Electric Vehicles
I know there are people who doubt China’s sincerity when it comes to environmental issues. Why the huge investment in renewable energy? Why the abrupt elimination of more than 500 models of cars that have poor emissions profiles from their …
China Gets Tough on Auto Emissions, Ceases Production of 500+ Car Models Read More »
The world seems to get smaller with every generation as we find faster ways to get from one place to another. Our ancestors traveled on crowded ships and spent weeks at sea to get to a different country. We can …
The transportation industry is the fastest growing emitter of greenhouse gases. When buying a new car, most people only focus the car’s price against its performance, reliability, comfort, and safety. However, a vehicle costs are more than just its price …
From Guest Blogger Anica Oaks: Pollution Solutions–Why You Should Choose a Green Vehicle Read More »
In this edition of Green Auto Digest, my colleague Jon LeSage (pictured) gets at an issue that struck me when I first got interested in electric transportation: the EPA’s mile-per-gallon ratings. We seem married to assigning MPG equivalents to EVs, even …
Much of our lives are shaped around our vehicles. They bring us to work, home, and around the country easily. Advancements in vehicular technology since the days of Henry Ford have been monumental and are continuing. With rising concerns about …
From Guest Blogger Meghan Belnap: Why Energy-Efficient Vehicles are the Way to Go Read More »
From this edition of Green Auto Digest: While Toyota and a few other global automakers are taking hydrogen fuel cell vehicles quite seriously, the clean technology’s chances of reaching mass adoption are still far away.
As is apparent from this article, we’re still not grasping the main issue associated with the eco-impact of EVs, which is “what energy source is used to address incremental but predictable loads on the grid when EV are charged?” If the …
Examining the Environmental Impact of Electric Vehicles Read More »
China sits atop the world in most important environmental categories.
Whenever I attend an energy conference, I introduce myself to dozens of strangers, never knowing what experience I’m about to encounter. Though very few of these handshakes turn into relationships that last longer than a short one-time conversation, virtually every …
Someday, will drones be launched with lots of stored electrical energy onboard, attach to your electric vehicle, and charge it en route, as suggested in this article in GreenTechMedia? Uh….no. Of at least 50 ideas I’ve seen for EV charging, …
