Mark Chapmon writes: After reading an article called “A Confederacy of Dunces,” watching “Who Killed The Electric Car” and giving thought to the grid tied solar array I had designed and installed in my backyard that my local utility will …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
To Build Electric Vehicles or Internal Combustion Engines?
An electronics engineer engaged in the manufacturing of automobile parts in India writes: A few years back I designed and manufactured the smallest gasoline powered two wheeler in India and sold around 100 of them. But as you know the …
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What MPG do Plug-in Hybrid Owners Get?
A reader takes issue with my comment that, if driven a certain way, PHEV owners would experience “near infinite MPG,” referring to it as “dishonest and disingenuous.” He goes on, “Energy is still being consumed, that must be produced somewhere …
EV Adoption Curve – Astute Comments
Auto Companies' Conundrum – How To Sell What We Have Now
Steve Ryan from Australia writes: There must be millions of new internal combustion engine (ICE) cars sitting at ports and storage lots all over the world awaiting delivery to owners who do not want to buy them. I have to …
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Readers' Reaction to Brass Tack #1 on Electric Transportation
I want to thank readers for their enthusiasm for Brass Tack #1 on Electric Transportation. As I knew I would, I see an incredible spirit of devotion and commitment to ecological stewardship, and a positive attitude that something can be …
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Bill Moore – Electric Vehicle Evangelist
I can’t imagine anyone who has earned the respect of more electric vehicle enthusiasts than J. William “Bill” Moore. Born in Germany, educated in England, Bill is the founder and publisher of EV World.Com, an online ‘zine dedicated to tracking …
Zan Dubin Scott on Plug In America and Renewable Energy
Zan Dubin Scott is a name known to most of us in the “plug-in” and renewable energy worlds. She is a tireless advocate and public relations professional, volunteering enormous amount of her time and pouring unlimited energy into the cause …
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Dr. Robert Sweeney on Electric Transportation
When Robert Sweeney was earning his Ph.D. in water resources at The Ohio State University, his concentration was the unwanted spin-off from the use of pesticides. “There are many unwanted effects on what we called ‘non-targets’ like algae and other …
Green Collar Machines' Founder Talks About Renewable Energy
My colleague Trevor Parker is one of the founders of a company soon to be called Green Collar Machines. The company has a unique business plan that defines the micro assembly and distribution of a patented compact electric tractor that …
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