A few months ago I wrote a post about my consulting company’s relationship with the island nation of Bermuda, in which I mentioned how proud I am to be a part of an entire country’s movement away from fossil fuels. …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Toyota's Plug-In Hybrid
Not to harp on the obvious, but without vigorous grassroots efforts to the contrary, the migration to renewable energy and clean transportation will be slow and arduous. In news that underscores this point, Toyota unveiled its new plug-in hybrid, promising …
Model for Clean Transportation – Santa Monica
I want my book on renewables to feature a few chapters on the public sector – what our government at various levels is doing to promote clean transportation and energy. To knock out the piece on municipalities, this morning I’m …
The Domino Effect in Electric Transportation
When I was a little boy, the concept of the domino effect occupied a large and scary part of the national consciousness. For those too young to remember, the idea at the time was that, if one country in Southeast …
Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Los Angeles Auto Show
A quick comment on California’s governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s presence at the Los Angeles Auto Show. My friend Steve Ellis at Honda, who also spoke, submitted this video to EVWorld. If you watch the first few minutes, you’ll see great political …
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Nissan's Leaf: "Distinctive"
“It’s distinctive without being bizarre.” This is the description that Plug-In America’s Paul Scott bestowed upon the new Nissan Leaf, a sleek electric vehicle that will be introduced in the US next fall. I finding this telling, as it’s what …
Just Got Fooled Again
This week’s news in electric transportation calls to mind the auto companies’ deceit a decade ago with California’s Zero-Emission Vehicle mandate. According to the Automotive News, Chrysler has disbanded the engineering team that was working to bring three electric models …
Electric Vehicles – Batteries and Fuel Cells
Honda’s Steve Ellis is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject of alternative fuel vehicles and their commercial trajectory. He happened to be a fellow speaker at last month’s AltCarExpo in Santa Monica, and I’m proud to count …
EV Charging Infrastructure – Unique Approach
A reader suggested that I review the innovative product offered by a German company called IAV in electric vehicle charging, which I did. See this fascinating idea on inductive charging. To be honest, I had never heard of this. So …
Eco-Friendly Transportation
Eco-Trans Alliance in Sarasota Florida is a low-speed electric vehicle (LSEV) manufacturing company with a distinctly sunny disposition. The five year-old company sports a line of cars with solar panels on the roof — adding approximately 10% of the range …
