Category: Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TzbiitLao&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] I believe it won’t be long until the EMCycle, a unique E-bike design, is offered onto the market. In this recent episode of the 2GreenEnergy Report, company’s CEO Michael Scholey explains the market and the business model.

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUxzOJstlYs&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] On a recent episode of the 2GreenEnergy Report, EMCycle CEO Michael Scholey explained to me why he believes the unique design of his company’s E-bike has features customers will really like. I have to agree; this is a …

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCgYI5YPjx0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] For better or worse, I’ve advertised my willingness to review business plans in the renewables and electric transportation space — and to provide a comment without cost or obbligation. This, as you can only imagine, as landed some …

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnaUeEHeLsA&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] Here’s a good discussion of target marketing. What’s the difference between designing a new product because it’s cool versus meeting the true unmet needs of a specific market segment? Michael Scholey, EMCycle’s CEO, and I talk about this.

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Rick Sikes manages the vehicle fleet for the City of Santa Monica – a municipality that has taken quite a progressive stance with respect to environmental stewardship. Rick did a great job in our conversation that became the book’s chapter …

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The Electric Drive Transportation Association’s president Brian Wynne contributed to the book’s chapter called “Lobbying for Electric Transportation.” EDTA is a membership-based, not-for-profit, organization headquartered in Washington, DC. Its primary function is to advocate for, i.e. lobby for, federal policies. …

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The Electric Power Research Institute’s Mark Duvall helped out with the book’s chapter: Electric Transportation and Its Impacts on our Power Grid.  EPRI is an independent, non-profit company performing research, development and demonstration in the electricity sector for the benefit …

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Plug-In America spokesperson Jay Friedland contributed the chapter on EV advocacy, discussing numerous thorny challenges it faces in the real world of politics. Jay points out, “Big oil is trying to preserve the status quo. They are now the largest …

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Steve is one of the most important spokespeople for hydrogen, and I was pleased to get his take on fuel-cell vehicles. A hydrogen fuel cell vehicle can be a zero CO2 emission vehicle — just like a battery electric vehicle. …

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Dr. Michael Kearl, Professor of Sociology at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, helped out with the chapter on the sociology of driving. For years, he’s been interested in the relationships and the social structures for the road — how …

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