How do you drive an electric car?
If you can drive a conventional automatic car, you can drive an electric vehicle. It’s as simple as that. Sure, there are a few notable differences, but you needn’t fear getting behind the wheel of an EV for the first time. © Provided by Motoring…
Ask Eartha: Electric vehicles are the future
An electric vehicle charging station is pictured at the Frisco Transit Center on April 20.Sawyer D’Argonne/Summit Daily News Dear Eartha, gas prices are making me cringe. I’ve heard that electric cars can be cheaper to drive than my gas guzzler. Is…
‘Range anxiety’ makes electric car drivers less likely to be involved in road accidents
Chris Chandler, the principal consultant at Lex, told The Sunday Times: “If you look at the reduction in accidents from internal combustion engine, through hybrid to electric, almost the cleaner the car, the lower the incident rate. “There’s a high…
Richard B. Kolbas, 75, helped develop electric vehicles with Ford Motor Co. | Featured Obituaries
KOLBAS, Richard Dec. 25, 1945 – Sept. 14, 2021 Richard B. Kolbas was in the forefront of Ford Motor Co.’s modern efforts to put electric vehicles on the road. He had joined Ford in 1976 as an electrical engineer in Dearborn, Mich., designed high-voltage…
After Years of Waiting, We Have a Real Electric Truck, And Maybe a New Elon Musk
Rivian founder and CEO R.J. Scaringe sitting in a blue electric pickup truck, called the R1T, the first produced in the EV factory in September 2021 A real electric pickup truck has been a long time coming. Sure, we’ve had a couple in the past, made in…
Elon Musk upset over proposed Democratic subsidies for unionized electric car companies
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is criticizing House Democrats and the Biden administration for providing tax incentives for union-made electric cars that won’t help his company or others that are not unionized. Musk and other automakers say the tax benefit…
Lucid Air range, RAV4 Prime EV mode off-road, Rivian and Ford electric trucks: The Week in Reverse
Why did Tesla push back about an expansion of the federal EV tax credit? Which company’s electric trucks are ready for delivery? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending September 17, 2021. We…
Can an electric car be your everyday car?
It’s a measure of how far electric cars have come that, even a decade ago, it would have been hard to justify one as your everyday car. © Provided by Motoring Electric Can an electric car be your everyday car Electric cars were too expensive, offered…
Sohn: Electric cars can make Tennessee and America great again. And yes, you can find a charger.
You may have missed this bit of important news earlier this month — given all the necessary concern over COVID-19, Afghanistan, a local election and other breaking news. But here’s an encouraging development: Combined, Tennessee auto plants will…
Why Is This Happening?: Understanding the electric vehicle revolution with Dana Hull: podcast and transcript
In President Joe Biden’s vision of a greener future, half of all new cars sold in 2030 will be electric. As fossil fuel usage continues to take a toll on the environment, the need for cleaner transportation is more important now than ever.…