It’s been five years since the first mainstream electric cars went on sale, yet the market remains tiny, with just 115,000 sales in the U.S. in 2015. The top seller was the high-end carmaker Tesla, which will unveil a new $35,000 car this week with the hopes of reaching a more mainstream market (see “Tesla’s Cheaper Model 3 Could Strain Charging Infrastructure”).
With the price of gasoline hovering below $2 a gallon, it might seem that Tesla CEO Elon Musk will struggle to reach the masses. But there are signs the mainstream buyer could soon become more open to plugging in, even if oil prices remain depressed.
Opel contará con una versión 100% eléctrica del Chevrolet Bolt, que se llamará Ampera-e y llegará en 2017
Con una inteligente estrategia eléctrica, General Motors (GM) traerá a Europa el innovador Chevrolet Bolt que presentó en el CES de las Vegas bajo la marca Opel.
Este jueves se confirmaron los rumores de boca de la presidenta y consejera delegada del grupo estadounidense, Mary Barra, que Opel lanzará el próximo año un vehículo 100% eléctrico al que denominará Ampera-e.
El mercado de vehículos híbridos y eléctricos gana peso en España progresivamente. Las matriculaciones de estos automóviles se han disparado en enero, con un crecimiento del 195% en el caso de los eléctricos y con una subida de las ventas para los híbridos del 44,6%, según los datos facilitados ayer por la asociación española de fabricantes de vehículos Anfac.
Apple’s Steve Zadesky, who has been overseeing the company’s electric car project for the last two years, has said he is leaving the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Zadesky, who previously worked with the iPod and iPhone teams, is leaving for personal reasons not related to his performance, the WSJ said.
It was not clear when the 16-year veteran would leave Apple, the Journal said. As of Friday afternoon his profile on LinkedIn still listed him as working at Apple.
El Consejo de Ministros ha aprobado el “Plan de Impulso a la Movilidad con Vehículos de Energías Alternativas” MOVEA. El nuevo Real Decreto que regula la concesión directa de ayudas para la adquisición de vehículos de energías alternativas en 2016, dota a la iniciativa con 16,6 millones de euros, y unifica en un único programa las ayudas estatales existentes hasta el momento a la adquisición de vehículos de energías alternativas, instrumentadas en los Programas MOVELE y PIMA Aire. De esta manera se continúa con el impulso que, desde hace varios años, viene dando el Gobierno a este tipo de vehículos mediante subvenciones directas a su adquisición.
Electric car owners get to enjoy a certain level of pride in saying that they never have to deal with gas stations and dirty fuel-filler nozzles.
Most of those owners would likely agree that not having to deal with cords and charging ports would be another great step forward, however.
Soon, if Nissan and several other automakers have their way, that day will come, as wireless (inductive) charging systems and smart charging controls will take away that “hands on” obligation—provided you park in designated charging spots.
cer might be better-known for its range of laptops, tablets, phones, and similar consumer electronics, but it has quietly lifted the lid on a brand-new product line — an electric, all-terrain vehicle (eATV).
The Taiwanese tech titan unveiled the eATV “X Terran” (presumably that’s not meant to be ‘Terrain’) prototype at the eCarTech conference in Munich last week, but the company didn’t reveal too many details. We have, however, now obtained some photos of what the vehicle looks like.
Apple Inc’s aggressive recruitment of auto experts as it explores building a car has left a promising, if financially troubled, electric motorcycle startup in the dust.
Mission Motors, whose sleek electric bikes drew comparisons to Tesla’s cars, ceased operations in May after losing some of its top engineering talent to Apple, according to sources close to Mission.
Although it has never openly acknowledged it is looking into building an electric car, Apple has recruited dozens of auto experts, many from car makers like Ford or Mercedes-Benz, which shrugged off the departures.
Originally scheduled to launch back in 2013, Tesla’s all-new Model X crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV) was unveiled at an event in California late Tuesday. The vehicle starts at $132,000 and goes up to $142,000 — making it more expensive than top-line Model S sedans. It marks the first entirely new car Tesla has launched in three years, and its third car to date (the Model S and Roadster being the first two).
