Let HERTZ put you in the [ELECTRIC] driver’s seat.

Long before iPhones and even fax machines, there were Hertz rent-a-car television commercials and print ads where a driver (sometimes accompanied by a passenger) would float down from the sky into a gas-guzzling Detroit behemoth (they were all sexy gas-guzzling behemoths) while a commanding male voice would intone the slogan: “Let Hertz put you in […]

Cheapskate EV Owner Secrets Revealed

My 2012 Nissan Leaf had an MSRP of $38,485. I purchased it used less than 3 years later with just over 9800 miles for $11,500. Now, I’m driving a 2014 Certified Used Chevy Volt (with a 12 month/12000 mile bumper-to-bumper warranty) that cost just under $17k (with 28k miles at the time of purchase) – […]

Electric Driving
in the Time of Trump

Politics aside, the question that should be asked is why would we continue to drive fossil-fueled powered vehicles if battery technology continues to improve? The price of gasoline has been “affordable” for some time now. But like any commodity, the price can be manipulated by producers and suppliers at will. If you’ve lived longer than […]

THE ISLAND OF TAU, ZERO MOTORCYCLES & THE B14 BY WORKS ELECTRIC

No reading or homework today. Just some interesting videos from the folks at SolarCity, Zero Motorcycles and Works Electric. •••••• •••••• •••••• ABOUT The Road Electric 360 DAYS EVs in Paradise

The Odyssey of Jaume Josa

Every year in June, driving their little Nissan EVs, four intrepid Catalan pioneers converge on the jagged mountains of Montserrat. This is the story of Jaume Josa, one of the first four Nissan Leaf owners in Spain. “Jein.” It’s a German word meaning both “yes and no.” And it’s the answer Jaume Josa gives me […]

Bad Boy

I get it. Elon Musk wants to talk Tesla investors into letting him buy SolarCity, and Wall Street goes crazy. The same Wall Street that packaged up toxic financial assets and sold them around the world without batting an eye. Buying SolarCity seems risky given Tesla’s cash burn. Anyone who knows anything knows that.1 Bad, […]

BEVS and FCEVS
are ZEVS but
HPVS are not

It’s transportation acronym time. ICE | EV | HEV | PHEV | BEV | FCEV | HPV First, let’s start with ICE – the Internal Combustion Engine. Modern-day ICEs are marvels of engineering. Fossil fuel is detonated inside a complex machine of hundreds of parts moving at fantastic speeds – an intricate dance of stress, […]

Follow the Road

The age of the electric vehicle has arrived. The Road Electric offers unique news and a fresh perspective on electric cars and alternative energy. Follow The Road. Are there really EVs in Paradise? Who is ELEKTRA? Get your NANOTUBE ready. Would you go on The Barton Park Adventure? Tiny is HUGE The Barcelona Double Wow […]

@TeslaMotors and the little-known barely-anticipated Model 3 Launch

The company Bob Lutz likes to pick on is at it again. First they gave us a little expensive Roadster that famous people drove around Beverly Hills. Then the luxury 4-door Model S and its insane variants. Recently a fortunate few began driving an SUV called X. And now this. The Model 3. The electric car for the rest […]