Some people are saying that electric cars are just as bad for the environment as combustion engines. Some people are saying electric cars are even worse. There are a ton of myths surrounding electric vehicles and just how eco-friendly they are, with some based in fact and some completely made up. It can be hard to find…
Pixar Partners with Porsche to Create a Real Sally Carrera 911, and She Could Be Yours
You can see Sally, plus some other great Porsches, at SXSW before she heads back to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart When Pixar animators Bob Pauley and Jay Ward began work on the movie Cars, they envisioned the female lead, Sally, as a sleek, toned and agile coupe, a counter to her heftier co-star Lightning…
How to Decide if an Electric Car Is Right for Your Lifestyle
Before you go electric, you’ll have to do your research. Just like every other big decision you make in your life, swapping to an electric car requires a hard look at you lifestyle, including your finances, preferences, and living situation. It can be pretty overwhelming, but before you give up, we’re here to help! We’ve…
How to Easily and Discretely Change Clothes in the Car
Become a ninja clothes changer. You might only have thought of changing clothes in the car when you were crunched on time but really needed to change out of one outfit to the next. But these days, the idea of going into a public bathroom is often out of the question. But if you need…
MPGe, kWh, 4xe? Everything You Need to Know About Electric Car Lingo
Now that you know the difference between BEVs and PHEVs, it’s time to dig deeper. There are tons of unfamiliar terms, acronyms, and measurements thrown around in the EV world, and they can get overwhelming pretty quickly if you haven’t had the luxury of following EV development for the past few years. But you don’t…
Meet Real Housewives with Hybrid Engines: A Girl’s Guide to Formula One
The joy of Formula One racing goes way beyond the on-track action. That’s right — you don’t have to care about engines or overtaking to enjoy Formula One, the world’s most elite and luxurious form of racing. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that the best parts of F1 take place off the…
Are Electric Vehicles Dangerous?
When it comes to cars, safety is probably one of your main concerns. And I’m sure you don’t want your desire to do better for the environment to be at odds with the choices you make to protect your family. That’s why, today, we’re breaking down some of the biggest myths about electric vehicle safety…
This Is the Future of Electric Technology
Electric vehicles are here to stay—and the electric technology is only going to keep getting more and more impressive. Cars that can be used as emergency generators during power outages? Ranges of over 500 miles? Battery technology that turns your vehicle into a sleek machine optimizing its power? It’s all on its way in…
Ghosts of Cars: Past, Present and Future
In the quintessential holiday movie A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts: the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future. We thought it would be fun during this Christmas season to celebrate the car “ghosts” of our lifetimes, too. My husband, for example, drove a Nissan 4-door pickup in high school in…
6 of the Most Affordable Luxury Cars for Women Under $40,000
Should the words ‘affordable luxury cars’ even be used in the same sentence? Now that I’m older, what I used to consider a luxury car isn’t quite what I consider luxury now. Back in the day, luxury meant automatic windows, a nice CD player with AM/FM stereo, and let’s not forget cruise control! And quite…