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Personal: One in a Million

Clean Fleet Report

I think that’s fair since on a good day my 3 ½-year-old Chevrolet Volt has a 61-mile all-electric range, roughly comparable to a used Nissan Leaf or Fiat 500e. Chevrolet Bolt EV – 12,313. Nissan Leaf EV – 4,192. Nissan and Ford are expected to follow shortly. Tesla Model Y EV – 61,022. Tesla Model S EV – 6,532.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. This is the game-changer for our industry,” said Carlos Ghosn, Nissan’s president and chief executive.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Answer: Tesla already is making the fully electric sports luxury Roadster; Nissan will manufacture the five-passenger all-electric Leaf from late 2010; Fisker will make the first deliveries of its luxury Karma later this year; and GM’s Chevrolet Volt is a four-passenger hatchback due at some dealerships later this year.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Nissan Leafs, which were the first battery-electric vehicle to hit the U.S. But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. The last Chevrolet Volt had 53 miles of range.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Nissan Leafs, which were the first battery-electric vehicle to hit the U.S. But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. The last Chevrolet Volt had 53 miles of range.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

It is alarming to see comparisons of the Chevrolet Volt PHEV with battery electric cars when the comparison focuses only on the electric range and ignores the other important differences. In addition, the grid could ask for energy back from the batteries of a PHEV if the house or neighborhood need is at a high level for a short time.

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