Electric Vehicles
Re: the photo here, a reader notes: There are 33.7 KWh in a gallon of gas. At those prices, you would have to spend $5.38 on the electric to get the equivalent ‘umph’ as the gas. What he fails to …
Understanding Equivalences in Gasoline and Electricity Read More »
Question: Who first discovered that the flow of electricity induces a current in a nearby circuit? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Bermuda just announced its new fleet of all-electric buses. More specifically:
Nice to see that General Motors is coming up with some adorable ads for its all-electric Chevy Bolt. Obviously, the planet would have a better prognosis had they not put a spear through their first EV campaign 26 years ago, …
GM Seems Fully On Board with Promoting Their EVs–Better Late than Never Read More »
The video below covers the pros and cons of hydrogen as a carrier of energy in a fair and honest fashion, and that’s not something that can be said about every attempt to address the subject. As a quick reminder: …
When you ponder the future of transportation, can you imagine most of it taking place above the ground? These folks say that passenger cars will soon be replaced by passenger drones, each flown by someone without so much as a …
A reader answers the question above, followed by my comments in italics: This is a function of your utility’s grid mix. There will likely be a lot of gas, possibly some coal, hydro is common, nukes, and of course solar …
Charging Your EV: Where Does the Energy Comes From? Read More »
An EV skeptic writes as follows, with my comments in italics: What do they think will happen if they succeed in making the entirety of the US transition to electric cars?
On a discussion of the merits of EVs, Reader A notes: I’ll keep my V8s gas hogs over electric, to which Reader B replies: Have you driven an EV yet? I could never go back to louder, slower, more expensive …
Do You Really Want Louder, Slower, and More Expensive Transportation? Hell Yes. Read More »
Here’s a motor of the BMW’s 10-cylinder M5; compare to photo of Tesla’s below. When EVs first came on the scene, many people believed that the sheer simplicity of the concept, and the extremely high efficiency that it gave birth …
Look, I love a good QAnon-style conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but even I’m not so sure about this one. The liberal environmentalists convinced Putin to invade Ukraine and manipulated global oil production levels?
