by Phil Jackson | Oct 16, 2024
Despite lofty promises from some quarters, self-driving cars don’t self-drive quite yet. While my Polestar is fantastic at keeping between the lines on its own, it also is quick to remind me to grab the wheel if it senses that my hand isn’t connected to the wheel. And...
by Phil Jackson | Oct 4, 2024
We don’t often write about our competitors in this space, but recently we came across some interesting news. In the US in September, the percentage of Toyota’s sales which came from electrified vehicles (hybrids, plug in hybrids, battery electrics) was 48%. Two years...
by Phil Jackson | Sep 9, 2024
Last week’s headlines from Volvo were all about their decision to relax their target of selling 100% EVs by 2030. The new target – given the slowing growth curve of the current EV market – is that 90% of Volvo’s sales will be EVs by the year 2030. While...
by Phil Jackson | Aug 22, 2024
Americans purchased 331,500 fully electric vehicles in Q2, an 11% increase over Q2 2023. Tesla accounted for 164,000 Q2 sales, but interestingly for the first time its share of the EV market dipped below 50%. The leading non-Tesla EV sales leader was the Ford Mustang...
by Phil Jackson | Jul 29, 2024
Even though there are numerous electric vehicles capable of covering over 300 miles on a single charge, the issue of range anxiety continues to be a barrier to widespread adoption in the United States.One interesting solution to address the concern of running out of...
by Phil Jackson | May 29, 2024
A year or so ago all you heard in the media was how adoption of EVs was skyrocketing, while in the present all you hear is that EV sales are cratering. The truth as always is somewhere in-between. As GM’s Mary Barra said recently about the US outlook for EVs: “I think...