range anxiety

There's a good chance serious electric vehicle (EV) fans have already done this, but those of you sitting on the fence about buying an all-electric car like the Nissan Leaf might want to listen up. Here's a great idea, courtesy of Treehugger, to prepare for your possible (probable?) new plug-in ...

The December 2010 launch of the 2011 Nissan Leaf gets closer every day and thousands of people have already signed up to reserve their spot for one. Still, some would-be buyers may suffer from a touch of "range anxiety" – that ...

When General Motors filed a trademark request for the oft-discussed term "range anxiety" the company lit a fuse, upsetting a handful of automakers. Tesla and Think immediately fired back at GM by releasing statements. First, Tesla vice ...

General Motor's attempt to trademark the term "range anxiety" is generating some critical heat. The first to attack was Tesla Motors, which basically told GM to go ahead and associate itself with the term. Later, the global marketing ...

For coming up with a clever marketing response to General Motor's attempt to trademark the term "range anxiety," we have to give Tesla Motors some credit. GM will (is already?) come out swinging against all-electric vehicles, and it'll take some judo-like moves from smaller companies and electric ...

Think of the oft-discussed term "range anxiety." What company comes to mind? Is it General Motors? Well, that's exactly what GM apparently wants you to do, based on its recent trademark request filing for those exact words. Why ...

The guy who helped bring us the 250-mile electric vehicle (EV) thinks we will be able to go a lot further on a full pack of batteries in ten years. Yes, Martin Eberhard, one of the co-founders of Tesla Motors who is now ...

Over the last several months, as Mitsubishi and other automakers have made their electric vehicles (EVs) available to more drivers for extended evaluations, some of that EV shine has been coming off. Last winter, a Consumer Reports editor experienced some heavy range anxiety in a Mini E while ...

While there are those who say range anxiety is not really a problem for them, there are clearly many who plan on going down the whole "extender" route to avoid the possibility of one day being embarrassed by a sudden lack of go-power. But, ...