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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. If by 2015, 2.5

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The third phase will be released around 2015. In March, BYD chief executive officer Wang Chuanfu announced that in the first half of 2010 the company will sell only 100 e6 cars, to a taxi company in Shenzhen. The firm eTec got $100 million in funding from the US Department of Energy through the stimulus bill.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

The LEVC electric taxi might still be the only EV that both designed *and* produced on UK’s home turf. 67 POINTS (1ST PLACE IN 2015-2019) Claim to fame: maybe sometimes it’s good to chill back for a year at #2. 1ST PLACE: NORWAY, 68 POINTS (2ND PLACE IN 2015-2019) Claim to fame: FINALLY!!! Ok, if you made it thus far, then….

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