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To Buy Or Not To Buy A Used EV Market: Point/Counterpoint

CleanTechnica EVs

We’ve waited for this moment in the EV Early Adopter community for a long time: the gap in price between electric and gas vehicles is getting oh-so close. Maybe it’s the right time to convince our friends, family, and neighbors to take the plunge into buying a used EV. There’s.

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Greenworks’ 80V cordless electric mower has ‘gas-like power’ without the mess at $373 in New Green Deals

Electrek

Mowing the lawn is never a fun task, but having to go to the gas station to get fuel just to mow is probably one of the worst parts. Being electric, you won’t have to fuss with gas, oil, or other costly (and uneconomical) maintenance anymore.

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Ditch gas and oil with RYOBI’s 48V 30-inch electric riding mower at $2,299 ($1,700 off) in New Green Deals

Electrek

Are you tired of dealing with the noise, pollution, and headache of using a standard gas-powered lawn mower? Well, it’s time to replace that aging relic with RYOBI’s 48V 30-inch electric riding mower. Head below for other New Green Deals that we’ve found today and of course Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

Electric vehicles have historically received a bad reputation for concerns around safety. Issues like thermal runaway, electrocution, and reports of inextinguishable fires plagued the pioneering electric vehicles. Useful terms: Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle (ICEV) and Electric Vehicle (EV).

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Electric Vehicles Tantalizingly Close to Price Parity with Gas Burners

CleanTechnica EVs

The main barrier to widespread EV adoption, from a car buyer’s standpoint, is a very simple one: they cost more to buy than legacy vehicles. On a total cost of ownership basis, owning an EV is often actually cheaper than owning a gas-burner, as numerous studies have demonstrated (Would you believe it can be cheaper […]

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U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

Green Car Congress

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). The Postal Service said in February that at least 10% of the new mail trucks would be electric.

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Hertz CEO Leaves After Buying 100,000 Teslas

The Truth About Cars

But few are notable as the debacle at Hertz, a company which most gearheads know decided to buy tens of thousands of electric vehicles only to bin them at severely subvented prices. Now, the CEO is stepping down from his role. But they didn’t, so it hasn’t. And, as a result, CEO Stephen Scherr is out on his ear. million.

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