A few days ago, Tesla shocked the charging world when Elon decided to fire the whole Supercharger development team. These weren’t the people who maintain existing sites (thank goodness!), but they are the people who found places to put chargers in, designed the plans for the site, dealt with utilities, ... [continued] The post Is NACS As A Standard...

One of the hottest topics of the year in the auto industry has been hype about EV sales drooping, or at least not living up to expectations. How much substance is actually in that hype? Well, a little bit, but digging deeper, we can see that the EV market is ... [continued] The post US EV Sales Up 170% in 1st Quarter vs. 1st Quarter of 2021 appeared...

Actually, wait, Tesla still sells more electric cars in the USA than every other automaker combined. The company accounted for 55% of US EV sales in the first quarter. First, let’s look through some charts. Then, I’ll get to editorializing on this. The first two charts show the share of ... [continued] The post Tesla Still Sells More EVs In USA...

Hydristor in Toronto is proposing two long term energy storage facilities that use compressed air ajd stored heat to power turbines. The post Hydrostor Plans Two Large Compressed Air Storage Facilities, One In Australia And One In California appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Many people feel a need for long-range batteries when they buy electric vehicles, and that actually goes for new buyers as well as repeat buyers. I have to admit that I have a hard time understanding it unless you’re an encyclopedia salesman (not sure if those still exist) or go ... [continued] The post I’m Using Just 20% of My Tesla Model 3 SR+...

The auto market saw plugin EVs take 91.0% share in Norway in April, roughly flat from 91.1% year on year. BEVs alone took 89.4% share, up from 83.3% YoY. Overall auto volume was 11,241 units, up 25% YoY, a recovery over recent months. April’s best selling BEV was the Volvo EX30.  ... [continued] The post EVs Take 91.0% Share In Norway — Volvo EX30...