Ohio was the site of the latest battle in the war between Tesla and the auto dealers, and the subversives from Silicon Valley seem to have won the day. The Ohio Dealers Association got an anti-Tesla amendment added to Ohio Senate Bill 137 – an unrelated bill that requires drivers to change lanes when highway… Read more »
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EVs take 1.1% of California auto market
EV sales have cracked the whole-digit mark for the first time. Battery electric vehicles accounted for 1.1% of new vehicle sales in California in the first half of 2013, according to California Auto Outlook, a publication of the California New Car Dealers Association. Hybrids took 7% of the market, up from 6.2% in 2012, while… Read more »
Sales surge leaves dealers scrambling for LEAFs
With the LEAF selling over 2,000 units a month – quadruple its year-ago sales – Nissan’s factory in Smyrna, Tennessee is ramping up production. But it’s not fast enough to meet the demand from dealers, Erik Gottfried, Nissan’s director of electric vehicle sales and marketing, told Automotive News. “We’re going to be short on inventory… Read more »
Car dealers win victories over Tesla in two states
The parade of good news for Tesla suffered a little rainfall this week, as two state legislatures decided against it in its ongoing battle with the large auto dealers’ associations.
Ford Focus Electric is headed for dealers
According to Reuters, about 350 Focus Electrics will be sent to 67 dealers in California, New Jersey and New York over the next couple of weeks.
First Ford dealers certified to sell Focus Electric
Ford announced this week that the first 67 dealers are certified and ready to sell the 2012 Ford Focus Electric.
GM insiders explain why Ultium EV production stalled
As the popular narrative has it, GM, Ford et al are walking back on their electrification plans because EV sales have slowed. Seldom mentioned in the headlines is the fact that GM and others have very few EVs for sale at the moment, and have fallen way behind their putative schedules for releasing new models…. Read more »
Circontrol’s new Compact 80 dual EV charging station sports several new features
EV charger manufacturer Circontrol has added a new model to its Raption Series of DC fast chargers. The new Raption Compact 80 joins the recently launched Raption Compact 240 and Raption Compact 160 in Circontrol’s product lineup. The Compact 80 can charge an EV at up to 80 kW, or charge two EVs simultaneously at… Read more »
ABM debuts its first branded EV charging hardware and software
ABM is one of the world’s largest providers of facility services, including janitorial, engineering, parking, lighting, HVAC and much more. In recent years the company has added EV charging infrastructure to its offerings, and has installed over 28,000 charging stations to date. Now ABM has announced the debut of its first branded EVSE products, including… Read more »
EV charge management isn’t just for fleet depots: Q&A with Qmerit founder and CEO
Q&A with Qmerit founder and CEO Tracy K. Price EV chargers aren’t the kind of hardware that’s typically installed by the customer—whether that customer is a homeowner who’s charging one EV, or a company with dozens of charging sites. An EV charger deployment generally requires the services of an installer (and larger projects sometimes involve… Read more »