The REVA NXR

Reva, the company with the largest deployed fleet of electric vehicles in the world, have unveiled their NXR and NXG models. The acronyms stand for ‘Next Reva’ and ‘Next Generation’. This is something some of us have had to...

Why Should We Subsidise?

The Department of Transport recently made two key announcements. It seemed like the culmination of a growing media focus on sustainable transport in Ireland. The first was the Electric Transport Plan (ETP) in November and it came with tactic...

Setting of for a Dissapointment?

The GM Volt has really been a litany of mistakes. The initial launch, which must have been years ago now, paraded an all-American example of brute style. The car was butch. You’d almost imagine rappers flocking to the plug-in. It’s very...

Better than Better Place

Project Better Place hit the headlines in recent years with concept of a battery swap. You drive your EV into a station and a robot lops out the depleted battery and sticks in a fresh one. This is supposed to put an end to concerns over waiting an...

Rethinking the LEAF

My comments about Tesla in my last post led me to YouTube to have a look at Top Gear’s take on the roadster. In the drag race it even manages push Jeremy Clarkson close to peeing his pants. The volthead has just overtaken the petrolhead and...