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Study: EVs cannot succeed without developing parallel supercharging networks

Green Car Congress

Electric vehicles cannot succeed without developing a nationwide network of fast-charging networks in parallel with the cars. Other automakers are collectively investing $200 billion in their new electric models. General Motors, the researchers said, spent $1 billion developing its first electric car, and another $1.2

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Mazda’s Electric MX-30 Being Pulled From the U.S. Market

The Truth About Cars

While the small crossover will live on in other parts of the world with a rotary range extender, mimicking what BMW did with the i3 with some Mazda-specific flair, the company’s first all-electric vehicle seems to have been a flop in North America.& The MX-30 EV (not to be confused with the CX-30) was always a compliance automobile.

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Driving Dystopia: Pickup Sales Are Probably Going to Decline in the UK

The Truth About Cars

For corporate automobiles that also see private use, benefit-in-kind taxes are calculated as a perk on top of the base salary. This is in addition to the Value-Added Tax (VAT), which doesn’t exist in the United States but assesses taxes on the “value added” in each production stage of a good or service in the United Kingdom.

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Electric Vehicle Adoption Divide Mapped

The Truth About Cars

The populace is split between gasoline-loving Luddites, endlessly bemoaning the current regulatory landscape and smug EV adopters who proselytize battery-powered vehicles with all the zealotry of a religious fanatic. Power looked into the latter issue, hoping to identify purchasing trends around the United States.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

In the United States, most of our use of fossil fuels is for transportation. Here in New York City, where we have a population density that supports a mass transit system, most of our fossil fuel use is to power our buildings. A critical issue in decarbonization will also be the role of the electrical grid itself.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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Are Rising EV Inventories Proof Nobody Wants Them?

The Truth About Cars

While this is presumably good news for people who have absolutely had it with dealerships marking up their products, some are growing concerned by how much electric vehicle inventories are outpacing their gasoline-reliant counterparts. That’s about double the average for gasoline vehicles.