How much would you spend on an electric car? Twitter poll results

Chevrolet Bolt EV being charged outside Go Forth electric-car showroom, Portland   [photo: Forth]With a flood of electric cars about to enter the market and tax credits beginning to expire for some established brands the question of how much buyers are willing to spend for an electric car seems worth revisiting. Since the $35,000 Model 3 hasn't yet materialized, Teslas start at about $50,000 and up—and they make up more than half of all...

When will buying gasoline cars seem weird? Twitter poll results

Petro-Canada gas station, Crossfields, Alberta, with electric-car charging stationIn honor of Earth Day last weekend, we re-ran our story about when citizens might see cars with tailpipes as morally wrong, somewhat like they do smoking or polluting factories today. This year, we decided to accompany it with a different question in our Twitter poll: When will buying gasoline cars seem weird, if not necessarily outright immoral?...

All else equal, which Honda Clarity would you buy? Twitter poll results

2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid drive, Napa Valley, Caifornia, Dec 2017While it's not unusual for an automaker to offer several engine options in the same car model, it is unusual for those to include everything from a battery electric vehicle to a plug-in hybrid to a fuel-cell. Yet that is exactly what Honda has done with its futuristic-looking Clarity sedan. The car is now available in all three forms in...

When will buying gasoline cars seem weird? Take our Twitter poll

A Honda dealership in Erie, Penn. Earth day is coming up—as it has every year since 1970—and we have a new question for readers this year: When will buying gasoline cars seem weird? Electric car advocates have been anticipating for years—decades, really—the day when plugging in will be more common than filling up. Now that the United States has a broad...

Which electric car will sell best in 2018? Take our Twitter poll

2017 Tesla Model 3, in photo tweeted by Elon Musk on July 9, 2017OK, now the 2018 Nissan Leaf has made its debut, and we know the prices, specifications, and standard and optional features of the updated electric car with a projected 150 miles of range. Deliveries of the 2018 Leaf will start early next year, but meanwhile the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV has been on sale throughout the U.S. since the end of July and...