Electric Vehicles
VMC is not affiliated with Vision Motor Company nor its Chinese parent company Noble Automotive Group, Inc. in any way. They are in violation of Federal Trademark law and are in the process of being litigated in Federal court by …
From Guest Blogger Brooks Agnew: Chinese Patent Infringement in Electric Vehicles Read More »
It’s the 109th anniversary of the first sale made by the Ford Motor Company: a Model A. From that moment, the concept of automobile ownership grew steadily and rapidly in importance in the American psyche; in fact, it expanded to …
Attitudes Towards Car Ownership Have Changed, Will Change Further Read More »
It’s becoming increasingly important for new cars to be eco-friendly. Lowered emissions, better mileage, and the adaptation of existing diesel and petrol engines to include hybrid electric motors and batteries is becoming more of a focus for manufacturers as they …
From Guest Blogger Serena: Top 10 Eco-Friendly Cars Read More »
I just pulled back into the driveway with the first car purchase I’ve made in 15 years. My 1995 BMW 540-i died last week after 248,000 loyal miles; it was a true friend, and I’ll miss it. Needless to say, …
Clean Diesel and Hybrid-Electric Cars Very Close in Eco-Footprint Read More »
At the risk of appearing immodest, I put together a terrific meeting this morning involving 2GreenEnergy’s transportation visionary Dan Sturges and some key industry players. I hung on every word, and really learned a lot. I noted after we had …
Future of Transportation Should Be "Driven" By Sustainability Read More »
It appears that our client Vision Motors may have succeeded in securing the capital it needs to begin soon manufacturing its uniquely attractive design of light-duty battery-electric trucks. That will mean an important new set of responsibilities for me. Vision’s …
Per this report, Tesla is shooting for 20,000 units next year. That’s a big number for a novel, specialty car with a big price tag. Yet think about the consumer value proposition: I can buy an extremely high-end car with …
Looks like electric vehicle sales are picking up. What’s the attraction that lies behind the surge (pardon the pun)? According to this, it’s HOV-lane access for EV drivers. That may sound pretty dumb to you folks in Casper, Wyoming. But …
In response to my piece on the electric vehicle adoption curve, in which I suggested that EVs represented more than a “niche” market, frequent commenter and senior physicist Glenn Doty wrote: Most of those multi-car households have one SUV or …
Electric Vehicles and Clean Energy: Moving Beyond Hydrocarbon Fuels Read More »
Here’s an article on emerging battery technologies that will greatly improve the calculus under which electric vehicles will be adopted into the mainstream, focusing on the work IBM is doing in lithium-air. After some level of technical analysis, the author …
