Tech: Electric Car Charging: Everything You Need to Know
With the right equipment, some planning, and common courtesy to other drivers, you can navigate the world of electric car charging with ease.
How Green Are Electric Cars? Addressing the Concerns
The electric car has attracted a wealth of scientific research, and it’s in this research that we discover just how green electric cars are.
Top 10 States Offering Incentives for Fuel Efficient Vehicles
Here are some of the best electric car incentives offered in these seven (California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont) and other states.
Why We Don’t Publish Projections of Future EV Sales
The Danger of the Promise of the Imagined Future Automobile sales are difficult to predict, even in the aggregate, where you’re guesstimating total sales for … Read more
3 Steps to Getting Your Garage Ready for an Electric Car
These three simple steps of EV garage prep the issue and answer the question, “How do I prepare for owning an electric car?”
5 Reasons You Should Seriously Consider Owning An Electric Car
Five Reasons to Own an EV So you’ve finally made the decision to get yourself a new ride but the thought of an electric car … Read more
Honda Smart Home Integrates EV Into House
Adding eMobility To Zero Carbon Living Honda has a view of the future that might include not only plugging your electric car into your house, … Read more
Electric Car Charging Etiquette
Mixing cars that need to be plugged in with traditional vehicles has created a whole new interaction. Here are some of the rules.
California Helps Drivers Plug-in and Replace Clunkers with Cleaner Cars
To transform the vehicle fleet, you need to work on both ends — accelerating the purchase of cleaner new vehicles and the retirement of old clunkers. The California legislature is sending a package of bills to Governor Brown’s desk that does just that. Taken as a whole, these policies will ensure Californians at all income levels enjoy the environmental, public health, and financial benefits of cleaner, more efficient vehicles.
First Drive: 2013 Ford Focus Electric
The final decider between the Focus Electric and Nissan Leaf could be styling. For those who don’t want to show off their environmental leanings, the Focus EV is designed for the generic aisle of the dealership. Its styling is edgy, sporty, decidedly European and its green credentials are incognito. Tough choice, huh? But if you want to drive one of the sharpest-looking cars on the road while smiling to yourself because you have no personal connection to OPEC, the Focus Electric might be the EV for you.