Unfortunately, I’ve never had a good business reason to go anywhere near Estonia, so my understanding of this beautiful and diverse country – including its incredible penchant for electric transportation — all comes from reading. For reasons that are not …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Society's Adoption of Electric Vehicles and Renewables
A friend wrote me a note just now that I thought I’d share, as it most certainly contains a great deal of truth. And as depicted in the photo here, this whole transition packs the potential to be a great …
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The Validity of Electric Transportation
In response to my recent piece on electric transportation in Seeking Alpha, EV naysayer Glenn Doty writes a response that concludes: “I just don’t get how any environmentalist could support these. If the people who buy solar panels and a …
Electric Transportation Has a Future, Despite Its Naysayers
Here’s an “InstaBlog” I wrote on SeekingAlpha.com, in which I explain why I think EV naysayer-from-hell John Petersen is wrong, and that electric transportation generally, and Tesla Motors in particular, are not doomed because of a shortage of some obsolete …
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Tagged with: Tesla Motors
From Guest Blogger Melissa Page: Testa Uses Green Delivery Fleet
The people of Testa Produce, Inc. have started to do what they can to reduce their company’s carbon footprint. For example, two of the delivery trucks that they purchased this year are all-electric vehicles, but they don’t plan to stop …
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From Guest Blogger Jordan: What Are Major Car Companies Doing in the Wake of Tesla Success?
As the success of Tesla becomes more and more obvious, the largest car makers in the world are starting to feel threatened by this small start-up company. Tesla has reported a profit in two consecutive quarters this year, which is …
Tagged with: automotive industry, Elon Musk, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Models, Tesla, Tesla Model S, Tesla Motors
Electric Taxis in Bogata
Taxis seem to be among the worst possible applications for electric vehicles, since they’re constantly on the go, with no defined routes, thus range and charging times represent huge issues. (The exception here, of course, is taxis that are based …
From Guest Blogger Tara Gould: Low-Impact Motoring – What’s The Sustainable Route?
There is an assumption that buying a green, low emissions or even an electric car produces the lightest carbon footprint. But studies reveal that the manufacture of all cars, even green or electric ones makes up a huge chunk of …
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From Guest Blogger Jordan: Are Plug-In Hybrids Right For You?
Plug-in hybrid cars have become quite popular among car buyers in the last decade or so, due in large part to extremely high gas prices and concerns over the negative effects that gasoline-powered vehicles have on the environment. That’s why …
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Tagged with: disadvantages, Electric car, electric motor, Electric Vehicles, energy, hybrid, Hybrid vehicle, hybrids, pros, technology
Ford Enters Electric Bike Market
I often caution cleantech entrepreneurs to make sure they confine their business concepts to arenas in which much larger and moneyed competitors will not enter and immediately squash them. An example I often give (or gave) was electric transportation. If …
