Category: Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles

AeroVironment is one of my favorite companies.  Founded about 40 years ago by the late Dr. Paul MacCready, AV still shines on brightly with its many powerful innovations in electronics and flight. Most notably, these people are quite successful; they seem …

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I spoke with a couple of the people promoting the 2012 release of the Prius plug-in hybrid yesterday at the 2010 Plug-In show. Gosh, this seems like a strange concept. Its all-electric range? 13 miles. The net effect for the …

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The 2010 Plug-In show, featuring the latest in electric transportation, is now in the books. I spent yesterday at the event, meeting people, interviewing key industry players, and taking in all that the show offered. But while I enjoyed the …

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A recent article in Japan’s Nikkei newspaper urges the country’s automakers to head directly to battery EVs, rather than further protracting the lives of hybrids.  The piece suggests that both Toyota and Honda must shift towards EVs, or risk having …

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One of my duties as a partner in www.EVWorld.com is occasional proofreading; every few weeks, Bill Moore asks me to review his newsletter, The Insider. I look forward to this, as it forces me to keep up on the news …

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The Vector believes that a paradigm shift is coming, and coming quickly, in the way the U.S. consumers views their cars. Here is why:

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Courtesy WTRG Economics As transportation takes the lion’s share of our oil consumption, illustrated in the chart here (compliments of WTRG Economics), it is worthwhile clarifying some of the various terms defining innovations and types of vehicles you may see, which …

[The Vector] Vehicles and Energy 101 Read More »

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[blip.tv http://blip.tv/play/hed1gebSWQA] Here’s the entire 30-minute show with DieselTek’s president Lance Miller. There is no doubt in my mind that the clean diesel industry will be making extremely important contributions to the world of sustainability over the coming decades — …

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[blip.tv http://blip.tv/play/hed1geT5aQA] Here is the full 30-minute-long episode of the Sam Smith’s appearance on the 2GreenEnergy Report.  Sam, managing partner of EV World Associates, has had his hands in many high-level electric vehicle transactions over the years, and I was …

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I’m headed for San Jose, CA this week for the annual Plug-In show. Like virtually every other event in the green space, these events get bigger and more exciting each year. Now, with the advent of the Nissan Leaf and …

Electric Vehicles and the Plug-In Show – 2010 Read More »

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