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All in opinion
Since COVID-19, travel has been turned on its head, and in turn, so have conferences, conventions, and shows…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Full disclosure: General Motors did not fly me out, wine and dine me, or otherwise persuade me to write nice things about its new Cadillac CT5-V sport sedan…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
General Motors has lately made a lot of bold statements about its commitment to electrification, all the while currently only selling one fully electric vehicle in the U.S…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Some may scoff at the idea of cross-shopping a Kia Niro EV with a Tesla Model 3, but when TheWattCar had the opportunity to test a Niro EV…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Automakers around the world that offer diesel models, and especially in Europe, where the powertrain has historically enjoyed the highest popularity, are now under tight regulatory scrutiny for emissions compliance…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
The current number and state of EV startups brings to mind the go-go days of the late 1990s and early 2000s dot-com era…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
We’re currently witnessing an interesting dichotomy in the automotive world. Plug-In Hybrids (PHEVs) were once thought of as the perfect compromise…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Until recently, automakers have groused that demand for EVs has been driven largely by government regulations, and that consumer demand is minuscule or nonexistent…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
For years, Tesla was one of the most contentious stocks on the market, with both the bulls and bears making their cases for why the company was dramatically over-or-under-valued…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
If you’re a well-informed EV enthusiast, it’s easy to get jaded when you hear news about developments that seem incremental, or when new EV models are introduced that fall short of the class leaders…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Over the last several years, there have been several pronouncements from the various charging networks in the U.S. about proposals for network interoperability…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
I test a fair number of new vehicles each year. Most recently, I’ve been spending time behind the wheel of a Kia Stinger GT…
BY PHIL ROYLE
One of the most persistent criticisms of battery electric vehicles is charging time…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
What was once a cutting edge green car has turned stagnant. But the Prius now has another problem…
BY STEVE THOMPSON
You’d expect us to be ardent advocates for the adoption of electric cars. And we are, for the most part…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
it seems some in the media, even outlets considered to be “progressive,” take a rather dim view of the prospects of EVs…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Electric cars currently only comprise about 2% of car sales in the U.S. In EV-loving California, that number is around 8%…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
While the rumors of a “Mustang-inspired” electric crossover were percolating for months, the fact that the Mach-E was actually branded a Mustang came as a surprise to many…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
In build up to the iPhone introduction in 2007, BlackBerry had become the status symbol of businesspeople, with access to email and the web in the palm of your hand…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Let’s get something out of the way up-front: I’m an unabashed fan of electric cars. I own one myself. In terms of passenger cars, they’ve gotten to the point where, for the most part, they’re fully competitive with internal-combustion equivalents…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
