Racing Series Helps Show the Way to a Battery-Powered Future
Formula E, which will finish its season in Brooklyn this month, is a laboratory for automakers to work on problems like range, charging time and excess heat.
Tesla engineer leaves, Electra Meccanica e-Roadster, and oil vs electric-car charging: Today’s Car News
Tesla vehicle engineer Doug Field will not return to the automaker. Electra Meccanica plans a new e-Roadster. Oil companies begin fighting for a share of electric-car charging dollars. And financing for lithium may be more of an issue than supplies. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. Field, formerly Tesla's chief engineer for vehicle... Supplies may be less of a problem for lithium than financing, report
As if to confirm one of the biggest concerns of electric-car doubters, lithium prices have tripled since 2015. Not to worry, say those who sell electric cars, the world has no shortage of raw lithium; new businesses just need to jump into the opportunity to open new mines to extract more of the material. Things are not always as simple as they... Oil companies fight back for charging dollars
As electric cars begin eating into profit growth at oil companies, the war for electric-car drivers' pocketbooks has begun. Electric utilities are counting on supplying increasing quantities of juice, especially during off-peak hours to make their operations more efficient—and not insignificantly to boost revenues along the way. Oil... Electra Meccanica teases new-old eRoadster
Building a new car, especially one with four wheels intended to be sold in developed markets, is show-stoppingly expensive. A simpler approach is to build a kit car. Kit cars don't come with engines, so to make an electric kit car requires only selecting an electric motor instead of batteries. That seems to be the approach Electra Meccanica is... Tesla chief engineer Doug Field won’t be back
Tesla's chief engineer for vehicle production won't return from a leave of absence, the company announced on Monday. Doug Field started his leave of absence in early May, right after the company's last sales report to that time, when it announced that it had only produced a little over 2,000 cars a week in April. Musk had been promising investors... Electric SUVs, Tesla Model 3 in Canada, and electric Mercedes-Benz vans: Today’s Car News
The year 2019 is shaping up to become the year of the electric SUV. Canadian sales figures for the Tesla Model 3 are in following its May debut. Mercedes-Benz introduces electric delivery vans in Germany. And a new bill aims to extend the federal electric-car tax credits. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. We round up the sheer number of... Mercedes-Benz introduces electric delivery vans, with an app, in Germany
Vehicle fleet managers may be the first to convert wholesale to electric vehicles, because their decisions start and end with cost, and electric miles are cheaper than gas. Mercedes-Benz has made a commitment to offering a full range of electric commercial vehicles from minivans to semi-trucks. Starting with the smallest segment, Mercedes... Congressional Democrats file bills to extend federal electric-car tax credits
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Vermont Congressman Peter Welch has filed a bill to extend federal electric-car tax credits for 10 more years, just as the credits begin to run out on the two largest electric-car manufacturers, Tesla and General Motors. Both Tesla and General Motors are expected to reach their cap of 200,000 electric car sales in 2018. Tesla may already have. The... 2019 is the year of the electric SUV
In car terms, we're already getting rolling on model year 2019, and it's shaping up to be the year of the electric SUV. Until now, pure electric cars have consisted mostly of small hatchbacks or expensive luxury cars, with one ultra-expensive SUV, the Tesla Model X. With the rollout of the Jaguar I-Pace, consumers who want an electric car but need...