I want to thank to good people of Tulare and Visalia, California, who generously offered to help me in an emergency. I use Gig car share in Sacramento and their fleet of Electric Chevrolet Bolts. While I have driven quite a few electric vehicles (EV) I wanted to know what its like living with one.Continue reading “Midnight in Chowchilla or How not to drive an Electric Car”
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With Sacramento Gas prices inching up to $4.00 a gallon. Electric Cars are looking sexy
There is no joy at the pumps these days . If your driving a mid size car in Sacramento a tank of gas could cost you fifty eight bucks,. If your driving a huge pick up or SUV nearly a hundred. The more we spend for gas the less we have for other things. Continue reading “With Sacramento Gas prices inching up to $4.00 a gallon. Electric Cars are looking sexy”
Watch Out Tesla: Hyundai and Kia is coming soon, like today
The 2019 Kia Niro EV The Hyundai Group (Hyundai-Kia-Genesis) is serious. Hyundai’s popular Sonata and Elantra models as well has Kia’s Optima’s and Forte has seen huge declines in sales. Like the most of auto industry, consumers are choosing SUV’s over passenger cars. With one exception Tesla. If you in any major city youContinue reading “Watch Out Tesla: Hyundai and Kia is coming soon, like today”
The Hyundai Kona EV is Coming to California
Actually Hyundai’s Kona is already here and is being sold all over the United States and Canada. However, the Kona EV (Electric Vehicle) initially will only be sold in the Golden State. The New Hyundai’s funky looking subcompact SUV was introduced last spring. Subcompact SUV’s are on fire and the Kona is what the strugglingContinue reading “The Hyundai Kona EV is Coming to California”
Tesla shows how (5th best selling car in the USA)
While drivers are abandoning cars for SUV’s Tesla has quietly become the best selling Luxury car company in America. Selling more cars than BMW, Mercedes Benz, Jaguar, and Lexus. Last month, Tesla’s Model 3 was the 5th best selling car in the US. This is not a misprint 1. Toyota Camry 30,141 2.Continue reading “Tesla shows how (5th best selling car in the USA)”
Electric Cars Are Evil (The Economics of Car Production)
2019 Hyundai Kona Electric By: John Voelcker\Greencarreports.com “Electric cars are disasters. They are evil.” Not something you’d hear every day, certainly not from a powerful executive in the auto industry. Yet those are the words of Ha Bu-young, head of the Hyundai motor union, both the largest and the most powerful union in SouthContinue reading “Electric Cars Are Evil (The Economics of Car Production)”
Zzzzzz Your next-NEXT car will be Electric!
Yes, your next NEXT car will be electric. A report from research firm,Bloomberg New Energy Finance says by 2022,” the report says, the cost of ownership of battery electric vehicles will fall below that of an internal combustion engine vehicle. Bloomberg projects by 2040 25% of the cars globally will be electric. In 2016, nearlyContinue reading “Zzzzzz Your next-NEXT car will be Electric!”
Volvo reveals plans to go all electric… and it’s going to happen sooner than you think
Volvo chief executive Håkan Samuelsson. Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT All new Volvo cars will be equipped with an electric motor from 2019, making it the first of the world’s traditional car makers to pull the plug on cars powered only by a combustion engine. “This is about the customer,” said Volvo Cars president and chief executiveContinue reading “Volvo reveals plans to go all electric… and it’s going to happen sooner than you think”
Why you might own at Tesla or and Electric car in the Next Five years!
By CityFella A few years ago the State of California approved rules requiring 15 percent of cars sold in California to be all-electric, plug-in hybrid electric or hydrogen vehicles. This means in your an automaker 15% of your fleet must be one of above. Compliance begins with model year 2018. Full compliance is expected byContinue reading “Why you might own at Tesla or and Electric car in the Next Five years!”
An Electric “HELLCAT”? Tesla’s S P85 D Somebody say zzzzzzzzzzzz “Hell Yeah, there Video!!!
Move over Hellcat….. The P85D HERE! Dodge Charger Hellcat Tesla’s S P85D Horsepower Continue reading “An Electric “HELLCAT”? Tesla’s S P85 D Somebody say zzzzzzzzzzzz “Hell Yeah, there Video!!!”
