When Uber got practical and took a stake in Didi and cut the costs of their Chinese market pursuit, it made a lot of sense. Tesla is closing in on autonomous shuttles, but perhaps Uber and Tesla could find common …
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Electric Vehicles
Good Things Happening All at Once in Clean Energy, Transportation
One of the points I like to make when I’m speaking in public about clean energy and sustainability is that there are dozens of moving parts to the energy equation–all of which, fortunately, are headed in a positive direction.
Why Electric Bikes Are Cool
In addition to all the practical considerations associated with the electric vehicle adoption curve, there is the “cool factor.” But that’s a little nebulous, isn’t it? The subject of “what makes something cool” has been studied exhaustively, and it’s unclear …
Hydrogen Vehicles Aren’t Going To Happen
A reader comments: I have been chasing down the origin of a news story presently making the rounds. While I am not fond of hydrogen vehicles it is reasonable to keep an eye on the developments. The articles seem to …
Presentation of CleanTech–Electric Transportation in Particular
A few readers have commented that my colleague Fritz Maffry has some excellent insights into the future of technology, including, of course, cleantech. Here’s his latest installment that includes a solid discussion of the electric vehicle curve: We have …
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Trends in Electric Vehicles: Nothing Radical
When it finally became obvious about ten years ago that electric transportation was becoming a real “thing,” one that would ultimately dominate and then replace the internal combustion engine, most of us believed that the form factor of these vehicles …
The Migration To Renewables Is Happening in Stages
As my colleague Jon LeSage points out in his Green Auto Digest, stricter emissions standards and falling battery prices have conspired to transform the automobile industry’s signature event, the Paris Auto Show, into a display case for electric vehicles. The …
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Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal Has Silver Lining
As reported by my colleague Jon LeSage in his terrific publication Green Auto Digest, the most influential car show in the world, The Paris Auto Show, is featuring an enormous range of electric vehicles, spurred on at least in some …
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Check Out What Singapore’s Doing in Autonomous Vehicles
My first reaction to the concept of autonomous cars was not a good one. You want to replace the driver? We like driving. How about replacing some of the things that we don’t like, e.g., the fuel that’s ruining …
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A Contributed Post: Volvo Making Good on Their Electrification Strategy
Volvo is now jumping into the electric car market. The automaker recently unveiled two concept vehicles that were designed and built to ultimately support the company’s first all-electric vehicles to go into production. Both of vehicles will utilize Compact Modular …
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