GM’s EV promo: One of the best 2021 Super Bowl ad spots
I am not a huge Will Ferrell fan, I find much of his material simplistic and juvenile. But the new Super Bowl ad for GM’s Electric Vehicle initiative is simply brilliant. It is so absurd that it is...
View ArticleDo statistics point to a limited future for EVs?
The Green Car Reports website recently published a story showing that EVs are driven fewer miles than cars with conventional ICEs. The story quotes Fiona Burlig, an assistant professor at the...
View ArticleHow important is EV Range?
The importance of EV Range. On CNET’s Road Show site, Tim Stevens just published a feature about Audi CEO Markus Duesman. Duesman had some interesting things to say about Audi’s future EV plans. But...
View ArticleICCT says used EVs will sell for the same as ICEs in ten years
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has published a study suggesting that as prices for new EVs come down, second-hand EVs will eventually sell for the same amount as used...
View ArticleNational Battery Day: Worth Celebrating
Yesterday (February 18) was National Battery Day. Had I known, I would have celebrated. You are probably thinking this is just another contrived holiday, in the same vein as national Pizza Day or...
View ArticleShell ready to add 500,000 Charging Points by 2025
According to a February 11, 2021 Press Release Shell Global will increase the number of EV charging points from the current 60,000 to “around” 500,000 by 2005. While the release doesn’t say how many of...
View ArticleJohn Gruber and Christina Warren talk Apple Car
John Gruber and Christina Warren can be heard discussing rumors of the long awaited Apple Car on Gruber’s The Talk Show podcast. The Talk Show is an offshoot of Gruber’s Daring Fireball website, which...
View ArticleGM EV Day: Major Announcements Expected
Tomorrow, March 4, General Motors will host another EV Day for investors and members of the press. At last years EV Day, GM outlined the company’s future electric vehicle plans. For EV Day 2021, it is...
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