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A 2025 Cadillac OPTIQAnnouncements

General Motors EV Sales Skyrocket in July

The Chevrolet Equinox EV drives General Motors sales up over 19,000 units for July. That’s a monthly milestone, up 115 percent year-over-year.

Dave Nichols2 min read
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Used EV Demand Surges Ahead of Federal Tax Credit Deadline

A recent report focuses on the used EV market in America from the first quarter of 2025. It shows that used EV inventory has risen up 50 percent year-over-year. Interesting, used EV sales are catching up with the sale of used gasoline-powered cars!

Dave Nichols3 min read
A women charging an ev carAnnouncements

EV Charging Networks Blast Off

So far this year, America’s EV charging market is on the move in really positive ways. The ability to charge your electric vehicle is growing by leaps and bounds from coast-to-coast, making it faster and easier to top off your EV battery with electrons.

Dave Nichols3 min read
Mercedes Solid State Battery demoAnnouncements

Mercedes solid-state batteries coming by 2030

Ready for 25 to 40 percent more range, better safety and faster charging? Mercedes-Benz will be using solid-state batteries in their EVs by 2030. Here’s the scoop!

Dave Nichols3 min read
A 2025 Cadillac Optiq HeroAnnouncements

General Motors EVs Lead the Way

General Motors recently revealed that Chevrolet is the number two EV brand in America and Cadillac is leads the EV luxury race. Not bad for a company that lost OVER a billion dollars over tariffs!

Dave Nichols2 min read
A red Volvo on a mountaintopAnnouncements

Volvo's New EV Strategy

In 2024, Volvo says EVs, and plug-in hybrids made up 46 percent of its global sales with fully electric cars surging by 54 percent. The U.S. accounted for 34.3 percent of the company’s total sales, up from 20.3 percent in the previous year. Here’s the Swedish automaker’s latest plans.

Dave Nichols4 min read
Kansas flag and the Panasonic logoAnnouncements

Panasonic goes BIG in Kansas

Panasonic Energy recently inaugurated what it claims to be the world’s largest electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility just outside Desoto, Kansas. The $4 billion plant is roughly the size of 225 football fields and will produce EV batteries with five percent more energy capacity.

Dave Nichols2 min read
A beautiful red setting sun over an oil pump somewhere on planet earth signifying the reduction in reliance on this fossil fuelAnnouncements

EVs are Driving Oil Demand Down Worldwide, Despite U.S. Policy Shifts

The adoption of electric vehicles is reducing the demand for gasoline worldwide. Other factors include a change in driving habits thanks to working remotely, and fuel efficiency due to hybrid cars. Oil demand will continue to drop over the next decade.

Dave Nichols3 min read
EV FactoryIndustry Updates

A Great Time to Buy Used EVs

Though tariffs on foreign autos are coming and will raise prices along with the federal EV tax incentive going bye-bye, right now prices on used hybrids and EVs appear to be dropping and could save you major moolah. A recent survey suggests that maybe now is the time to get that used green vehicle in your garage.

Dave Nichols4 min read
Electric cars might dominate headlines, but hybrid vehicles are quietly gaining momentum, combining affordability, simplicity, and impressive fuel efficiency.Announcements

Hybrid Cars are getting Popular… Again

Hybrid vehicles including hatchbacks, sedans, crossovers, SUVs and pickup trucks are becoming top sellers for consumers once more who want to save money on gasoline but aren’t ready to make the change to full electric cars.

Dave Nichols2 min read
A new proto-type BMW modelAnnouncements

Seven Million BMWs Built in South Carolina

BMW’s Spartanburg plant is going electric. The upcoming iX5 and iX7 will launch from South Carolina alongside sixth-gen U.S.-assembled batteries from nearby Woodruff.

Jeff Moore3 min read
An EV charging and a ICE broken downAnnouncements

EVs Break Down Less than Gas Cars

New findings by Germany’s Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC) confirms that electric vehicles are more reliable and break down less than gasoline-powered cars.

Chad Yee5 min read
Mitsubishi teaserAnnouncements

Mitsubishi EVs are Coming

Nearly every automaker that has vehicles for sale in the United States has an all-electric vehicle in its line-up. That’s not so for Mitsubishi… yet.

Dave Nichols2 min read
A hydro damAnnouncements

Charging EVs with Hydro Power

America has just reached the “tipping point” for EV adoption and the need for clean sources of electricity must expand to fill that need. One of the ways to furnish electricity to all is to use the incredible power of water.

Dave Nichols3 min read
A BMW logo in the rainAnnouncements

EV Adoption Growing, Says BMW

A recent survey sponsored by BMW Group U.S. headquarters in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey on American consumers, reveals growing optimism regarding the adoption of electric vehicles.

Jeff Moore4 min read