Electric car maker Coda Automotive issued a recall for 78 of its electric cars due to improperly installed side curtain airbags. Electric car start-up manufacturer, Coda Automotive, announced a recall today of 78 of its electric cars because of a mis-installed side curtain air bag. The company says the airbags…
Electric car maker Coda Automotive staged a “Grass Station” in Culver City for educational outreach. What if you arrived at your normal gas station for a fillup and it was completely different? Coda Automotive published a YouTube video a couple days ago showing just such a situation. The company has…
A few days ago I wrote about GM’s CEO Dan Akerson talking about 200 mile driving range electric cars. This piece triggered an idea in the back of my mind, recalling the Osborne Effect, or the result which happens when a company announces the next generation product and customers stop…
Speaking to an employee meeting this week, GM’s CEO Dan Akerson talked about research between GM and Envia Systems developing battery technology which should allow GM to build 200 mile range affordable electric cars in the next two-to-four years. The two key hurdles to electric car adoption are price and…
Fast charging for electric cars should be a huge boost to electric car adoption, if there is widespread deployment of fast charging stations, and an announcement that REMA will begin manufacturing SAE DC Fast Charging plugs and sockets takes us a step closer to that day. Quietly in the background…
If range anxiety is the bugaboo of electric cars, Coda Automotive’s Aaron Cohen calls on automakers to build electric cars that inspire range confidence instead. The major concerns about electric vehicles are Price and Range, and Coda Automotive’s Aaron Cohen gave a presentation at this weeks Plug-in 2012 conference talking…
Falling battery pack prices will contribute to lower cost of ownership for electric cars, and a few years into the future electric cars could be cheaper to own than gasoline powered ones, according to a report from McKinsey Quarterly. A study released recently by McKinsey & Company says that, because…
An hour ago this normal everywhere intersection was full of police, fire and emergency vehicles. A few minutes before I had been in my house quietly writing a news article about a 500 mile electric car being developed in Denmark, when there was a thud outside followed by screams. When…
While the Tesla Model S has all the appearances of a luxury sedan, under the covers is the power plant of a sports car, as was proved last weekend when four Model S’s took the top positions in a large electric car time trial race. Under the sleek luxury sedan facade of the Tesla Model…
At a ceremony attended by Gov. Jerry Brown and other dignitaries, Tesla Motors made first customer deliveries of the Model S electric car, calling it the best car, period. Before a packed crowd that included Gov. Jerry Brown, NHTSA Administrator Strickland, and other dignitaries, Tesla Motors made the first deliveries,…
With the Model S launch around the corner, the EPA released the official ratings today, confirming the numbers Tesla published last month, unless ones mind remembered the other, much higher, range rating claimed by Tesla. With the impending official launch of the Tesla Model S, the EPA released its official…
An inconveniently unplugged electric car can leave the owner of that car stranded with an unexpectedly flat battery pack, potentially inciting Hulk-like rage, but following common sense etiquette can avoid a whole world of outrage. The rise of electric cars will give us new ways to accidentally offend others. An…
Because of its large battery, the Tesla Model S requires higher speed charging than other electric cars, and it turns out to have the most flexible charging interface of any electric car. Tesla Motors’ newest all electric car, the Tesla Model S, has a most interesting charging port that sets…
The Tesla Model S/X will have a proprietary charging connector with capabilities well beyond the standard charging connectors used today, but by going it alone could create problems down the road. At Wednesday’s annual shareholders meeting for Tesla Motors, amid talk of Tesla’s business roadmap, Elon Musk dropped some strong…
Speaking at the Tesla shareholders meeting on Wednesday, Elon Musk showed Tesla’s progress and business roadmap for the next few years, talking about the Model S, Model X, and the high volume production vehicles to follow. At Wednesday’s annual shareholder for Tesla Motors, CEO Elon Musk gave a business roadmap…
