Electric Vehicles
Referring to the screen shot here, EV World’s Bill Moore writes: Look what I discovered! The US Wind Turbine Database. It has an API, so I am wondering if I could use Google Flutter to create an App that would …
Future Phone App Will Help EV Drivers Charge with Wind Read More »
Some of the claims we come across are immediately discarded because they violate the laws of physics. Others may be theoretically possible but so outrageous that they too must be tossed out the window.
My colleague Bill Moore of EV World fame sent this pic and writes: “Used my long-unused KillaWatt meter to measure how much energy it took to top off the Fiat 500e battery after driving 14.3 miles yesterday. Answer: 4.6kWh for …
Operational Costs of Electric Vehicles Are Great, But… Read More »
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly is about as good as it gets in the news radio biz, but she conducted a very weird interview the other day with reporter David Ferris of E&E News, an online news site that covers energy …
All the innovations in transportation are good, but we still haven’t shattered the basic paradigm of carting around 4000 pounds of steel to get us to work and back. The issue, of course, is profit. Selling steel and oil makes …
Senior Energy Analyst Glenn Doty writes on the subject of large electric vehicles: While I was clear in my praise for the electric buses, (large electric trucks represent) the opposite case: One of the avenues of lowest net gain for …
More good news about electrifying large vehicles. Anheuser-Busch, the beer company behind popular brands like Budweiser and Stella Artois, is launching the largest fleet of Class 8 electric trucks in North America.
When I joined EV World as their VP Marketing in 2008, it was “common wisdom” that we were one hell of a long way from electrifying large vehicles like buses, cargo ships and Class 8 trucks. Good news: as presented …
Last year, a close friend sold his house here in Santa Barbara, California and moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. When I asked about his reasoning he explained that he thought the droughts, believed to be largely a product of …
Here are four countries that offer a novel array of different incentives to electric vehicles owners. My favorite: Austria hochsgeschwindichkeit (speed limit). On smoggy days, gas- and diesel powered cars are limited to 100 KPM (62 MPH), where their EV …
