There’s a lot to like about GE’s design (announced just the other day) for their electric vehicle charging station. It looks cools, offers “Level 2” (240 Volt) charging, and provides its customers with “future-proofing,” easily swapping in new technology when …
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GE’s Electric Vehicle Charging Station
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Car Sharing — a Reason for Hope for a Brighter Tomorrow? — Final Part in a Series of Eight
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY7faqvBVz8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] I point out to my guest (Pat Mahan from FunRide) that I see a great deal of reason for alarm with the expanding war, no clean energy policy in the US, etc. — and I ask, “Does the …
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2GreenEnergy Report – Car Sharing, Demographics and Alternative Fuel Vehicles – Part Seven in a Series
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwFD5XOVMUU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] FunRide’s Pat Mahan was on the 2GreenEnergy Report, discussing the demographics that make car sharing work. I’ve observed that ZipCar, the 600 pound gorilla of car sharing, tends to do well in certain cities, and not so well …
Car Sharing and Its Role in Sustainability – Part Six in a Series
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcjtp3gXlCE&w=445&h=364] Pat Mahan explicates his organization’s long-term plans on the 2GreenEnergy Report. I really loved having Pat on the show. He was comfortable and relaxed, but really took the obligation to articulate the value of car sharing — especially sharing …
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Corporate America and the Migration to Clean Energy
Want a good, quick read? Check out (FedEx Chairman) Fred Smith’s testimony to the Senate Fiance Committee — and note in particular Joseph Lado’s comment under it. In my estimation, this is precisely on target, and exactly the type and …
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Don't Miss the Plug-In 2010 Show in San Jose, CA
I hope to see a great number of friends and colleagues at this year’s Plug-In Show in San Jose, CA, July 26 – 29. So many things are happening in the development of battery EVs and plug-in hybrids that I …
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Electric Vehicles — Mitsubishi's i-MiEV Is Coming Soon
The role I play as a partner in EVWorld.com enables me to have conversations with people very much at the center of the EV Adoption Curve discussion. I just got off the phone with Joe Delello, currently the man closest …
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Car Sharing's New Ideas – Part Five in a Series
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzZzqv1zFyo&w=445&h=364] Here, I interview FunRide’s Pat Mahan on some of the new ideas that are at the forefront of the concept of car sharing. I offer Pat what I thought was a terrific idea: car sharing on college campuses to …
Electric Vehicles and the Traditional Automakers
I want to call readers’ attention to the discussion on what I think is one of the hottest and most important topics in clean energy: the EV adoption curve and the sincerity of the OEMs in building and selling EVs. …
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FunRide: Car Sharing with a Twist – Alternative Fuel Vehicles – Part Four in a Series
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV4PvVhIgGA&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] FunRide‘s Pat Mahan explains that his company represents “car sharing with a twist,” i.e., a fleet of 100% alternative fuel vehicles. I first came across this company years ago when I first set out to learn something about …
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