Electric Vehicles
In response to my piece on the lack-luster adoption curve for electric vehicles, a commenter who’s been with us for over five years writes: Not all of us, perhaps, but if someone could build something that was electric instead of …
The Disappearance of Low- and Medium-Speed Electric Vehicles Read More »
A colleague writes: It looks like Eestor is finally coming out. They activated their website after all these years. They got some validation by outside testing. Let me know what you think. I hate to sound cynical, but
A colleague from Northern California read my recent post on electric vehicles in which I wrote: The fact that, at this point, EVs are almost always charged by burning more coal, rendering their environmental benefit dubious at best. He comments: …
Do We Charge Our Electric Vehicles with Coal or Solar? Read More »
The electric vehicle industry is slogging along with lack-luster consumer demand. At issue are a) the inconvenience of having to plan one’s trips more carefully and limiting their length, given the slow growth of fast-charging stations, b) the fact that, …
I’m sure many readers here know Bill Moore of electric vehicle fame; he’s made sure to add some level of understanding on the subject via his website EVWorld.com every single day since it was first published in 1997. This, of …
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As more and more car makers seem willing to embrace hydrogen as the fuel of the future and start to increase investment in fuel cell technology, the issue of scarce refueling infrastructure becomes ever more pressing. Although automakers like Toyota …
Everybody feels like they are unique; like they have at least some experiences no one else could ever understand. They have idiosyncrasies that set them apart from the billions of other people that have ever lived. The same thinking seems …
From Guest Blogger Ali Lawrence: The Future of Green Car Technology Read More »
Anyone in the market for a little asinine reading material will love this piece on Toyota’s new hydrogen car, to be launched next year (several decades after the concept was initiated). Sure, the company predicts that sales volumes will not …
I friend sent me this interview the auto legend Carlos Ghosn, the CEO of a three-companies alliance: Renault, Nissan, and some Russian company with which I’m unfamiliar. I think the world of Carlos Ghosn as an executive. I attended the …
Very few people understand a sad truth about electric vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2014: right this very minute, most of them carry no real environmental benefit over gas- or diesel-powered vehicles, given an honest well-to-wheels analysis of the …
