Unshackling The Automotive User Interface, Altia Tells Us What We Are In For

Credit to Author: Chanan Bos| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 01:57:44 +0000

Have you noticed how a lot of the latest electric vehicles (EVs) and concept cars have like 3–5 different screens in the car? Here are a couple of examples

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10 Top Characteristics Of Early/Short-Range EV Adopters — In My Experience

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 04:34:18 +0000

There are many people joining the electric vehicle (EV) movement every day, but we are still in the “early adopter” phase of the transition to electricity for transport. What does that make people who bought short-range EVs years ago? Super-early adopters? Ultra-early adopters

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GM Enhances myChevrolet Mobile App’s Energy Assist Features

Credit to Author: Loren McDonald| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:32:03 +0000

Chevrolet Bolt Energy Assist AppAs electric vehicle sales in the US grow beyond early adopters and Tesla owners, one of the growing challenges for EV owners is finding compatible and available charging stations — especially on road trips or areas where the owner infrequently travels

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Fossil Automakers Abandon US Monthly Sales Reporting

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 07:01:07 +0000

Now, 2020 has rolled around and a bunch more automakers have decided to ditch monthly sales reporting. Nissan (& Infiniti), Jaguar Land Rover, and Volkswagen (including Audi, Porsche, etc.) announced the change with press releases. Others didn’t seem to announce it but just stopped publishing the monthly numbers (Mercedes, BMW, and Toyota)

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Opel Ampera-e (Opel Who?!?) Wins January In The Netherlands — EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 04:00:15 +0000

With a sales rush in the last days of 2019, one would imagine January would bring a big hangover for the plug-in vehicle market. But turns out, it hasn’t. Yes, the Dutch plug-in market was down 2% year over year (YoY), to 3,184 registrations, but because the overall market fell even more (-6% YoY), the plug-in vehicle (PEV) share (7.2%, 4.3% for fully electric vehicles alone) actually grew compared to 12 months ago (6.9% in January 2019). So … why is this happening

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Top U.S. Electric Vehicles — 2019 vs. 2018 Best Sellers

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 02:03:07 +0000

Top U.S. electric vehicle sales of 2019 and 2018 reflect several different things and could show a glimpse into what 2020 looks like for some of these automakers

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We Should Thank The GM EV1 (And Its Death) For Tesla

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:40:17 +0000

Considering how much major automakers are struggling to develop their own commercially viable EVs and catch up with Tesla, it’s ironic that several of these brands did produce EVs back in the 1990s, but cancelled those models, leaving the field wide open for the California upstart

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The 2020 Chevy Bolt — GM Changes The Game, Again

Credit to Author: Robert Dee| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2020 02:20:46 +0000

In late 2016, the Chevy Bolt became the first affordable long range EV (electric vehicle), beating the Tesla Model 3 to market. As of this writing, in February 2020, GM has once again moved the goal posts. You can now buy a Bolt for around $26,000, underselling every affordable EV you can buy in America and having a longer range than all of them. Is it worth it? Let’s take a look

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LeBron James In “Quiet Revolution” Electric Hummer Super Bowl Commercial — Part 2

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:50:55 +0000

How did LeBron James’ celebrity endorsement of the Hummer EV during Super Bowl LIV change its gas-guzzling image

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