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Kentucky electric cars now pay two taxes where gas cars only pay one

Baua Electric

Photo by Mobilus in Mobili on Flickr As of January 1st, Kentucky has implemented not one but two new taxes on electric vehicles, both of which are individually higher than what gas vehicles pay on similar units of energy. These rates on public charging are notably higher than the roughly 11% tax that Kentucky collects on gasoline (28.7

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Electric cars are cheapest to drive against gas cars in these states: new report

Green Car Reports

Electric cars still cost significantly more to buy than gasoline-powered vehicles of the same size and capabilities. But cars that plug in are almost always cheaper to run per mile, often by a significant multiple.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E GT tests its 1/4-mile mettle

Teslarati

Now that Ford has started delivering the Performance variant of the Mustang Mach-E all-electric crossover, the GT configuration is heading to the drag strip to test its mettle in the all-too-common proving ground for performance vehicles. The all-electric Mach-E ran a 12.657-second 1/4-mile at 100.02 1/8-mile: 8.03

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BMW i3 REx: Road-Tripping With 72 Electric Miles, 1.9-Gallon Gas Tank

Green Car Reports

There are drivers who view the limited range of an electric car as a limitation--and those who view it as a challenge. Only with the latter attitude would one BMW i3 owner think to travel more than 400 miles in a car with 72 miles of electric range, assisted by a small gasoline range extender fed by a tiny fuel tank.

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How to Evaluate the Efficiency of EVs: MPGe and kWh/100

Setec Powerr

With the progression of electric vehicles, an increasing number of people are looking to embrace this technology. Among these technical terms, two key ones are MPGe and kilowatt-hours per hundred miles. Environmental Protection Agency equates one gallon of gasoline to 33.7 kilowatt-hours of electrical energy.

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Electric Car Charging: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide To Ditching Gasoline Forever

EV Life

Electric Car Charging. One of the biggest shifts from driving a gas car to an electric car is how the vehicle is refueled through electric car charging. Think about charging an electric car as similar to charging your smartphone, which like an electric car, is powered by lithium ion batteries.

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Tesla dominates top four spots in most-driven EVs survey

Teslarati

Tesla dominated the top four spots in a new survey from iSeeCars , which showed the twelve most-driven electric vehicles on average per year, with the Model X leading the way. The Model X averaged 10,378 miles per year , leading the Model Y with 10,199, the Model 3 with 9,960, and the Model S in fourth with 9,340.

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