From this: Last month in Norway, new passenger plug-in electric cars were 84.7% of the total car market. Other types of vehicles fraught for the remaining 15% (8.4% ICEs, 6.9% HEVs) before they will entirely fade in the coming years. …
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Electric Vehicles
Caitlyn Jenner–California’s Next Governor?
From Plug In America’s co-founder Paul Scott, whom I interviewed as part of our series, The 2GreenEnergy Video Report. In Malibu Starbucks just now and ran into Caitlyn Jenner, one of the dopes vying to take Gov. Newsom’s job. I …
EV Battery Swapping–Revisited
The world is in the process of phasing out internal combustion engines in favor of EVs, and there are indications, after years of disappointment, that the EV adoption curve is finally starting to take off. Part of the challenge, of …
Toyota Backs Off Supporting Overthrowing the U.S. Government
Here’s GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri on Jan. 6 gesturing to a crowd of pro-Trump supporters shortly before they stormed the U.S. Capitol and tried to disrupt congressional certification of the 2020 election results. From this: Now here’s something …
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Toyota: What a Bitter Disappointment
I was just about to write a post to express my revulsion with Toyota for two things: a) its support of the “Sedition Caucus,” the members of the House of Representatives who, after the January 6th riots were brought to …
Where Did All the EVs Go?
How did we lose EV technology? It depends on what you believe. The common answer is that the electric starter, developed in the early 1920s to replace the hand crank, made internal combustion engines easy to start for women and …
Electric Transportation Confers Environmental Benefits, But It’s a Tricky Subject
A friend sent me this piece from the Wall Street Journal on the environmental benefits of electric transportation, called Are Electric Cars Really Better for the Environment? While it’s very good, the situation is actually a bit more complicated than …
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The EV Adoption Curve
Here’s a recent edition of the PBS News Hour, covering the part of U.S. President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan that promotes electric transportation. According to the piece, the path to getting the replacement of internal combustion engines is not …
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Investing in EV Batteries
Further discussion on this ridiculous call for investment into EV batteries: (Sarcastic) Reader A: I am sure all of the used up batteries will provide an awesome effect on our environment after they are discarded. Me: You may not be …
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Investors: Cash in on This Little-Known Fact–EVs Run on Batteries
Here’s a question: How many people with money to invest in electric transportation don’t know that EVs run on batteries? I thought this was a joke initially, but no, these morons are actually trying to attract investors.
