I’m honored to be a panelist at the AltCarExpo in Santa Monica, CA, October 2nd and 3rd. This is a truly special event for several reasons, one of which is obvious: The world is running at top speed in the …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles and Lithium Ion Battery Chemistry
Obviously, the gating factor to the electric transportation industry is battery technology. Yet costs are falling and energy density is increasing, and I think we all have the sense that the battery packs that we see in the EVs of …
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Energy-Related Paradigm Shifts
I’m pleased to see that blogger Frank Eggers has become active here, who writes: As one of the comment-posters stated, too little attention is being given to reducing the need for driving . . . With better urban planning, people …
Electric Vehicles for Commuters
I just had the pleasure of speaking with Rick Woodbury, CEO of Commuter Cars. Rick and his highly pedigreed team of auto designers and strategists have assembled a business plan surrounding the Tango, the small and unique commuter car. There …
Electric Vehicles and Opportunity Charging
Tina Juarez writes: I get the impression that folks don’t really understand the cost of electricity to charge an EV… When the local Costco decided after years of letting my charge my EV while shopping that I was stealing too …
Market Research and Demand for EVs
Gating Factor in EV Migration: Technological or Cultural?
I notice that there appears to be pretty solid consensus among readers (at least among those who leave comments) that the real problem in EV migration is more cultural than it is technological. As an example, Mike writes: Resistance to …
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Brass Tack #1 and EV Adoption – Response from a Friend
Readers may be interested in the comments of my friend and client Serafino Carri, posted earlier. Sonny, as he is popularly known, being the good guy he is, wrote me a private email with his response, cautious about offending me …
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More on the Auto Industry from Wayne Goldman
Here’s an additional conversation with Wayne Goldman that I thought readers would find interesting. I happened to have rented an Audi A4 diesel when I was in Spain a couple of weeks ago that got well over 50 MPG. I …
Wayne Goldman, Electric Car Pioneer
I just had the pleasure of speaking with one of the early developers of electric vehicles, Wayne Goldman. Though I don’t agree with a lot of what he said about the EV industry, I publish it here out of sheer …
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