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Crash and burn. That is the conclusion of the researchers at UK’s Rethink Energy. This article draws its main points from their recent report, “Russia’s war wakes sleeping renewables giants of post 2030 power,” with comments from me interspersed in between.Read More

Plug-in hybrids pollute up to three times more than advertised, even when fully charged, and emit five to seven times as much CO2 when the engine is running, according to a new studycommissioned by Belgian NGO Transport & Environment and conducted by the University of Technology in Graz, Austria.Read More

Introducing “Stu’s Electric Vehicle Universe,” a podcast from Stu Unger, who leads EVolveKY and is a strong supporter of Drive Electric Dayton.In this episode, Stu talks with the person who literally wrote the book on electric cars, Brian Culp. As the author of “Electric Cars for Dummies,” Brian was tasked […]

Tesla Model Y entered the service of the police in Langford, B.C., Canada. The vehicle will help save thousands of dollars in charging and maintenance costs and reduce the RCMP’s carbon footprint.Read More

In a major milestone in US electric vehicle (EV) adoption, California surpassed 20% in EV sales share in Q3 2022, according to data from S&P Mobility and the Alliance of Automotive Innovation. This means that during the period July through September, one out of every five new light passenger vehicles […]

With mere days away from the Super Bowl kickoff, GM and Netflix have posted the full 60-second commercial that will air during the second quarter this Sunday. The ad, which was teased by both companies last week, features Will Ferrell discussing and engaging with GM brand EVs in various Netflix […]

Endera, which manufactures mid-sized commercial EVs, just scored the largest state EV bus contract in the United States to date. Read More

A big portion of new car buyers are now buying fully electric cars. But more are buying non-electric cars. If you’ve been in the bigger, latter group, what’s keeping you from an EV as your next car?Read More

Jalopnik published an article boasting that “Driving 100 Miles in an EV Is Now More Expensive Than in an ICE.” That would be a very interesting update if it were generally true.Jon Witt writes that he heard a similar argument from another EV group recently, so he consulted the back of […]