of all vehicle trips in the […]
CATL expects to introduce NCM 811 battery cells next year
Chinese battery cell makers will try to introduce the NCM 811 technology first to gain competitive advantage.
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Hyattsville, MD Police Department Sends Chevy Bolt EV On Patrol Duty
Long range of the law. After working with the Maryland Energy Administration to obtain a Smart Energy Communities grant, Sergeant Richard Hartnett and the Hyattsville Police Department purchased a Chevrolet Bolt EV and two public charging stations. Harnett had wanted to integrate electric vehicles into their fleet for years. However, range and performance for most […]
Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Track Test: The Dawn Of A New Era
We drive the latest electric car to bring high voltage to motorsport. Here is the reality of watching a motor race. You stand at a wind-swept track, far from civilization. On the rare occasion it doesn’t rain, you will get sunburnt. Nobody knows who is in what position as the big screens are too far […]
Con Ed’s Nifty Online Tool Compares EV Cost To Traditional Vehicles
Go ahead and give it a try New York utilities Consolidated Edison and National Grid launched an on-line tool to compare electric car prices/costs with conventional models. As electricity sales to consumers is generally a stable market, plug-in electric cars opens whole new possibilities for the utilities – the volume could virtually double if every household […]
Electric Car Insurance Up to 60% More Expensive Than ICE In UK
Electric car owners in UK are charged up to 60% more for insurance than in the case of comparable conventional gasoline cars. According to the consumer website HonestJohn.co.uk, dearer insurance could be one of the causes that all-electric car sales in the UK decreased by over 3% during the first half of this year. The […]
