I’ve had numerous productive conversations with Brian Nordwall, the proprietor of Seattle E-Bike, a company with a very bright future. Because my business background is more in the business-to-business space, I tend not to know as much about consumer products, …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Electric Transportation and Our Power Grid
Here’s an article that discusses the rise of electric transportation and the effects that this will have on the grid. I have two issues with it: 1) The author erroneously notes that EV charging could cause a 43% increase in …
Renewable Energy and Electric Transportation
When my colleague Jon Lesage of the Automotive Digest found me checking out the Alt Car Expo a few weeks ago, he asked me to say a few words on camera about my new book (“Renewable Energy — Following the …
Electric Transportation Infographic
Here’s an interesting infographic on electric transportation, showing the substantial progress that EVs are making in American society. Now, of course, the game is to get rid of coal as the lowest-cost form of base load, so it is no …
Cleantech Investment: Vast Fuel Savings for Class 8 Trucks
Here in the United States, we burn approximately 28 billion gallons of diesel per year, the equivalent of 42,000 Olympic-size swimming pools; this is 31% of the world’s total, and results in the emission of 311 million tons of CO2 …
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Self-Driving Cars Are On the Way
Here’s a terrific video on the pros and cons of self-driving cars. Astonishingly, it looks like we are indeed headed in that direction. To me, this is an example of a sad fact about our civilization and our modes …
From Guest Blogger Jake Fisher: Seven Myths About the Electric Car Phenomenon
The second that electric cars started showing up on dealer lots, people took to the Internet and started sharing different stories and myths about the electric car. While some of these myths may be a little more grounded in truth …
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From Guest Blogger Jordan Perch: Kia Soul EV Coming To America in 2014
The electric vehicle market has been growing at a pretty high rate in the past couple of years, which has encouraged more and more car makers to start developing cars that are powered by electricity. Today, almost all major manufacturers …
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On the Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
Frequent commenter Glenn Doty writes on my recent post concerning the EV adoption rate: Your source states that 67,200 EV’s have been sold this year, but that number is a worldwide total sales figure. Total worldwide sales of ICE’s are …
Electric Vehicle Sales Takes Rocket Ride
I hope readers will check this out: electric vehicle sales are going through the roof. Apparently, the phenomenon I predicted has started to kick in: falling prices, better range, and lots of word of mouth from really ecstatic customers. Now, …
