Nissan Leaf vs Volkswagen e-Up! vs BMW i3 (Exclusive EV Reviews)
UPDATE: Full BMW i3 review here. I was able to test drive about 8 electric vehicles in Barcelona over the past week. I will have longer reviews of many of them in the coming days or weeks… as I have...
View ArticleElectric Car Owners — Who Are They? What Do They Want? Why Did They Go...
Here’s one of the exclusive posts I recently wrote from my information gathering at EVS 27 in Barcelona. More to come. Stay tuned… Understanding Electric Car Owners & Potential Electric Car Owners...
View ArticleNissan Leaf Is Kicking Ass In Europe
If you keep up with all the European electric car sales reports I publish, you already now that the Nissan Leaf is crushing it — in Europe as well as globally. Well, Nissan just put out a news release...
View ArticleRanking European Countries On 2013 Electrified Car Sales
I recently wrote a long piece on ABB Conversations regarding electrified vehicle sales in 17 European countries—with a chart for each one. It was a lot of fun and very interesting, but it also made me...
View ArticleBMW i3 Takes Crown In Spain (February 2014 Electric Car Sales Report)
Again, like Italy, Spain isn’t exactly blowing up in electric car sales. But as they say: you have to start somewhere. As in Germany, the BMW i3 has jumped to the top of the tables in Spain. Two much...
View ArticleEV Market Share Leaders (Top Countries For EV Market Share)
I recently figured out electric vehicle market share for 17 European countries, the US, and Japan for an ABB Conversations article I wrote (full disclosure: I am compensated by ABB for articles written...
View ArticleHertz To Begin Renting Nissan Leaf In Spain
Electric vehicles are gaining popularity worldwide, and Spain is the latest country to get access to rentable electric vehicles. Hertz has joined Spain’s Zero Emissions Mobility 2 All (ZEM2All) and...
View ArticleFirst Taxi Versions Of The Nissan LEAF And e-NV200 Delivered
The Nissan LEAF and its van cousin, the e-NV200, have started to become a common sight on roads all across Europe. Consumers and commercial buyers are warming up to the idea of EVs, and Nissan hopes to...
View ArticleSpain Finally Gets A Tesla Supercharger!
Tesla is building its Supercharger networks outward for core initial markets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Logical, but that has left the wonderful country of Spain Supercharger-less...
View ArticleNew Online Tool Helps Fleet Operators Decide When It’s Economical To Go Electric
A new online tool to help fleet operators (delivery fleets, taxi fleets, carsharing fleets, etc) decide when it makes economical sense to switch to electric vehicles (EVs) has been developed by...
View ArticleElectric Car Incentives & Market Uptake By Country
Incentives are an interesting thing. Sometimes, the ones you think will work the best don’t work too well. Sometimes, ones you don’t think will have as much effect end up having a huge effect....
View ArticleNearly 200,000 EVs Delivered In Europe During 2015
Nearly 200,000 electric vehicles (all-electrics + plug-in hybrids) were delivered to buyers in Europe during 2015 — roughly double the figure for 2014 — according to EV-Volumes, an EV sales database...
View Article7 Cool Electric Vehicle Charts From POD Point
As noted in this article, I recently interviewed the CEO and founder of POD Point, Erik Fairbairn. POD Point is the top supplier of EV charging equipment in the UK, so it has quite a bit of useful data...
View ArticleMadrid Getting Largest Electric Car Taxi Fleet In World
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Electric cars rapidly multiplying is good news. They clean up urban pollution (well, prevent more of it). With an expanding electric taxi fleet in Madrid, the...
View ArticleSpain Loves Tesla — Campaign To Lure Tesla To Build Factory In Paterna
With Tesla’s star now clearly on the rise, a great many countries and organizations around the world have begun working to ensure that they get their piece of things… While some of this behavior is no...
View ArticleSpanish Island Of Formentera Aiming To Ban ICE Vehicles
The small Spanish island of Formentera — a popular tourist destination during the summer months — is aiming to become (at some unspecified date in the future) free of non-zero-emissions vehicles,...
View Article500,000 Electric Cars Now On European Roads (Charts)
A total of 91,300 plug-in electric vehicles were sold in Europe through the first 6 months of 2016, making for a 21% year-on-year increase (as compared to the same time period in 2015), according to...
View ArticleTesla Comes To Spain!
Tesla has now officially launched in Spain. What this means is that those in the country who want to purchase a Model S sedan or a Model X SUV can now do so directly through the company’s online design...
View ArticleSpain Finally Gets A Tesla Supercharger!
Tesla is building its Supercharger networks outward for core initial markets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Logical, but that has left the wonderful country of Spain Supercharger-less...
View ArticleNew Online Tool Helps Fleet Operators Decide When It’s Economical To Go Electric
A new online tool to help fleet operators (delivery fleets, taxi fleets, carsharing fleets, etc) decide when it makes economical sense to switch to electric vehicles (EVs) has been developed by...
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