Electric vehicle wave builds, but how big will it be?
After driving prototype electric vehicles from GM, Ford, Nissan, and Mini, plus the production version of the Tesla Roadster, John Voelcker brings us his impressions from Silicon Valley, Detroit and New York. The electric future may be less foreign than you imagine.
FEATURE: Driving the electric future
10 June 2009
After driving prototype electric vehicles from GM, Ford, Nissan, and Mini, plus the production version of the Tesla Roadster, John Voelcker brings us his impressions from Silicon Valley, Detroit and New York. The electric future may be less foreign than you imagine.
Costly electricity
22 June 2009
Prospects for plug-in electrics and hybrids continue to provoke much discussion in the industry. Last week, we heard that Daimler's electric Smart
UK: Smart’s electric dreams get 2010 production go-ahead
18 June 2009
Smart will put an electric Fortwo model into series production in 2010 after successful trials of the technology in London and other major UK cities.
RESEARCH: Market projections for EVs and hybrids
1 May 2009
Electrical propulsion for vehicles and the rate at which it could displace the burning of fossil fuels remains a question subject to large uncertainties. In a new report exclusively produced for just-auto, John Voelcker assesses the outlook for hybrids and electric-drive vehicles out to 2015. In this extract from the published report he considers the issues surrounding volume projections.
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