159 ARTICLES
“The electric light did not come from the continuous improvement of candles” (Oren Harari, business professor at the University of San Francisco)
5 Aug 2023, 23:22 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / It's been more than a decade since I transformed from an enthusiastic petrolhead to some kind of preacher electrohead. I owned very few petrol cars (I never liked diesel cars) because I drove a ton as a journalist. Then I switched to a hybrid ...
4 Aug 2023, 22:48 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / The hottest July in history put both the Tesla fan club and Tesla haters club on fire because of a Reuters investigation. The journalists uncovered details about a so-called "Diversion Team" and its mission to cancel service appointments ...
30 Jul 2023, 02:08 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / There's a high chance that electric cars are the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the term "subsidies." There's also a good chance for you not to care about this complicated economic concept. And there's a very ...
28 Jul 2023, 23:18 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / I don't know about you, but in the last months, I noticed a flock of news and concerned social media commenters about the supply issues of critical raw materials needed for the batteries of electric cars. The popular wisdom is that Earth canno...
23 Jul 2023, 13:02 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world nearly forgot about Toyota's bold plans to conquer the Moon with a sci-fi movies-inspired vehicle. Well, the Japanese are back, and the sequel looks a lot like a world-domination scenario. Well, not ...
22 Jul 2023, 12:16 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / From the start, I want to make it clear that it's not my intention to advertise this small Canadian company. Between you and me, it would probably require tens of thousands of articles about them to cover the cost of a converted car from their...
16 Jul 2023, 13:50 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / It's already two weeks since "The Hottest Day Ever!" headlines sparked across the world's mass media, while social media was abundant on conspiracy theories about who's to blame. Unfortunately, despite scientific evidence (...
9 Jul 2023, 10:26 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / The three pillars of "I don't want no damn electric car!" are price, range, and charging. Current lithium-ion technology has evolved a lot, but the milestone it reached is far from making EVs real contenders for ICEVs. At least, this...
8 Jul 2023, 10:42 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / There's an ongoing battle out there between the battery electric vehicle proponents and fuel-cell hydrogen ones. For the regular driver who is used to the comfortable range and short and convenient refueling time, the H2 is the ideal alternati...
2 Jul 2023, 09:22 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Compared to a normal car, an SUV or a truck is safer for its occupants because it’s bigger. That means it can better dissipate the crash energy, so people have a better chance of survival. But when such a big and heavy car SUV or truck strike...
2 Jul 2023, 07:40 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / "Self-driving cars will steal millions of jobs!" and "I don't trust a car that drives by itself" are the most common complaints I hear when talking about autonomous driving. Maybe Halo.Car's idea will calm down the nay...
1 Jul 2023, 05:12 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Global warming and climate change are already our almost everyday reality. There is no denial about that, except for conspiracy theorists who still mindlessly believe in the "climate change is a hoax" nonsense. Ordinary people like you an...
26 Mar 2023, 17:54 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / First of all, I want to make it clear I’m not a Volkswagen brand fan or a Golf enthusiast. But I appreciate strategies that are a win-win situation for both the public and the companies. And I think the VW board may have done its smartest mov...
26 Mar 2023, 10:28 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / British-founded company ProteanDrive partnered with Chinese car manufacturer Dongfeng Motor and Weifu Group to unveil not one, but two mass-production cars with in-wheel motors. Well, the “mass-production” part is simply a marketing stu...
25 Mar 2023, 17:22 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / A recent MIT study rings the bells of strategic thinking and planning. According to the researchers, efficiently placed charging points and carefully chosen periods for charging the EVs could have a great positive impact. For instance, there wouldn...
25 Mar 2023, 11:42 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / “The size does matter” states Green NCAP referring to cars. If the car industry is to continue the SUV trend, with bigger and, most importantly, heavier cars, this will only lead to bigger environmental problems. More greenhouse gas emi...
24 Mar 2023, 20:42 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Many drivers still don’t understand the big deal with Big Data in the car industry. But sometimes things become clear, and suddenly in-car cloud services could save money or even lives. Skoda UK has an excellent example of how helpful Skoda C...
24 Mar 2023, 10:12 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Electroheads are probably eager for the release of the autobiographical movie of Tesla’s owner, “the real Ironman” as American media once called Elon Musk. Sorry, but you’ll have to wait for a little. This piece is not about...
19 Mar 2023, 14:41 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / There’s an ongoing battle for governmental funds and investors’ money between the proponents of business-as-usual fueling infrastructure and those of electromobility charging networks. But I’m afraid the angle of the debate is the...
19 Mar 2023, 10:09 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / You can better understand why ditching fossil fuels is so important thanks to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and its visual flow charts. They are also simple tools for debunking the myth of the transportation sector being much less poll...