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Battery production, design modifications delay Tesla’s Model X S...

February 21, 2014 no comments

During an interview with Bloomberg prior to Tesla’s earnings call yesterday, CEO Elon Musk discussed a few interesting tidbits. The most significant revelation is that the Model X SUV, which wa...

Kia plans to enter US EV market with battery-powered Soul in 2014

October 3, 2013 no comments

The electric vehicle space is one that Kia isn’t new to exploring. Here in the US, however, the South Korean auto manufacturer has yet to get its foot in the door. But if all goes according to ...

Palo Alto to require wiring for fast EV chargers in new homes

September 30, 2013 no comments

Palo Alto is an ideal place for electric vehicles when it’s full of wealthy, tech-savvy executives. It only makes sense, then, that the city council has voted in favor of a proposal requiring t...

Tesla CTO hopes to reduce EV charging times to 10 minutes or less

July 17, 2013 no comments

Charging time is the bane of every EV driver; even the half-hour for a partial fuel-up at a Tesla Supercharger station can feel like an eternity next to the few minutes required for gasoline. Tesla C...

BMW i3 may reach the US in January, start at about $34,500

July 9, 2013 no comments

Americans have been jonesing for BMW’s i3 for awhile, but the automaker has yet to answer two of their bigger questions: when, and how much? Our colleagues at Autoblog may have the answers. The...

Tesla’s 90 second battery swaps will power EVs faster than gas p...

June 21, 2013 no comments

Tesla founder Elon Musk has mentioned battery swap service stations as an even faster alternative to charging for EV drivers, and tonight the company showed just how efficiently it can be done. In a ...