A German magazine is reporting that the BMW i3 price will be between 35,000 and 40,000 euros ($43,460-$49,670) when it goes on sale in late 2013. According to Automobilwiche, the price was divulged by a source close to BMW. This price fits with previous reported estimates for the pending electric vehicle. The sustainable city car… Continue reading BMW i3 price will be between $43,000 – $50,000
Everyone who drives the 2013 Honda Fit EV loves it – it handles well, it’s quick, and it’s even more efficient than the Mitsubishi i MiEV. The Honda Fit EV is rated at 118 MPGe and has a rated range of 82 miles which is a few miles longer than the larger Nissan Leaf. However,… Continue reading Honda Fit EV Drive
Last year, Nissan was ready to challenge the world record for the fastest ever reverse mile. At the last minute, safety officials cancelled the attempt after claiming a lack of adequate testing made the attempt too risky. This week at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Nissan gets their second change. British stunt driver Terry Grant,… Continue reading Nissan re-attempts world record for driving in reverse
Last Friday, Tesla did the big Model S launch now that the Model S is rolling into production and out into the hands of buyers. At the launch event, chief technology officer J.B. Straubel announced that Tesla would be coming out with a 440-volt 90-kW supercharger that would recharge the 300 mile top of the… Continue reading Tesla says Model S can recharge in 1 hour and other interesting tidbits
Over the weekend, Nissan was accepting tweets as payment for cab rides in Nissan Leaf electric vehicles. Nissan said it was no skin off their backs to provide free cab rides since it’s 6 times cheaper to operate the Leaf over a conventional vehicle. The promotion was part of Nissan’s “The Big Turn On” campaign… Continue reading Free Nissan Leaf cab rides in London
Mid 2013, Nissan is planning on releasing the e-NV200 all electric minivan. After winning the ‘taxi of tomorrow’ program in New York with 6 already on the streets of the City, the Nissan e-NV200 is the only all electric van available in the US. Ford was producing a Transit Connect retrofitted electric minivan for a… Continue reading Nissan e-NV200 forecast to be commercial monster
Nissan is ambitiously expecting Leaf sales to double once the Tennessee plant comes online in December this year. The sales boost would give Nissan a change at hitting the 20,000 Leaf sales goal it had hoped for in their 2012 fiscal year (which ends March 31, 2013). The Smyrna TN plant will be ramped up… Continue reading Nissan Leaf sales expected to double when TN plant comes online
The EPA has finished testing the 2012 Tesla Model S, and it’s numbers are impressive. The Tesla Model S gets 89 MPGe combined (88 MPGe in the city and 90 MPGe on the highway). The range of the Tesla Model S has been declared at 265 miles per charge, which beats the Tesla Roadster by… Continue reading EPA rates Tesla Model S at 89 MPGe with 265-mile range
It’s been almost a year and a half since the Nissan Leaf was first available in the US and Japan. Now, the Nissan Leaf is available in Australia. Surprisingly, the Leaf costs $51,500 AUS which converts to about $52,400 US. There are also no government incentives in the country to help lower the cost for… Continue reading Nissan Leaf goes on sale in Australia
The BMW i Program is huge. It’s not just the name for the electric vehicles that BMW is planning to produce, it’s reinventing vehicles and how they are built. The entry level BMW i3 is supposed to cost around $45,000 but will have a carbon fiber body shell built on an aluminum platform. The i3… Continue reading BMW i3 electric vehicle on the rocks?
Consumer Reports isn’t happy with the Mitsubishi i and a recent article titled ‘With the Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car, range anxiety is included’ paints a sad picture. Consumer Reports comments that the Nissan Leaf is a much better electric vehicle than the Mitsubishi i Miev, stating the i-MiEV is ‘crude and uncomfortable just as a… Continue reading Real world range of Mitsubishi i is 59 miles, according to Consumer Reports
Last September, Audi debuts the A2 E-tron electric vehicle at the Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany. Although Audi never promised the A2 or even the A1 e-tron vehicles, we had thought it was a sure thing since BMW is moving ahead strongly with it’s i3 electric vehicle. However, according to Car Magazine from the UK,… Continue reading Audi says A1 e-tron and A2 e-tron will not make it to production
