Here’s a video that answers the question: Given a Tesla’s range and the time it takes to charge it, how appropriate is it for road trips? As readers know, I’m an EV enthusiast, but I grant that they’re not perfect, …
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What the World Needs Now
….Isn’t a multibillionaire who hates wokeism and wants to return Donald Trump to the White House. I sympathize with the guy who applies this bumper sticker to his Tesla.
Almost 20 Years Later, Aptera Motors Is Still Chasing Your Investment Dollars
I was a middle-aged man in 2005 when Aptera was formed and began to accept investors’ cash. Now I’m older, grayer, and, in the back of my mind, wondering how much longer this can continue. I’m likely to go to …
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Does This Car Trim Off Belly Fat Too?
The ridiculous claims made by cleantech scammers are made possible by Americans’ amazing level of ignorance when it comes to science. Ask yourself how it is remotely possible that driving a hydrogen fuel-cell based car purifies the air.
Robots in Our Gas Stations
At left is a screen shot from this video that suggests that we will soon have robots to fill our gas tanks. That means that somewhere, someone thinks there will be enormous investments in this infrastructure that will pay for …
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Toyota Launches Tiny EV in Japan: The “C+Pod”
As shown in the video below, an auto analyst, “Elliot” takes a spin in Toyota’s Japan-only electric kei car: the C+Pod, and asks, “Could this tiny EV be the affordable electric car we’ve been waiting for, and a sign that …
Range Indicators Are Set to Scare Drivers
A reader sent me this pic and notes: Welp, time for my regularly scheduled bi-monthly “am I gonna make it to the gas station” panic. My advice: Find out how large your gas tank is and how many gallons of …
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How Apartment-Dwellers Can Charge Their EVs
Here’s a company looking for investors. And who wouldn’t jump at a chance? They claim to have solved a very real problem, i.e., how to enable EV owners who live in apartments to charge their cars. They write: Power Hero …
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Is This a Solution to EV Charging? It’s Impossible to Know.
Right this minute, you’re reading the words of someone who has reviewed a couple of thousand cleantech business plans, and over the last 14 years in this endeavor, who’s developed a few guiding principles to simplify matters. One is that …
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One of the Founders of the EV Has Passed
In 2009 I interviewed one of the early developers of electric transportation, Wayne Goldman, whose daughter just called me to tell me of his passing. He will be missed. Above is a link to our initial conversation.
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