When I’m in the television studio next week, I plan to shoot a video promoting 2GreenEnergy’s relationship with Dan Sturges, to facilitate our telling his story as a transportation visionary/futurist. Let’s start with a tough question: Who says we need …
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Video: The Future of Transportation
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From Guest Blogger Jesse Harwell: Best Green Cars for 2012
This year, more car companies have released eco-friendly cars, which means more options for eco-friendly consumers. From electric cars to vehicles that use alternative fuel, here are the best green cars coming out for next year. 1. Honda Civic Natural …
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Webinar: The Future of Transportation
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6eOlOEQoTI]In our February webinar, I spoke with Dan Sturges: transport designer, entrepreneur, teacher, and visionary, who discusses how we need to overhaul the way we move ourselves and are cargo around the surface of the planet. Though we all …
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The Future of Transportation — February’s Free Webinar
It’s certain that 6600-pound Hummers will not occupy an important position in the way we transport our bodies and our “stuff” in the coming years. But where exactly are we going? And who’s going to make a buck in the …
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Natural Gas Powered Versus Electric Vehicles
A reader notes: I did not see a comparison to natural gas powered vehicles. It’s the most abundant fuel we have in the US, and it’s dirt-cheap. True. Personally, I favor electric transportation because of the potential for clean transportation …
Oil Carries a Few Externalities, Like Death and Dismemberment
I received the normal pushback on my recent piece praising electric transportation. In response, I make two broad points: 1) We are most definitely headed in the direction of clean energy, electric transportation (including small, urban commuter vehicles, e-bikes, mass …
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The Auto Industry Embraces Electric Vehicles – Kicking and Screaming
If you’re looking for evidence that the auto companies are resisting the migration to EVs, here’s news from sunny California. It appears that Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota have successfully lobbied the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and members of the …
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Electric Transportation Offers Advantages, But No Free Lunch
A reader writes in: Craig, I’m reading your book and really like the point made about gas being double dirty and double inefficient because of the refining process. I just think that the conversation then should also look at the …
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Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan/Renault, Has a Lot Riding on Electric Vehicles
At this point, Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan/Renault, has invested $5.6 billion into electric vehicle technology — a big bet, to be sure. But I believe he feels it to be a fairly safe one, as it rests on his …
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WheelChange: The Future of Transportation
I just got off the phone with Dan Sturges of WheelChange. If there’s a person on this planet who’s done more work to bring along the future of transportation, I sure want to meet him. For more than two decades, …
