When will major buyer demand for electric cars arrive? Poll results

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric cars outside dealership    [photo: Patrick Reid]With modern electric cars about to enter their eighth year on sale, they remain a tiny fraction of the North American and global markets. While plug-in models now make up almost 1 of every 20 vehicles sold in California, in the U.S. overall and globally it's more like 1 percent. The hurdles to getting shoppers to consider electric cars are...

ChargePoint to manage GE’s electric-car charging network

2014 BMW i3 REx fast-charging at Chargepoint site, June 2016  [photo: Tom Moloughney]The ChargePoint electric-car charging network announced today that it will take over management and operation of General Electric's charging network. GE's network currently numbers 1,800 commercial and roughly 8,000 residential charging sites, made up of its DuraStations and WattStations. They will be added to the 35,900 privately owned charge...

Tesla finds Chinese production site for electric cars: Shanghai

Tour of Tesla battery gigafactory for invited owners, Reno, Nevada, July 2016Tesla is closing in on a deal to begin production of its cars in China, after it signed a preliminary agreement to explore building cars near the major city of Shanghai. By signing the preliminary agreement, Tesla will begin the first step towards local production in China, a move that would significantly lower costs. More importantly, it will...

Drive a Chevy Bolt EV electric car 313 miles on a charge: here’s how

Chevy Bolt EV fast-charging at EVgo station before trip across Maryland    [image: Brian Ro]Electric-car range is a funny thing. It is rated by the EPA, and most people focus on that combined figure, though an individual's use may greatly affect the car's actual range. Gentle drivers who drive mostly at lower speeds can greatly outdo that combined range, while steady driving at maximum highway speed will cut a significant percentage off...

Electric-car noise rules to be canceled under Trump deregulation plan?

Chevrolet Bolt EV self-driving prototypeModern electric cars have been on U.S. roads for seven years or so, and owners love their smooth, quiet, close to noise-free operation. That silence has been a bone of contention for even longer, however, since hybrids operating purely on battery power are similarly quiet. For years, the U.S. Department of Transportation was charged with drafting...

Chargeway: the best electric-car idea you’ve never heard of

Chargeway electric-car charging symbols for Chevrolet Volt, BMW i3, Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model SPretty much everyone knows how to put fuel into a conventional car. You pull up to the pump, open the vehicle's fuel door, put in a credit card, select diesel or one of three grades of gasoline, lift the hose, and pump. (In New Jersey and Oregon, someone else does this for you.) Electric-car charging isn't quite that simple. DON'T MISS: Car buyers...