Electric Vehicles
Yes, 2019 brought us great sadness in terms of environmental and humanitarian disasters, but it also packed a huge passel of joy for our Christmas stockings. In particular, the electric transportation space continued its expansion with the introduction of a …
Long-Range Electric Vehicles Multiplying Like Rabbits Read More »
Question: Part of what makes Tesla so successful is their vast network of super-charging stations. What record did they just break in terms of numbers? (Hint: It’s a multiple of 5,000.) Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: …
Large marine vessels powered by bunker diesel have horrendous environmental footprints. That’s why it’s such excellent news that government-owned Washington State Ferries, the second-largest ferry system in the world, is switching from diesel to batteries amid a growing trend toward …
From Green Car Reports: Fisker’s new mainstream Ocean SUV may still be more than a year away, by optimistic time frames, but the company’s marketing machine has been hard at work.
I couldn’t have told you that The Netherlands has both a prime minister and a king, but I could have predicted that bicycling would have somehow been involved in a meeting of the two. Like good people all over the …
Bicycling in Holland Goes All the Way to the Top Read More »
Asia Times reports on China: A 600km/h maglev train prototype will be ready for trial runs in 2020.
A common theme among the 8000 or so blog posts I’ve written here is that I try to fulfill the promise I made in the headline. If I start with “Ducks Breathe Easier with New Hunting Law,” you have my …
Ford Promises a “Big Step Forward” in Electric Cars? Read More »
Here’s an excerpt from an article in AutoNews on Nissan’s move to sell electric pick-up trucks here in the U.S., along with a few comments. “Engineers at Nissan are working to electrify the company’s pickups, joining a growing field of …
This guy goes from 0 – 60 in 1.69 seconds, which sounds like it might be a somewhat painful experience for the driver. In any case, it makes one wonder why EVs don’t take over auto racing. One would think …
From BYD (Build Your Dreams): The Los Angeles Department of Transportation has ordered 130 of its battery-electric K7M buses, the largest single order of battery-electric buses to date in the United States. The order is a major milestone for BYD …
