Electric Vehicles (EVs) are different from the cars we’re accustomed to. They use electricity stored in the traction batteries to power the vehicle. They don’t use gasoline or diesel fuel. As a consequence, true EVs–those vehicles that rely solely on batteries without “range extenders”–can’t use the existing network of gasoline stations and gasoline pumps to “refuel”.
EV Articles by Paul Gipe
It was fairly simple really. Tesla was out. Too much money. At more than 100,000 the Tesla is well out … Read more
We’d been planning to buy a plug-in hybrid for some time. Just seemed to make so much sense on so … Read more
It worked. Ollie Danner’s Electric Car Pledge and his organizational skills are the reason we’re now driving an EV or … Read more
Technically, the Volt is a plug-in hybrid, not a pure electric. GM prefers to call it an “extended-range electric” because … Read more