Electric Vehicles
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 …
My colleague Jon LeSage serves as editor and publisher of Green Auto Market, which tracks the business of green cars, fuels, and technologies. He also serves as Automotive Editor, Green Initiatives at Automotive Digest and writes for Autoblog Green. He …
Inductive EV charging certainly has its place. Suppose you have a fleet of buses that do nothing but take people from your hotel to the airport and vice versa, with dedicated short-term parking spaces at both ends. Having stationary charging …
Inductive (Wireless/Plugless) Electric Vehicle Charging Read More »
This isn’t an auspicious start to Ford’s campaign to become a leading player in electric transportation. They ask: Who says EVs aren’t fun to drive? Uh, no one? The EV adoption curve may be limited by range anxiety or the …
Ford’s EV Messaging Leaves Something To Be Desired Read More »
Any automaker that expects to be around in 20 years has an electric vehicle program aggressively underway. Sure, some of these efforts are slow-rolled, as the EV adoption curve hasn’t yet gone into high gear, due largely to issues associated …
