Feature: Rose Motorcars – Affordable EV Destination
The answer is to find a used EV. And in my community of Castro Valley, California, there’s a dealer that specializes in them—Rose Motorcars.
Electric Cars
Event: Chevrolet Bolt EV Autocross Experience
Chevrolet thought it would be fun (and they were right!) to invite automotive journalists to an autocross course in Southern California, to demonstrate that the 2018 Bolt is more than just a commuter and around-town compact.
Coming Event: Silicon Valley Reinvents the Wheel—Monday, Oct. 1
The event, the 10th Annual Silicon Valley Reinvents the Wheel presented by Western Automotive Journalists and the Autotech Council, will take place Monday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
Event: National Drive Electric Week 2018
Since 2011, a national electric car event has been held every year. Originally called National Plug In Day, it later expanded to become National Drive Electric Week.
Event: World Premiere of the Audi E-tron
he Audi E-tron follows the mold of the Mercedes EQC by presenting itself as a conventionally styled car, in contrast to the more radical styling of BMW and Tesla.
Event: BMW Vision iNext Reveal; Teases EV Technology/Plans
This week (embargoed to tonight) BMW flew around the world to give a peek at its plans for electrified vehicles beginning next year and revealed a concept vehicle, the BMW Vision iNext.
News: 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC 400 4Matic Electric Crossover Debuts
The 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC 400 4Matic is an all-wheel-drive, all-electric crossover SUV that Mercedes says it estimates will get about 280 miles per charge.
Personal: A Dose of Climate Reality
Here is the mission of The Climate Reality Project: “Our mission is to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every level of society.”
Event: 2018 Pebble Beach EV Recap
What started off as a trickle a few years ago has become a torrent of a new EVs, new manufacturers and new technologies. Clean Fleet Report was there the entire week, and here are the new BEVs and PHEVs we found at Pebble Beach EV Week.
News: Top Five Trade-ins for Tesla Model 3
During the recent quarterly earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk mentioned the top five trade-in cars that are being traded in by buyers of the new Model 3.